§ 5-73-3 Registration and licensing ofroofing contractors. – (a) All roofing contractors, in addition to the requirements of chapter 65 ofthis title entitled "Contractor's Registration and Licensing Board", ifapplicable, prior to conducting roofing business in the state of Rhode Island,shall first submit an application to and be licensed by the contractorregistration and licensing board on the form or forms that the board requires.The application shall include the following information:
(1) The name of the applicant;
(2) The business address of the applicant;
(3) The mailing address of the applicant;
(4) The telephone number of the applicant;
(5) The name of the party or officer who shall be responsiblefor all roofing activities conducted in the state of Rhode Island;
(6) Any registration number and/or other license numbersissued by the state, or any city or town; and
(7) A statement of the skills, training and experience of theapplicant sufficient to ensure public safety, health and welfare.
(b) Licensing requirements shall not apply to roofingcontractors applying shingles only.
(c) To be eligible for licensure as a roofing contractor anapplicant shall also fulfill the following requirements:
(1) Be of good moral character;
(2) Pass an examination approved or administered by thecontractors' registration board or has previously been registered as acommercial roofer in good standing and has met all the requirements of therules and regulations established by the board;
(3) Be in good standing with the contractors' registrationand licensing board;
(4) All field personnel of the roofing contractor must have acurrent certificate of completion of the ten (10) hours OSHA safety course orequivalent thereof as determined by the contractors' registration and licensingboard;
(5) Take ten (10) hours continuing roofing education per yearas set forth and recognized by the contractors' registration board;
(6) Be bonded in the aggregate amount of the total dollarvalue of any contract entered into to perform roofing work; single project inthe amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) minimum; and
(7) Provide the board with an insurance certificate in theamount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) per occurrencepursuant to the established rules and regulations, with the board as theholder, from the date of issuance, continuously.
(d) The contractors' registration and licensing board isauthorized to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the AdministrativeProcedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42, necessary to effectuate the purposes ofthis chapter.
(2) Rules and regulations shall provide a fine schedule,which will establish grounds for discipline for licensee holders ornon-licensed contractors.
(3) Fines shall be structured not to exceed five thousanddollars ($5,000) per day per offense for conduct injurious to the welfare ofthe public as well as those required pursuant to § 5-65-10.
(e) Any person applying for a license or registration andmaking any material misstatement as to his or her experience or otherqualifications, or any person, firm, or corporation subscribing to or vouchingfor any misstatement shall be subject to the discipline and penalties providedin § 5-65-10.
(f) No corporation, firm, association, or partnership shallengage in the business of commercial roofing or represent itself as acommercial roofing contractor unless a licensed commercial roofer as providedin this chapter is continuously engaged in the supervision of its commercialroofing work, provided that the commercial roofer is a general partner or anofficer and shareholder in the firm or corporation. If the license holder diesor otherwise becomes incapacitated, the corporation, firm, or association shallbe allowed to continue to operate until the next examination shall be given orsuch times as the board shall see fit. In no event, shall the corporation,firm, association, or partnership continue to operate longer than twelve (12)months or in accordance with the board's established rules and regulationswithout satisfying the license requirements of this chapter. Those roofers whohave been registered with the board on July 1, 2003, and remain in goodstanding, shall be exempt from the testing requirements set forth in thischapter.
(g) Complaints filed with the board shall be heard only inregard to those issues so established in the rules and regulations.
§ 5-73-3 Registration and licensing ofroofing contractors. – (a) All roofing contractors, in addition to the requirements of chapter 65 ofthis title entitled "Contractor's Registration and Licensing Board", ifapplicable, prior to conducting roofing business in the state of Rhode Island,shall first submit an application to and be licensed by the contractorregistration and licensing board on the form or forms that the board requires.The application shall include the following information:
(1) The name of the applicant;
(2) The business address of the applicant;
(3) The mailing address of the applicant;
(4) The telephone number of the applicant;
(5) The name of the party or officer who shall be responsiblefor all roofing activities conducted in the state of Rhode Island;
(6) Any registration number and/or other license numbersissued by the state, or any city or town; and
(7) A statement of the skills, training and experience of theapplicant sufficient to ensure public safety, health and welfare.
(b) Licensing requirements shall not apply to roofingcontractors applying shingles only.
(c) To be eligible for licensure as a roofing contractor anapplicant shall also fulfill the following requirements:
(1) Be of good moral character;
(2) Pass an examination approved or administered by thecontractors' registration board or has previously been registered as acommercial roofer in good standing and has met all the requirements of therules and regulations established by the board;
(3) Be in good standing with the contractors' registrationand licensing board;
(4) All field personnel of the roofing contractor must have acurrent certificate of completion of the ten (10) hours OSHA safety course orequivalent thereof as determined by the contractors' registration and licensingboard;
(5) Take ten (10) hours continuing roofing education per yearas set forth and recognized by the contractors' registration board;
(6) Be bonded in the aggregate amount of the total dollarvalue of any contract entered into to perform roofing work; single project inthe amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) minimum; and
(7) Provide the board with an insurance certificate in theamount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) per occurrencepursuant to the established rules and regulations, with the board as theholder, from the date of issuance, continuously.
