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California Regulations
TITLE 16. PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL REGULATIONS DIVISION 8. CONTRACTORS' STATE LICENSE BOARD

database is current through 09/29/06, Register 2006, No. 39

s 810. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, "Board" means the Contractors State License Board and "Code," unless otherwise defined, means the Business and Professions Code.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code.




s 811. Fees.
The fee for:
(a) An application for an original license in a single classification is $250.
(b) An application for each additional classification is $50.
(c) An application to replace a responsible managing officer or employee is $50.
(d) Rescheduling an examination is $50.
(e) Scheduling or rescheduling an examination pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 7137(c) is $50.
(f) Initial license of an active or inactive license is $150.
(g) Renewal of an active license is $300.
(h) Renewal of an inactive license is $150.
(i) An application for a home improvement salesperson registration is $50.
(j) Renewal of a home improvement salesperson registration is $75.
(k) An application for an asbestos certification examination is $50.
(l) An application for a hazardous substance removal or remedial action certification examination is $50.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7137, Business and Professions Code.




s 812. Dishonored Check Service Charge.
The dishonored check service charge authorized by Section 6157 of the Government Code is $10.00 for each check.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code; and Section 6157, Government Code.




s 813. Abandonment of Application.
(a) An application, other than a renewal application, shall be deemed abandoned whenever an applicant fails to return an application rejected for insufficiency or incompleteness within 90 days from date of original notice of rejection. This 90-day period may be extended by the Registrar for good cause.
(b) Any application so abandoned may not be reinstated; however, the applicant may file a new application accompanied by the required fee.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7067, Business and Professions Code.




s 816. Application Form for Original License.
(a) The license application form prescribed by the Registrar shall seek from each member of the personnel of the applicant the following information:
(1) All information required by Section 7067.5 of the Code.
(2) A record of the previous experience in the field of construction of the member of applicant's personnel who will qualify for the classification requested.
(3) Whether the applicant or a member of applicant's personnel or whether to his or her knowledge anyone with whom he/she has been associated in the contracting field has ever been licensed or had a professional or vocational license refused or revoked.
(b) The application shall be signed, under penalty of perjury, by each member of the personnel of the applicant.
(c) Nothing in this Rule shall be interpreted to limit the Registrar's authority to require an applicant to provide any other information necessary to determine the applicant's qualifications, or to exempt the applicant therefrom, or to enforce the provisions of the Contractors License Law, except as otherwise required by law. The Registrar may exempt applicants who are eligible for waiver of examination, pursuant to Section 7065.1 of the Code, or who are not required to take the examination, pursuant to Section 7065 of the Code, from the requirement to submit information described in subsection (a)(2).

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7066, 7067.5, 7067.6 and 7070, Business and Professions Code.





s 817. Operating Capital Defined.
(a) For purposes of Section 7067.5 of the Code, the term "operating capital" means the difference between current assets and current liabilities as defined in subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
(b) For accounting purposes, "current assets" means cash and other assets or resources commonly identified as those which are reasonably expected to be realized in cash or sold or consumed during the normal operating cycle of the business. Thus, the term comprehends in general such resources as
(1) cash available for current operations and items which are the equivalent of cash;
(2) inventories of merchandise, raw materials, goods in process, finished goods, operating supplies, and ordinary maintenance material and parts;
(3) trade accounts, notes, and acceptances receivable;
(4) receivables from officers, employees, affiliates, and others, if collectible in the ordinary course of business within a year;
(5) installment or deferred accounts and notes receivable if they conform generally to normal trade practices and terms within the business;
(6) marketable securities representing the investment of cash available for current operations; and
(7) prepaid expenses such as insurance, interest, rents, taxes, unused royalties, current paid advertising service not yet received, and operating supplies. Prepaid expenses are not current assets in the sense that they will be converted into cash but in the sense that, if not paid in advance, they would require the use of current assets during the operating cycle.
(c) For accounting purposes, current liabilities include those obligations whose liquidation is reasonably expected to require the use of existing resources properly classifiable as current assets, or the creation of other current liabilities. As a balance-sheet category, the classification is intended to include obligations for items which have entered into the operating cycle, such as payables incurred in the acquisition of materials and supplies to be used in the production of goods or in providing services to be offered for sale; collections received in advance of the delivery of goods or performance of services; and debts which arise from operations directly related to the operating cycle, such as accruals for wages, salaries,commissions, rentals, royalties, and income and other taxes. Other liabilities whose regular and ordinary liquidation is expected to occur within a relatively short period of time, usually twelve months, are also intended for inclusion, such as short-term debts arising from the acquisition of capital assets, serial maturities of long-term obligations, amounts required to be expended within one year under sinking fund provisions, and agency obligations arising from the collection or acceptance of cash or other assets for the account of third persons.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7067.5, Business and Professions Code.




