§ 22-15-5-15 — Continuing education requirements; exemptions; temporary waiver

(a) This section does not apply to a licensed
elevator contractor that is not an individual.
(b) To renew a license issued under this licensing program, the
license holder must satisfy the continuing education requirement and
submit a proof of completion of training to the department.
(c) The continuing education requirement is at least eight (8) hours
of instruction that must be attended and completed within one (1) year
before a license renewal.
(d) The continuing education courses designed to ensure the
continuing education of an individual holding a license regarding new
and existing provisions of the rules of the commission may include:
(1) programs sponsored by the commission;
(2) trade association seminars;
(3) labor training programs; or
(4) joint labor management apprenticeship and journeyman
upgrade training programs.
For an individual's completion of a continuing education course to
satisfy the individual's continuing education requirement under this
chapter, the continuing education provider, instructor and the
curriculum must have been approved by the department.
(e) All instructors of continuing education courses must be approved
by the department. If an instructor is approved by the department, has
worked as an instructor teaching a curriculum approved by the
department at any time within the year preceding the expiration date of
the license, and submits proof of this work to the department, the
instructor is exempt from the requirements of subsection (c).
(f) Continuing education providers shall keep uniform records of
attendance at approved continuing education courses for at least ten
(10) years on forms designed and distributed by the department.
(g) A license holder who is unable to complete the continuing
education required under this chapter before the expiration of the
individual's license due to temporary physical or mental disability may
apply for a waiver from the department in accordance with the
following:
(1) A waiver application must be submitted to the department on
a form established by the department.
(2) A waiver application must be signed and accompanied by an
affidavit signed by the physician of the applicant attesting to the
applicant's temporary disability.
(h) After the cessation of the temporary disability, the applicant
must submit to the department a certification from the same physician,
if the physician is still the treating physician of the applicant, or from
a subsequent treating physician attesting to the termination of the
temporary disability.
(i) Upon the submission of the certification under subsection (h), the
department shall issue a temporary waiver of the continuing education
requirement. A temporary waiver is valid for ninety (90) days after the
date of issue and allows the individual to work as an elevator
contractor, elevator inspector, or elevator mechanic without the
completion of the continuing education requirement for ninety (90)
days.
(j) A temporary waiver of the continuing education requirement may
not be renewed.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.119-2002, SEC.27.