Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 4101:16-2-08 | Continuing education - hours of instruction requirements.

                                                
(A) Except as provided in rule
		  4101:16-1-08 of the Administrative Code, a specialty contractor shall complete
		  ten classroom hours of an approved continuing education course each year to be
		  eligible to apply for the renewal of their license or licenses as
		  follows:
(1) Except as provided in
			 rule 4101:16-1-08 of the Administrative Code, a specialty contractor who holds
			 only one plumbing, hydronics, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, or
			 refrigeration license pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code shall take
			 the required ten hours of continuing education in any course that has been
			 approved by any of the specialty sections;
(2) Except as provided in
			 rule 4101:16-1-08 of the Administrative Code, a specialty contractor who holds
			 only an electrical license pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code shall
			 take ten hours of continuing education with at least five hours of electrical
			 code that has been approved by the electrical section and the remaining five
			 hours in any health and safety, business, or technology course approved by the
			 electrical section;
(3) Except as provided in
			 rule 4101:16-1-08 of the Administrative Code, a specialty contractor who holds
			 more than one license in the plumbing, hydronics, heating, ventilating, and air
			 conditioning, or refrigeration trade pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised
			 Code shall take the required hours of continuing education courses in any
			 course that is approved by any of the specialty sections; and
(4) A specialty
			 contractor who holds an electrical contractor's license and any other
			 license or licenses pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code shall take
			 five hours of continuing education course in electrical code and the remaining
			 hours of continuing education shall be in any course that is approved by any of
			 the specialty sections.
(B) A classroom hour consists of at least
		  fifty minutes of contact instruction. The remaining ten minutes shall only be
		  used for the training agency's or instructor's administrative duties
		  or a break. The training agency or instructor shall not accrue the ten minutes
		  to start a course late, end a course early or to allow a longer
		  break.
(C) Continuing education hours obtained
		  by individuals holding a specialty contractor's license pursuant to
		  Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code in excess of the total hours required each
		  renewal period for the renewal eligibility shall not be transferred to help
		  meet the requirements of the following renewal period.
(D) No individual holding a specialty
		  contractor's license pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code will
		  receive credit for more than ten classroom hours of continuing education
		  instruction taken in one calendar day.
(E) Upon application, within one calendar
		  year from the date of expiration of the license or licenses, the appropriate
		  specialty section of the board may waive any portion of the continuing
		  education hours requirement in cases of certified illness, disability, military
		  service, foreign residence, or excusable neglect which prevents the attendance
		  of approved continuing education courses by a person holding a license pursuant
		  to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code or extend the time for the licensee to
		  complete the required continuing education requirements if the licensee has
		  substantially met the other renewal requirements as set forth in division (D)
		  of section 4740.06 of the Revised Code and rule 4101:16-2-07 of the
		  Administrative Code or demonstrates excusable neglect. Continuing education
		  waivers or extension of time to complete the required continuing education
		  requirements will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
(1) If the appropriate
			 specialty section grants an extension of time to complete the continuing
			 education requirements and the license has expired, such license will not be
			 reissued until the licensee has completed the continuing education
			 requirements.
(2) For the purposes of
			 this paragraph, "excusable neglect" means any non-reoccurring facts
			 or circumstances outside the control of the contractor that hindered or
			 prevented the contractor from completing the required hours of continuing
			 education required for renewal of the specialty contractor's license or
			 licenses by the expiration of such license or licenses.
(F) Pursuant to division (D) of section
		  4740.06 of the Revised Code, if the continuing education requirements are not
		  timely met by an individual holding a specialty contractor's license on or
		  before the expiration date set forth on the license, the license shall be
		  suspended automatically without the taking of any action by the appropriate
		  section or the board's secretary. A suspended license may be reactivated
		  upon application within one calendar year and approval of the appropriate
		  section from the expiration date of the license, provided that the renewal fee
		  plus a late fee, certification that contractor liability insurance is
		  maintained, and completion of the continuing education hours required for that
		  renewal period is completed within the time frame pursuant to rule 4101:16-2-08
		  of the Administrative Code. Failure to reactivate the license as provided in
		  this rule shall result in automatic revocation of the license without the
		  taking of any action by the appropriate section or the board
		  secretary.


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