s 818. Insufficient or Incomplete Applications -Rejection.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7066 and 7067, Business and Professions Code.




s 819. Requirement of Corporations.
A foreign or domestic corporation, applying for a license, shall complete a certification as prescribed by the Registrar, showing that it has fulfilled the filing requirements of the California Secretary of State as set out in Sections 200 and 2105 of the Corporations Code.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7067, Business and Professions Code.




s 820. Posting of Names of Applicants.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7080 and 7082, Business and Professions Code.




s 821. Joint Venture License Defined.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7029, Business and Professions Code.




s 822. Licensing Requirements for Joint Venture License.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7029 and 7066, Business and Professions Code.




s 823. Definitions: Bona Fide Employee; Direct Supervision and Control.
(a) For purposes of Section 7068 of the Code, "bona fide employee" of the applicant means an employee who is permanently employed by the applicant and is actively engaged in the operation of the applicant's contracting business for at least 32 hours or 80% of the total hours per week such business is in operation, whichever is less.
(b) For purposes of Section 7068.1 of the Code, "direct supervision and control" includes any one or any combination of the following activities: supervising construction, managing construction activities by making technical and administrative decisions, checking jobs for proper workmanship, or direct supervision on construction job sites.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7068 and 7068.1, Business and Professions Code.




s 824. Application Investigation Required.
In addition to a review and verification of all applications for licensure, the Registrar shall conduct a comprehensive field investigation of a minimum of 3% of all such applications. Such investigation shall include those areas of experience claimed and such other areas as the Registrar deems appropriate for the protection of the public.
All claimed experience shall be supportable by documentation satisfactory to the Board. The Registrar shall provide to the Board, for its approval, acceptable forms of such documentation and shall inform the applicant in the application form that such documentation may be requested by the Board.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7068, Business and Professions Code.




s 825. Experience Requirement of Applicant.
(a) Every applicant for a contractor's license must have had, within the last 10 years immediately preceding the filing of the application, not less than four years experience as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee or contractor in the particular class within which the applicant intends to engage as a contractor. For purposes of this section, "journeyman" means an experienced worker in the trade who is fully qualified, as opposed to a trainee, and is able to perform the trade without supervision; or one who has completed an apprenticeship program.
(b) An applicant who was formerly a qualifier on a license in the same classification applied for may compute experience without regard to the ten-year limitation.
(c) An applicant shall not be jeopardized in computing time for service in the armed forces of the United States during a National Emergency and the length of service may be added to the 10 years mentioned above.
(d) Acceptable training in an accredited school or completion of an approved apprenticeship program in accordance with the California Labor Code (commencing with Section 3070 of the Labor Code, Chapter 4, of Division 3) or its equivalent, as approved by the Registrar, in the construction trade for which application is made will be counted as experience. In no case, however, will such training or completion of an approved apprenticeship program count for more than 3 years of the experience.
(e) The required experience shall be possessed by one member of the applicant entity or by a responsible managing employee therefor, and the member or responsible managing employee shall be required to take the examination.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7068, Business and Professions Code.




s 826. Registrar to Pass on Experience.
The Registrar may determine that an applicant who does not have the specific experience required in Section 825 has some comparable knowledge, training, and/or experience which is equivalent to the required experience.