(d) The contractors' registration and licensing board isauthorized to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the AdministrativeProcedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42, necessary to effectuate the purposes ofthis chapter.
(2) Rules and regulations shall provide a fine schedule,which will establish grounds for discipline for licensee holders ornon-licensed contractors.
(3) Fines shall be structured not to exceed five thousanddollars ($5,000) per day per offense for conduct injurious to the welfare ofthe public as well as those required pursuant to § 5-65-10.
(e) Any person applying for a license or registration andmaking any material misstatement as to his or her experience or otherqualifications, or any person, firm, or corporation subscribing to or vouchingfor any misstatement shall be subject to the discipline and penalties providedin § 5-65-10.
(f) No corporation, firm, association, or partnership shallengage in the business of commercial roofing or represent itself as acommercial roofing contractor unless a licensed commercial roofer as providedin this chapter is continuously engaged in the supervision of its commercialroofing work, provided that the commercial roofer is a general partner or anofficer and shareholder in the firm or corporation. If the license holder diesor otherwise becomes incapacitated, the corporation, firm, or association shallbe allowed to continue to operate until the next examination shall be given orsuch times as the board shall see fit. In no event, shall the corporation,firm, association, or partnership continue to operate longer than twelve (12)months or in accordance with the board's established rules and regulationswithout satisfying the license requirements of this chapter. Those roofers whohave been registered with the board on July 1, 2003, and remain in goodstanding, shall be exempt from the testing requirements set forth in thischapter.
(g) Complaints filed with the board shall be heard only inregard to those issues so established in the rules and regulations.
§ 5-73-3 Registration and licensing ofroofing contractors. – (a) All roofing contractors, in addition to the requirements of chapter 65 ofthis title entitled "Contractor's Registration and Licensing Board", ifapplicable, prior to conducting roofing business in the state of Rhode Island,shall first submit an application to and be licensed by the contractorregistration and licensing board on the form or forms that the board requires.The application shall include the following information:
(1) The name of the applicant;
(2) The business address of the applicant;
(3) The mailing address of the applicant;
(4) The telephone number of the applicant;
(5) The name of the party or officer who shall be responsiblefor all roofing activities conducted in the state of Rhode Island;
(6) Any registration number and/or other license numbersissued by the state, or any city or town; and
(7) A statement of the skills, training and experience of theapplicant sufficient to ensure public safety, health and welfare.
(b) Licensing requirements shall not apply to roofingcontractors applying shingles only.
(c) To be eligible for licensure as a roofing contractor anapplicant shall also fulfill the following requirements:
(1) Be of good moral character;
(2) Pass an examination approved or administered by thecontractors' registration board or has previously been registered as acommercial roofer in good standing and has met all the requirements of therules and regulations established by the board;
(3) Be in good standing with the contractors' registrationand licensing board;
(4) All field personnel of the roofing contractor must have acurrent certificate of completion of the ten (10) hours OSHA safety course orequivalent thereof as determined by the contractors' registration and licensingboard;
(5) Take ten (10) hours continuing roofing education per yearas set forth and recognized by the contractors' registration board;
(6) Be bonded in the aggregate amount of the total dollarvalue of any contract entered into to perform roofing work; single project inthe amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) minimum; and
(7) Provide the board with an insurance certificate in theamount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) per occurrencepursuant to the established rules and regulations, with the board as theholder, from the date of issuance, continuously.
(d) The contractors' registration and licensing board isauthorized to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the AdministrativeProcedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42, necessary to effectuate the purposes ofthis chapter.
(2) Rules and regulations shall provide a fine schedule,which will establish grounds for discipline for licensee holders ornon-licensed contractors.
(3) Fines shall be structured not to exceed five thousanddollars ($5,000) per day per offense for conduct injurious to the welfare ofthe public as well as those required pursuant to § 5-65-10.
(e) Any person applying for a license or registration andmaking any material misstatement as to his or her experience or otherqualifications, or any person, firm, or corporation subscribing to or vouchingfor any misstatement shall be subject to the discipline and penalties providedin § 5-65-10.
(f) No corporation, firm, association, or partnership shallengage in the business of commercial roofing or represent itself as acommercial roofing contractor unless a licensed commercial roofer as providedin this chapter is continuously engaged in the supervision of its commercialroofing work, provided that the commercial roofer is a general partner or anofficer and shareholder in the firm or corporation. If the license holder diesor otherwise becomes incapacitated, the corporation, firm, or association shallbe allowed to continue to operate until the next examination shall be given orsuch times as the board shall see fit. In no event, shall the corporation,firm, association, or partnership continue to operate longer than twelve (12)months or in accordance with the board's established rules and regulationswithout satisfying the license requirements of this chapter. Those roofers whohave been registered with the board on July 1, 2003, and remain in goodstanding, shall be exempt from the testing requirements set forth in thischapter.
(g) Complaints filed with the board shall be heard only inregard to those issues so established in the rules and regulations.
