Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 158 - Construction Industries Board
Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations
Subchapter 5 - License Types, Limitations of Licenses, Contractor Special Requirements and Display of License Number and Firm Name
Section 158:50-5-2 - Limitations of licenses
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 158:50-5-2
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) License duties.
(1) Journeyman is a person who possesses the
knowledge and skills to perform mechanical work within a category or categories
without direct supervision.
(2)
Contractor is a person who possesses the knowledge and skills of a journeyman
and who is responsible, either to the contractor or the contractor's employer,
for planning, contracting, supervising, or furnishing labor and/or materials
used for mechanical work. A mechanical contractor shall only be associated with
and responsible for one mechanical firm. However, a mechanical contractor may
be responsible for one firm with branch offices.
(A) Active contractor is one who is actively
performing as a contractor and who has met the bond and insurance requirements
for licensure.
(B) Inactive
contractor is one who has met all the licensing requirements of a contractor,
but has chosen not to currently perform as a contractor. An inactive contractor
is not required to provide bond or insurance, and will be regulated as a
journeyman.
(b) License categories.
(1)
Limited mechanical HVAC
license. A limited mechanical HVAC license entitles the licensee to
install, alter, modify, service, maintain, or repair a ventilation (duct)
system and/or:
(A) any cooling product,
system, or equipment including the process piping, that has a cooling capacity
of no more than twenty-five (25) tons, and/or
(B) all heating equipment including the
process piping that have a heat input of no more than 500,000 Btu/h per
appliance, and/or
(C) natural gas
piping, refrigeration, and sheet metal.
(2)
Limited residential journeyman
license. A limited residential journeyman license entitles the licensee
to install complete new systems for detached one or two family dwellings and
multiple single family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories in
height with a separate means of egress. Installations shall include 5-ton or
less cooling systems and 150,000 Btu/h or less heating systems and related
accessories such as humidifiers, filtering systems, kitchen vent hoods, exhaust
fans and clothes dryer vent exhausts for such dwellings. Such installations
shall not include any fuel gas piping, welding, soldering, brazing or final
connection of refrigerant lines or final connection of any electrical wiring
permitted to be installed in accordance with Oklahoma statutes.
(3)
Limited residential installer
license. A limited residential installer license entitles the licensee
to install complete new systems in new construction for detached one or two
family dwellings and multiple single family dwellings (townhouses) not more
than three stories in height with a separate means of egress. Installations
shall include 5-ton or less cooling systems and 150,000 Btu/h or less heating
systems and related accessories such as humidifiers, filtering systems, kitchen
vent hoods, exhaust fans and clothes dryer vent exhausts for such dwellings.
Such installations shall not include any fuel gas piping, welding, soldering,
brazing or final connection of refrigerant lines or final connection of any
electrical wiring permitted to be installed in accordance with Oklahoma
statutes. Further:
(A) The limited
residential installer is a person who possesses the knowledge and skills to
perform limited residential mechanical work within this category without direct
supervision while under the employment or supervision of a Mechanical
Contractor.
(B) No licensee shall
allow an apprentice under his or her direct supervision to perform mechanical
work for which the limited residential installer is not licensed to perform, or
be allowed more than three (3) apprentices per limited residential installer,
(C) Applicants for a limited
residential installer license must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and
have:
(i) one (1) year of verifiable
experience in the mechanical trade in category for which he or she is applying,
or
(ii) a vocational diploma
certifying completion of an educational program consisting of a minimum of two
hundred and fifty (250) or more hours from a school, approved by the Committee,
which exhibits knowledge of the trade and in the category of limited
residential applied for, and six (6) months of verifiable experience in the
mechanical trade, or
(iii)
equivalent, verifiable experience in the mechanical trade while serving in the
U.S. military.
(D) The
examination requirements for an installer's license can be found in OAC
158:50-9-1(c).
(E) A license cannot be issued or
renewed until the applicant has paid any and all outstanding fines due and
owing to any division of the Construction Industries Board.
(F) Information on license, renewals, and
examination fees can be found in OAC
158:50-9-2
(for journeyman)
(G) Continuing
education requirements can be found in OCA
158:50-9-7.
(4)
Unlimited
mechanical HVAC license. An unlimited mechanical HVAC license entitles
the licensee to install, alter, modify, service, maintain, or repair a
ventilation (duct) system and/or:
(A) any
cooling product, system, or equipment, including the process piping, and/or
(B) heating equipment, including
the process piping, and/or
(C)
natural gas piping, process piping, refrigeration, and sheet metal.