s 827. Review of Application for Original License, Additional Classification, or Replacement of Qualifying Person.
(a) Application Requiring Examination.
(1) The Board shall inform an applicant in writing within 60 days of receipt whether the application is complete and has been referred for examination or is deficient and what specific information is required. An application is "complete" when an acceptable application and fee have been filed by the applicant.
(2) When an application is returned which was previously rejected for deficiencies, the Board shall decide within 5 days of receipt whether the application is complete and accepted for filing.
(3) The Board shall decide within 115 days after a complete application has been referred for examination whether an applicant meets the requirements for licensure, provided that the examination has been successfully completed and the applicant has filed the bond(s), fee and other documents required by Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(4) If an applicant has not successfully completed the examination as scheduled in subsection (3), or met the other requirements of that subsection (subject to the limitations of Business and Professions Code Section 7074), the Board shall decide within 45 days of the successful completion of a subsequently scheduled examination and the filing of acceptable bond(s), fee and other documents required by Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, whether the applicant meets the requirements for licensure.
(5) The periods specified in subsection (3) and (4) shall be extended by a period of 60 days, if the application must be investigated.
(6) The minimum, median and maximum times for an application requiring examination for licensure as a contractor, for an additional classification, or for replacement of the qualifying person from the time of receipt of the application until the Board decided to issue the license, grant the additional classification or the replacement of the qualifying person, based on the Board's past two years performance, were:
(A) Application for Original License, with Examination
Minimum:.... 11 days
Median:..... 253 days
Maximum:.... 726 days

(B) Application for Additional Classification, with Examination
Minimum:.... 20 days
Median:..... 96 days
Maximum:.... 617 days


(C) Application for Replacement of the Qualifying Person, with Examination
Minimum:.... 20 days
Median:..... 78 days
Maximum:.... 428 days

These periods include not only the Board's processing time, but also the time for which the applicant is responsible: e.g., the return of a rejected application, failure of and/or failure to appear at examinations, filing of the required bond(s) and fee.
(b) Applications Not Requiring Examination.
(1) The Board shall inform an applicant for licensure, without examination, as a contractor, for an additional classification, or for replacement of the qualifying person pursuant to Sections 7065 or 7065.1 of the Business and Professions Code within 50 days of receipt whether the application is complete and what the issuance or granting requirements are or that the application is deficient and what specific information is required.
(2) When an application is returned which was previously rejected for deficiencies, the Board shall decide within 5 days of receipt if the application is now complete and accepted for filing.
(3) Once the applicant has filed acceptable bond(s) and other documents required by Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, the Board shall decide within 15 days whether the applicant meets the requirements for licensure.
(4) The period outlined in subsection (1) may be extended by 60 days if the application must be investigated.
(5) The minimum, median and maximum times for an application for licensure, without examination, as a contractor, for an additional classification, or for replacement of the qualifying person from the time of receipt of the application until the Board decided to issue the license, grant the additional classification or the replacement of the qualifying person, based on the Board's past two years performance were:
(A) Application for Original License, without Examination
Minimum:.... 1 day
Median:..... 48 days
Maximum:.... 349 days

(B) Application for Additional Classification, without Examination
Minimum:.... 24 days
Median:..... 58.5 days
Maximum:.... 358 days

(C) Application for Replacement of the Qualifying Person, without Examination
Minimum:.... 1 day
Median:..... 29 days
Maximum:.... 253 days

These periods include not only the Board's processing time, but also the time for which the applicant is responsible: e.g., return of a rejected application and filing of the required bond(s) and fee

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code; and Section 15376, Government Code. Reference: Section 15376, Government Code; and Sections 7065, 7065.1 and 7074, Business and Professions Code.




s 828. Review of Application for Home Improvement Salesman Registration.
(a) The Board shall inform, in writing, an applicant for registration as home improvement salesman within 30 days of receipt whether the application is deficient and what specific information is required or whether the registration has been issued.
(b) When an application is returned which was previously rejected for deficiencies, the Board shall decide whether the applicant meets the requirements for registration within 5 days after return of the completed application. A "completed application" means that an acceptable application form together with all required information, documentation and fee has been filed by the applicant.
(c) The time periods outlined in (a) and (b) may be extended by 5 weeks if the fee is in the form of a personal or company check, or by 60 days if an application requires investigation to determine if a statement of issues must be filed.
(d) The minimum, median and maximum processing times for an application for registration as a home improvement salesman from the time of receipt of the initial application until the Board makes a final decision on the application, based on the Board's past two years performance, are:
Minimum:.... 1 day
Median:..... 8 days
Maximum:.... 53 days


Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 15376, Government Code; and Section 7153.1, Business and Professions Code.




s 829. Credit for Experience.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7065, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7065 and 7068, Business and Professions Code.




s 830. Classification Policy.
(a) All contractors to whom licenses are issued shall be classified by the Registrar as a specialty contractor, as defined in this article; a general engineering contractor (Class A), as defined in Section 7056 of the Code; or a general building contractor (Class B), as defined in Section 7057 of the Code.
(b) Contractors licensed in one classification shall be prohibited from contracting in the field of any other classification unless they are also licensed in that classification or are permitted to do so by Section 831.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 831. Incidental and Supplemental Defined.
For purposes of Section 7059, work in other classifications is "incidental and supplemental" to the work for which a specialty contractor is licensed if that work is essential to accomplish the work in which the contractor is classified. A specialty contractor may use subcontractors to complete the incidental and supplemental work, or he may use his own employees to do so.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832. Specialty Contractors Classified.
Specialty contractors shall perform their trade using the art, experience, science and skill necessary to satisfactorily organize, administer, construct and complete projects under their classification, in accordance with the standards of their trade.
They are classified into the following subclassifications:
Boiler, Hot Water Heating and Steam Fitting........... C- 4
Building Moving and Demolition........................ C-21
Cabinet and Mill Work................................. C- 6
Carpentry............................................. C-5
Concrete.............................................. C- 8
Drywall............................................... C- 9
Earthwork and Paving.................................. C-12
Electrical (general).................................. C-10
Electrical Sign....................................... C-45
Elevator Installation................................. C-11
Fencing............................................... C-13
Fire Protection....................................... C-16
Flooring and Floor Covering........................... C-15
General Manufactured Housing.......................... C-47
Glazing............................................... C-17
Insulation and Acoustical............................. C- 2
Landscaping........................................... C-27
Lathing............................................... C-26
Limited Specialty..................................... C-61
Lock and Security Equipment........................... C-28
Low Voltage........................................... C- 7
Masonry............................................... C-29
Metal Roofing......................................... C-14
Ornamental Metal...................................... C-23
Painting and Decorating............................... C-33
Parking and Highway Improvement....................... C-32
Pipeline.............................................. C-34
Plastering............................................ C-35
Plumbing.............................................. C-36
Refrigeration......................................... C-38
Roofing............................................... C-39
Sanitation System..................................... C-42
Sheet Metal........................................... C-43
Solar................................................. C-46
Steel, Reinforcing.................................... C-50
Steel, Structural..................................... C-51
Swimming Pool......................................... C-53
Tile (Ceramic and Mosaic)............................. C-54
Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning.... C-20
Water Conditioning.................................... C-55
Welding............................................... C-60
Well Drilling (Water)................................. C-57


Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.02. Class C-2 -Insulation and Acoustical Contractor.
An insulation and acoustical contractor installs any insulating media and preformed architectural acoustical materials for the purpose of temperature and/or sound control.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.04. Class C-4 -Boiler, Hot-Water Heating and Steam Fitting Contractor.
A boiler, hot-water heating and steam fitting contractor installs, services and repairs power boiler installations, hot-water heating systems and steam fitting, including fire-tube and water-tube steel power boilers and hot-water heating low pressure boilers,steam fitting and piping, fittings, valves, gauges, pumps, radiators, convectors, fuel oil tanks, fuel oil lines, chimneys, flues, heat insulation and all other equipment, including solar heating equipment, associated with these systems.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.05. Class C-5 -Carpentry, Cabinet and Millwork Contractor [Effective until 1-1-2003].
(a) A carpentry contractor constructs and repairs framing and rough carpentry, finish carpentry (including installation of cabinets, sashes and doors), wood flooring, siding, overhead doors, roof decking, wood trusses and sheathing.
(b) A carpentry, cabinet and millwork contractor also makes cabinets, cases, sashes, doors, trims, nonbearing partitions and other items of "finish carpentry" by cutting, surfacing, joining, gluing and framing wood and wood products. This contractor also places, erects, fabricates and finishes such cabinets and millwork in structures.
(c) Effective January 1, 1998, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible, all C-6 licensees will be merged into the C-5 Carpentry, Cabinet and Millwork classification. On and after January 1, 1998, no application for the C-6 classification will be accepted and no new C-6 Cabinet and Millwork licenses will be issued.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7054, 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.05. C-5 -Framing and Rough Carpentry Contractor [Effective 1-1-2003].
A framing and rough carpentry contractor performs any form work, framing or rough carpentry necessary to construct framed structures; installs or repairs individual components of framing systems and performs any rough carpentry or associated work, including but not limited to the construction or installation of: sub-flooring, siding, exterior staircases and railings, overhead doors, roof decking, truss members, and sheathing.
The amendments made to this section in 2002 shall become operative January 1, 2003, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible, whereupon any licensee who has passed the C-5 Carpentry, Cabinet and Millwork trade examination on or after January 10, 2000, up to the effective date of this section, shall have the C-6 Cabinet, Millwork and Finish Carpentry classification added to the applicable license.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.06. C-6 -Cabinet, Millwork and Finish Carpentry Contractor.
A cabinet, millwork and finish carpentry contractor makes cabinets, cases, sashes, doors, trims, nonbearing partitions and other items of "finish carpentry" by cutting, surfacing, joining, gluing and fabricating wood or other products to provide a functional surface. This contractor also places, erects, and finishes such cabinets and millwork in structures.
The amendments made to this section in 2002 shall become operative January 1, 2003, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible, whereupon the C-6 Cabinet, Millwork and Finish Carpentry classification shall replace the C-5 Carpentry, Cabinet and Millwork classification on any license unless the qualifier for the license has passed the C-5 Carpentry, Cabinet and Millwork trade exam on or after January 10, 2000, or held the C-5 classification prior to that date.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.07. Class C-7 -Low Voltage Systems Contractor.
A communication and low voltage contractor installs, services and maintains all types of communication and low voltage systems which are energy limited and do not exceed 91 volts. These systems include, but are not limited to telephone systems, sound systems, cable television systems, closed-circuit video systems, satellite dish antennas, instrumentation and temperature controls, and low voltage landscape lighting. Low voltage fire alarm systems are specifically not included in this section.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.08. Class C-8 -Concrete Contractor.
A concrete contractor forms, pours, places, finishes and installs specified mass, pavement, flat and other concrete work; and places and sets screeds for pavements or flatwork. This class shall not include contractors whose sole contracting business is the application of plaster coatings or the placing and erecting of steel or bars for the reinforcing of mass, pavement, flat and other concrete work.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.09. Class C-9 -Drywall Contractor.
A drywall contractor lays out and installs gypsum wall board and gypsum wall board assemblies including nonstructural metal framing members, and performs the taping and texturing operations including the application of compounds that adhere to wall board to produce a continuous smooth or textured surface.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.10. Class C-10 -Electrical Contractor.
An electrical contractor places, installs, erects or connects any electrical wires, fixtures, appliances, apparatus, raceways, conduits, solar photovoltaic cells or any part thereof, which generate, transmit, transform or utilize electrical energy in any form or for any purpose.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.11. Class C-11 -Elevator Contractor.
An elevator contractor fabricates, erects, installs and repairs elevators, including sheave beams, motors, sheaves, cable and wire rope, guides, cab, counterweights, doors (including sidewalk elevator doors), automatic and manual controls, signal systems, and all other devices and equipment associated with the safe and efficient installation and operation of electrical, hydraulic and manually operated elevators.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.12. Class C-12 -Earthwork and Paving Contractors.
An earthwork and paving contractor digs, moves, and places material forming the surface of the earth, other than water, in such a manner that a cut, fill, excavation, grade, trench, backfill, or tunnel (if incidental thereto) can be executed, including the use of explosives for these purposes. This classification includes the mixing, fabricating and placing of paving and any other surfacing materials.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.13. Class C-13 -Fencing Contractor.
A fencing contractor constructs, erects, alters, or repairs all types of fences, corrals, runs, railings, cribs, game court enclosures, guard rails and barriers, playground game equipment, backstops, posts, flagpoles, and gates, excluding masonry walls.

