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