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815 KAR 4:050. Continuing education requirements for elevator contractors and elevator mechanics


Published: 2015

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      815 KAR 4:050. Continuing education

requirements for elevator contractors and elevator mechanics.

 

      RELATES

TO: KRS 198B.030, 198B.4009, 198B.4011, 198B.4013, 198B.4023, 198B.4025

      STATUTORY

AUTHORITY: KRS 198B.4009(3), 198B.4023(7), (9), 198B.4025

      NECESSITY,

FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 198B.4023 and 198B.4025 authorize the Department

of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations,

after review by the Elevator Advisory Committee, establishing continuing

education requirements for elevator contractor and elevator mechanic licensees.

This administrative regulation establishes requirements for continuing

education for elevator contractor and mechanic licensees.

 

      Section

1. Elevator Contractors. (1) Each elevator contractor shall provide proof of

completion of at least eight (8) hours of continuing education prior to annual license

renewal. The required continuing education shall be attended and completed

within twelve (12) months prior to renewal, except as provided in subsection

(3) of this section.

      (2)

Continuing education courses shall relate to one (1) or more of the following:

      (a)

Business;

      (b)

Job safety;

      (c)

Kentucky codes related to elevators; or

      (d)

Items directly related to the elevator trade.

      (3)

A licensed elevator contractor who accumulates more than the eight (8) hours of

continuing education required annually, may carry forward the excess credit

hours into the two (2) successive educational years for the purpose of

satisfying the minimum requirement for those two (2) years.

      (a)

Carry forward credits shall be limited to a total of twelve (12) hours.

      (b)

All excess credits above the total of twelve (12) hours shall remain on the

licensed elevator contractor's records but shall not be carried forward.

      (4)

A licensed elevator contractor teaching or participating as a panel member in

an approved continuing education course for elevator licensees shall be granted

one (1) credit hour for each fifty (50) minutes of actual instruction time. If

the elevator contractor teaches the same class on multiple occasions, credit

shall only be granted for one presentation of the class.

      (5)

Elevator contractor licensees that are a partnership, domestic corporation, or

corporation other than a domestic corporation, shall designate an authorized

agent to complete the licensee’s annual continuing education requirements for

purposes of license renewal. Written confirmation and designation of the

licensee’s authorized agent shall be provided to the department with

application renewal.

 

      Section

2. Elevator Mechanics. (1) Each elevator mechanic shall provide proof of

completion of at least eight (8) hours of continuing education prior to license

renewal. The required continuing education shall be attended and completed

within twelve (12) months prior to renewal, except as provided in subsection

(3) of this section.

      (2)

Continuing education courses shall consist of a minimum of two (2) hours on job

safety. The other six (6) hours shall consist of:

      (a)

Kentucky codes related to elevators;

      (b)

Job safety; or

      (c)

Items directly related to the elevator trade.

      (3)

A licensed elevator mechanic who accumulates more than the eight (8) hours of

continuing education required annually, may carry forward the excess credit

hours into the two (2) successive educational years for the purpose of

satisfying the minimum requirement for those two (2) years.

      (a)

Carry forward credits shall be limited to a total of twelve (12) hours.

      (b)

All excess credits above the total of twelve (12) hours shall remain on the

licensed elevator mechanic's records but shall not be carried forward.

      (4)

A licensed elevator mechanic teaching or participating as a panel member in an

approved continuing education course for elevator licensees shall be granted

one (1) credit hour for each fifty (50) minutes of actual instruction time. If

the elevator mechanic teaches the same class on multiple occasions, credit

shall only be granted for one (1) presentation of the class.

 

      Section

3. Combined Elevator Contractor and Elevator Mechanic Licenses. An individual

who is a holder of both an elevator contractor and elevator mechanic license

shall meet the continuing education requirements of Section 1 of this

administrative regulation.

 

      Section

4. Inactive Licenses. (1) An inactive elevator contractor or elevator mechanic

shall not be required to complete continuing education to maintain inactive

status.

      (2)

If the inactive licensed elevator contractor or elevator mechanic wishes to

activate his or her license to the status of an active licensee, he or she

shall meet the requirements of Section 1 of this administrative regulation.

      (3)

Excess continuing education credit hours that an elevator contractor or

elevator mechanic licensee may be carrying forward shall not count towards continuing

education requirements for re-activation of an inactive license.

 

      Section

5. Terminated Licenses. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this

section prior to reinstatement, an individual whose contractor or mechanic

license is terminated for three (3) years or less shall complete the total

number of continuing education hours per year that the license has been terminated.

      (2)The

number of continuing education hours necessary for reinstatement shall not

exceed twenty-four (24) hours.

 

      Section

6. Continuing Education Courses. (1) All continuing education shall be

completed in one (1) or more courses provided by the National Elevator Industry

Educational Program, the National Association of Elevator Contractors, or

another provider approved by the department and the Elevator Advisory Committee

for elevator contractors and elevator mechanics pursuant to 815 KAR 4:060.

      (2)

Continuing education courses shall be offered only by the National Elevator

Industry Educational Program, the National Association of Elevator Contractors,

or providers approved by the department and the Elevator Advisory Committee

pursuant to 815 KAR 4:060. (38 Ky.R. 441; 918; eff. 11-30-2011.)