Section 338.978 - Granting license without examination; application; fee; renewal.
FORBES MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 192 of 1984
338.978 Granting license without examination; application; fee; renewal.
Sec. 8.
(1) A person who was not required by statute before the effective date of this act to be licensed, and who, on the effective date of this act, was engaged in, or worked at, a business as a mechanical contractor in 1 or more of the work classifications set forth in section 6(3), and who is required to be licensed under this act, shall, upon furnishing the department with satisfactory evidence of having been engaged in a business as a mechanical contractor in 1 or more of the work classifications set forth in section 6(3) for a minimum of 3 out of the 5 years immediately preceding the effective date of this act, and of having the necessary qualifications, shall be granted the license for which the applicant seeks licensure without examination, if the applicant makes application within 1 year after the effective date of this act and pays the initial license fee prescribed in section 10. If the applicant is approved for licensing, the applicant's license shall be annotated showing the work classification or classifications listed in section 6(3) in which the applicant has demonstrated the requisite experience to engage.
(2) A person who was not required by statute to be licensed before the effective date of this act and, on the effective date of this act, is licensed by a municipal licensing board as a mechanical contractor in 1 or more of the work classifications set forth in section 6(3), is required to be licensed under this act, and can furnish the department with satisfactory evidence of the municipal license shall be granted the license for which the person seeks licensure without examination, if the person makes application within 1 year after the effective date of this act and pays the initial license fee prescribed in section 10.
(3) A person who was not required by statute to be licensed before the effective date of this act and, on the effective date of this act, is employed as a mechanical code inspector for a governmental subdivision and has engaged in, or worked at, a business as a mechanical contractor in 1 or more of the work classifications set forth in section 6(3) for 3 out of the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the person's employment as a mechanical code inspector and can furnish the department with satisfactory evidence of the employment and mechanical contracting experience, shall be granted the license for which the person seeks licensure without examination if the person makes application within 1 year after the effective date of this act and pays the initial license fee prescribed in section 10.
(4) A person who, on the effective date of this act, is licensed as a residential maintenance and alteration contractor in the trade of heating and air conditioning installation pursuant to section 2404 of the occupational code, Act No. 299 of the Public Acts of 1980, being section 339.2404 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and can furnish the department with satisfactory evidence of the license, may be granted a license under this act in the appropriate work classification set forth in section 6(3) without examination if the person makes application within 1 year after the effective date of this act and pays the initial license fee prescribed in section 10.
(5) A person who, on the effective date of this act, is licensed as a residential builder under article 24 of the occupational code, Act No. 299 of the Public Acts of 1980, being sections 339.2401 to 339.2412 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and can furnish the department with satisfactory evidence of the license and of having been engaged as a mechanical contractor in 1 or more of the work classifications set forth in section 6(3) within the 5 years immediately preceding the effective date of this act, may be granted a license under this act in the appropriate work classification set forth in section 6(3) without examination if the person makes application within 1 year after the effective date of this act and pays the initial license fee prescribed in section 10.
(6) The department may license, without examination and upon the payment of the initial license fee prescribed in section 10, an applicant who is legally authorized mechanical contractor in another state or country if the licensing requirements of the state or country are considered by the board and the department to be substantially equivalent to the licensing requirements of this state and the state or country observes reciprocity in regard to mechanical contractors licensed in this state.
(7) The department may license, without examination or payment of the fees prescribed in section 10, an applicant who is certified to install, modify, test, service, inspect, or maintain required fire suppression systems under the fire prevention code, Act No. 207 of the Public Acts of 1941, being sections 29.1 to 29.33 of the Michigan Compiled Laws and who seeks licensure under this act only in the work classification set forth in section 6(3)(g).
(8) The holder of a license issued pursuant to this section shall have the right to renew the license pursuant to section 10.
History: 1984, Act 192, Eff. Oct. 1, 1984
Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 338.971 to 338.991, deriving from Act 208 of 1953 and pertaining to residential builders, were repealed by Act 383 of 1965, Eff. Apr. 1, 1966, and Act 12 of 1966, Eff. Sept. 1, 1966.