N.J. Admin. Code § 13:32A-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:32A-2.4 - Licensure and pressure seal

(a) After an applicant has successfully passed the master HVACR licensing examination, or has been informed by the Board that he or she qualifies for licensure pursuant to 13:32A-2.5 or 2.6, he or she shall submit to the Board:

1. A surety bond in the sum of $ 3,000 as required pursuant to 45:16A-23. An applicant who has obtained a surety bond in the sum of $ 3,000 in order to satisfy the requirements of 45:14C-26 and 13:32-2.5 shall meet this requirement if he or she submits proof that such a bond has been submitted to the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers;

2. A certificate of general liability insurance from an insurance company authorized and licensed to do business in New Jersey in the amount of $ 500,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident or occurrence or proof of self-insurance approved by the Department of Banking and Insurance, obtained by the applicant or the HVACR company or corporation, if the applicant will offer HVACR contracting services to the public, which includes instances when the applicant will act as a bona fide representative for a company or corporation;

3. A Federal Tax Identification number for the HVACR business, if the applicant will be engaging in the business of HVACR contracting, which includes instances when the applicant will act as a bona fide representative for a company or corporation; and

4. The licensing fee as set forth in 13:32A-6.1.

(b) At the time of the issuance of the license to a master HVACR contractor, the Board shall authorize the vendor that issues pressure seals to furnish a pressure seal to the master HVACR contractor. After the Board has informed an applicant that he or she has passed the licensing examination, or has qualified for licensure pursuant to 13:32A-2.5 or 2.6, the applicant shall submit to the Board the initial pressure seal fee pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:32A-6.1. The pressure seal shall remain the property of the Board and shall be returned to the Board as provided in (f) below.

(c) The seal shall be used exclusively by the master HVACR contractor in the conduct of the heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration business practice. The master HVACR contractor shall impress the seal upon all applications for heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration permits.

(d) Use of a seal by any person other than the master HVACR contractor to whom it was issued or the securing of a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration permit for an unlicensed person shall be deemed to be the use or employment of dishonesty, fraud, deception, misrepresentation, or false pretense. Such conduct may be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license of an unauthorized user if he or she is already licensed by the Board. With respect to an unlicensed user, such conduct shall be grounds for the refusal to issue a State license at any point in the future, which does not preclude the Board from proceeding against unlicensed practice pursuant to any other law or rule. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to preclude a bona fide representative from securing a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration permit for the heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration business he or she represents.

(e) A master HVACR contractor who willfully or negligently allows an unlicensed or unauthorized person to use his or her seal shall be subject to such penalties and sanctions as shall be imposed by the Board pursuant to authority granted by 45:16A-1 et seq. and 45:1-14 et seq.

(f) A master HVACR contractor who has been suspended for failure to renew a license in accordance with 13:32A-3.1 or who has had his or her license suspended or revoked for any reason shall return the pressure seal to the Board within 30 days of the suspension, revocation, or lapse of license.

(g) A master HVACR contractor who no longer possesses a pressure seal due to theft, loss, or other cause shall replace the seal by submitting to the Board a notarized letter detailing why the master HVACR contractor no longer possesses the pressure seal. The master HVACR contractor shall submit to the Board the replacement pressure seal fee pursuant to 13:32A-6.1. The replacement pressure seal shall remain the property of the Board and shall be returned to the Board as provided in (f) above.

(h) Only the Board recognized vendor of seal presses shall issue or create seal presses. No other entity or person shall issue or create seal presses.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:32A-2.4