(5)
Natural gas piping
license. A natural gas piping license entitles the licensee to install,
alter, modify, service, maintain, or repair all natural gas piping.
(6)
Process piping license. A
process piping license entitles the licensee to install, alter, modify,
service, maintain, or repair all process piping.
(7)
Refrigeration license. A
refrigeration license entitles the licensee to install, alter, modify, service,
maintain, or repair refrigeration products, systems, or equipment, including
the process piping.
(8)
Sheet metal license. A sheet metal license entitles the licensee
to install, alter, modify, service, maintain, or repair all ferrous and
nonferrous duct systems.
(9)
Ground source piping license. A ground source piping license
entitles the licensee to install, alter, modify, service, maintain or repair
all piping outside a structure for a ground source (earth or water) loop pipe.
(10)
Fueled Hearth Product
Work license. A Fueled Hearth Product Work license allows for the
licensee to install, service or repair Fueled Hearth Product Work as defined in
this Chapter.
(A) The Fueled Hearth Product
Work licensee shall be certified by the NFI through examination in the
certification categories of gas, wood, or pellets for the work performed which,
upon providing satisfactory proof of successful passage of any of the three (3)
fuel classes of NFI examination, will meet the examination and experience
requirements of this license.
(B)
The Fueled Hearth Product Work Contractor licensee, in addition to providing
satisfactory proof of successful passage of the appropriate NFI examination,
shall provide satisfactory proof of having read the Mechanical Licensing Act
and Mechanical Industry Regulations and shall comply with the contractor
requirements of this Chapter including, but not limited to, proof of general
liability insurance, compliance with workers' compensation insurance laws,
bond, lawful presence, along with providing satisfactory proof of successfully
passing the business and law portion of any Mechanical Contractor examination
or otherwise demonstrating minimum competency in business operations by any
three (3) from the below listed items:
(i)
Registration with the Oklahoma Secretary of State for the last five (5) years,
(ii) A letter (stating the
specific professional service has been provided to the hearth product
installation business of the Contractor applicant for a period of at least five
(5) years) from a professional service provider used by your business including
those who: prepare taxes, payroll, financial statements, provide legal
services, banking, risk management or other professional services provided to
your business,
(iii) Satisfactory
proof of filing state business taxes for the last five (5) years,
(iv) Satisfactory proof of business entity
filing with another state agency or registered business,
(v) Satisfactory proof of business operations
for the last five (5) years such as bidding, estimating, quoting,
contract/project management, customer relations, employee management, jobsite
safety, or financial management, or
(vi) Any other substantial proof of business
operations for the last five (5) years.
(C) Unless otherwise stated in this Section,
all licensees and apprentices must comply with all other provisions of this
Chapter.
(D) The licensed Fueled
Hearth Product Work person can only perform work in the same certification
category of gas, wood, or pellets as their certification and the apprentice
must perform work in the same certification category of the licensee who is
directly supervising the apprentice.
(E) No licensee shall perform mechanical work
in a category under which he or she is not licensed or work outside of the
confinements of the Fueled Hearth Product Work classification of certification
of gas, wood, or pellets.
(F)
There is no work experience requirement for licensing in Fueled Hearth Product
Work and work experience under this category does not count towards the
experience requirement of any other license category in this Chapter.
(G) Information on license,
application, and renewal fees can be found in OAC
158:50-9-2.
(H) Continuing education
requirements per OAC
158:50-9-7
can be satisfied for Fueled Hearth Product Work licensees by providing proof of
continuing education or retesting as required by NFI.
(I) All licensees must maintain current NFI
certification in order to renew his or her license.
(11)
Petroleum refinery journeyman
license. A petroleum refinery journeyman license entitles the licensee
to install, alter, modify, service, maintain, or repair all petroleum refinery
process piping, and said license is limited to petroleum refinery process
piping work only. A petroleum refinery journeyman shall be under the direction
and supervision of a licensed unlimited mechanical contractor or a licensed
process piping mechanical contractor.
(12)
Medical gas journeyman
license. A medical gas journeyman license entitles the licensee to
install, alter, modify, service, maintain, or repair medical gas or
medical-surgical vacuum systems, or equipment, including the piping. A medical
gas journeyman shall be under the direction and supervision of a licensed
unlimited mechanical contractor or a licensed process piping mechanical
contractor.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 732, eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1276, eff 5-28-02 ; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 388, eff 11-14-08 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2458, eff 7-11-09 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 776, eff 10-30-12 (emergency); Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1543, eff 7-11-13
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