Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
(1) Inactive Status for licensees choosing to
refrain or retire from active practice as a residential or general contractor:
A residential or general contractor may request the license be placed on
inactive status under the following provisions:
(a) Holds a valid residential or general
contractor's license in the state of Georgia with a current expiration
date.
(b) Notifies the Board that
the licensee chooses to refrain or retire from active practice as a residential
or general contractor by submitting an Inactive Status application, as
established by the Board, along with the required fee.
(c) If the licensee is the sole qualifying
agent for a business organization, the business organization shall have 120
days from the date of inactive status to submit an application to the Board for
another Qualifying Agent, unless the respective Division receives other
substantiated information that the company is no longer in business.
(d) Shall not engage in contracting and shall
not hold themselves out to the public as being available to provide residential
or general contractor services.
(e)
Shall not be required to maintain continuing education credits.
(f) Shall not be assessed a renewal fee for
the period that the license is inactive.
(2) Inactive Status for Qualifying Agent
after disaffiliation from company: A license pertaining to a residential or
general contractor who acts as a qualifying agent for a residential or general
contractor company shall be placed on inactive status under the following
provisions:
(a) Holds a valid residential or
general contractor's license in the state of Georgia with a current expiration
date.
(b) The licensee properly
notifies the Board by submitting a Disaffiliation form, as established by the
Board, that the licensee has disaffiliated from the company as required under
O.C.G.A. §
43-41-9(e);
(c) The company properly notifies the Board
by submitting a Disaffiliation form, that the licensee has disaffiliated from
the company as required under O.C.G.A. §
43-41-9(e);
(d) The respective Division receives other
substantiated information that the qualifying agent is no longer affiliated
with the company; or
(e) The
respective Division receives other substantiated information that the company
is no longer in business.
(f) If
the licensee is the sole qualifying agent for a business organization, the
business organization shall have 120 days from the date of inactive status to
submit an application to the Board for another Qualifying Agent, unless the
respective Division receives other substantiated information that the company
is no longer in business.
(3) Contracting with an inactive license
shall be considered unlicensed practice and is subject to disciplinary
action.
(4) If a residential or
general contractor whose license has been placed on inactive status seeks to
reactivate the inactive license, the licensee may be returned to active status
if the following requirements are met:
(a) A
reactivation application, as established by the Board, along with the required
fee, must be submitted to the Board.
(b) Submit evidence of attendance of the
required Board approved continuing education for each biennium that the license
was inactive.
(c) Provide evidence
that licensee is in good standing in all states in which he or she has ever
been licensed.
(d) Submit proof of
current general liability insurance and worker's compensation as required by
law for the license type that is to be reactivated.
(e) Submit proof of financial responsibility
as is required for the license type that is to be reactivated.
(f) Submit proof of active and compliant
registration with the Georgia Corporations Division for the business
organization as is required for the license type that is to be
reactivated.
O.C.G.A.
§§
43-41-5(a)(7), 43-41-5(a)(9), 43-41-9(e).
