(a) Every applicant for a license pursuant to this chapter shall be required to be tested in writing and by practical examination issued and administered by the Board to show that the applicant has sufficient knowledge, technical training and administrative ability to perform, supervise and manage the practice of any of the professions in section 331(a). The Board shall administer examinations three times each year on each island. To become a licensed contractor, candidates must pass the appropriate accredited national exam and local exam. The Board shall also conduct such investigations as may be proper to determine the character, fitness, and knowledge of applicants.
(b) Within 15 days after an applicable examination, the Board shall notify the Commissioner of the names and addresses of all persons who have passed the examination and of the particular licenses they are entitled to receive.
(c) Any person who fails to pass an examination may apply for reexamination after the expiration of 60 days upon payment of the regular examination fee. No person shall be allowed to sit for the examination more than two times in any calendar year.
(d) All examinations and any accompanying information issued by the Board, to carry out the provisions of the chapter, shall be issued in English and in Spanish.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Board may grant competency examination reciprocity to any contractor, or endorse any specialty licensee under section 335a, who is licensed by another state, without imposing any further competency examination requirements if the applicant:(1) furnishes evidence that the contractor has a license issued on the basis of a competency examination administered in a state that has an examining board that regularly gives a written examination which has been approved by that state’s Board;(2) furnishes evidence of passing the written examination that qualified the applicant for such license;(3) has been actively engaging in the business for which the applicant is licensed for two years or more; and(4) has held a license for this business for one year or more.
(1) furnishes evidence that the contractor has a license issued on the basis of a competency examination administered in a state that has an examining board that regularly gives a written examination which has been approved by that state’s Board;
(2) furnishes evidence of passing the written examination that qualified the applicant for such license;
(3) has been actively engaging in the business for which the applicant is licensed for two years or more; and
(4) has held a license for this business for one year or more.
(f) For purposes of this section, “endorse” means the process of granting a license to an applicant who is licensed in good standing at the equivalent designation in another jurisdiction.