Oklahoma § 59-1850.8 - Qualifications for licensure as mechanical journeyman

§ 59-1850.8. Qualifications for licensure as mechanical journeyman

or mechanical contractor - Licenses - Limited license.

A. The Construction Industries Board shall issue a license as a

mechanical journeyman or mechanical contractor to any person who:

1. Has been certified by the Committee of Mechanical Examiners

as having successfully passed the appropriate examination; and

2. Has paid the license fee and has otherwise complied with the

provisions of the Mechanical Licensing Act. The license fees shall

be established by rule by the Board pursuant to Section 1000.5 of

this title.

B. All licenses shall be nontransferable. No license shall be

issued for longer than one (1) year and all licenses shall expire on

the last day in the birth month of the licensee. Licenses renewed

more than thirty (30) days following the date of expiration may only

be renewed upon application and payment of the required fees and

payment of any penalty for late renewal, as shall be established by

the Board. No journeyman or contractor license shall be renewed

unless the licensee has completed the required hours of continuing

education as determined by the Committee. Persons who are licensed

as contractors under the Mechanical Licensing Act may have their

license placed on inactive status by paying the annual renewal fee

and eliminating the bonding and insurance requirements. No late fee

shall be charged to renew a license which expired while the

applicant was in military service, if application is made within one

(1) year of discharge from the military service.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

C. The Board is authorized to establish and issue, subject to

the provisions of the Mechanical Licensing Act, limited licenses in

each area of mechanical work based on the experience, ability,

examination scores and the education of the applicant. The limited

licenses shall authorize the licensee to engage in only those

activities and within the limits specified in the license.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 93, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws

1993, c. 249, § 3, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 293, §

12, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1999, c. 405, § 11, emerg. eff. June 10,

1999; Laws 2001, c. 394, § 59, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Laws 2002, c. 457,

§ 11, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 318, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2003;

Laws 2004, c. 163, § 7, emerg. eff. April 26, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 4,

§ 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.

§59-1850.8A. Temporary licenses.

A. Within (1) one year of the date the Governor of this state

declares a state of emergency in response to a disaster involving

the destruction of dwelling units, the Construction Industries Board

shall issue a distinctively colored, nonrenewable, temporary

mechanical journeyman license which shall expire one (1) year after

the date of declaration to any person who is currently licensed as a

mechanical journeyman by another state and who:

1. Submits, within ten (10) days of beginning mechanical

journeyman's work in this state, an application and fee for a

mechanical journeyman's examination;

2. Takes and passes the examination at the first opportunity

thereafter offered by the Board; and

3. Pays a temporary mechanical journeyman's license fee to be

established by rule by the Board pursuant to Section 1000.5 of this

title.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting

any person from qualifying at any time for any other license by

meeting the requirements for the other license.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 405, § 12, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999.

Amended by Laws 2008, c. 4, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.