Note: Authority cited: Sections7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.14. Class C-14 -Metal Roofing Contractor.
(a) Effective July 1, 1998, the C-14 (Metal Roofing Contractor) classification shall be abolished, and a C-14 license cannot be renewed. On July 1, 1998, contractors who hold a C-14 and a C-39 (Roofing Contractor) license will hold only a C-39 license. On July 1, 1998, contractors who hold a C-14 and a C-43 (Sheet Metal Contractor) license will hold only a C-43 license. On July 1, 1998, contractors holding only a C-14 license will be granted a C-39 license.
(b) No application for the C-14 classification will be accepted by the board after the effective date of this regulatory proposal.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.15. Class C-15 -Flooring and Floor Covering Contractors.
A flooring and floor covering contractor prepares any surface for the installation of flooring and floor coverings, and installs carpet, resilient sheet goods, resilient tile, wood floors and flooring (including the finishing and repairing thereof), and any other materials established as flooring and floor covering material, except ceramic tile.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.16. Class C-16-Fire Protection Contractor.
A Fire protection contractor lays out, fabricates and installs all types of fire protection systems; including all the equipment associated with these systems, excluding electrical alarm systems.

Note: Authority cited: Section 7008 and 7059 of the Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.17. Class C-17 -Glazing Contractor.
A glazing contractor selects, cuts, assembles and/or installs all makes and kinds of glass, glass work, mirrored glass, and glass substitute materials for glazing; executes the fabrication and glazing of frames, panels, sashes and doors; and/or installs these items in any structure.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.20. Class C-20 -Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning Contractor.
A warm-air heating, ventilating and air-conditioning contractor fabricates, installs, maintains, services and repairs warm-air heating systems and water heating heat pumps, complete with warm-air appliances; ventilating systems complete with blowers and plenum chambers; air-conditioning systems complete with air-conditioning unit; and the ducts, registers, flues, humidity and thermostatic controls and air filters in connection with any of these systems. This classification shall include warm-air heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems which utilize solar energy,

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7026.1, 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.21. Class C-21 -Building Moving/Demolition Contractor
A building moving/demolition contractor raises, lowers, cribs, underpins, demolishes and moves or removes structures, including their foundations. This classification does not include the alterations, additions, repairs or rehabilitation of the permanently retained portions of such structures.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.23. Class C-23 -Ornamental Metal Contractor.
An ornamental metals contractor assembles, casts, cuts, shapes, stamps, forges, welds, fabricates and installs, sheet, rolled and cast, brass, bronze, copper, cast iron, wrought iron, monel metal, stainless steel, steel, and/or any other metal for the architectural treatment and ornamental decoration of structures. This classification does not include the work of a sheet metal contractor.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.26. Class C-26 -Lathing Contractor.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.27. Class C-27 -Landscaping Contractor.
A landscape contractor constructs, maintains, repairs, installs, or subcontracts the development of landscape systems and facilities for public and private gardens and other areas which are designed to aesthetically, architecturally, horticulturally, or functionally improve the grounds within or surrounding a structure or a tract or plot of land. In connection therewith, a landscape contractor prepares and grades plots and areas of land for the installation of any architectural, horticultural and decorative treatment or arrangement.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.28. Class C-28 Lock and Security Equipment Contractor.
A lock and security equipment contractor evaluates, sets-up, installs, maintains and repairs all doors and door assemblies, gates, locks and locking devices, panic and fire rated exit devices, manual and automatic operated gate and door closures and releases, jail and prison locking devices and permanently installed or built in safes and vaults. This classification includes but is not limited to master key systems, metal window guards, security doors, card activated and electronic access control systems for control equipment, motion and other types of detectors and computer systems for control and audit of control systems and other associated equipment. Fire alarm systems are specifically not included in this section.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.29. Class C-29 -Masonry Contractor.
A masonry contractor installs concrete units and baked clay products; concrete, glass and clay block; natural and manufactured stone; terra cotta; and fire brick or other material for refractory work. This classification includes the fabrication and installation of masonry component units for structural load bearing and non-load bearing walls for structures and fences installed with or without mortar; ceramic veneer (not tile) and thin brick that resembles full brick for facing; paving; and clear waterproofing, cleaning and caulking incidental to masonry construction.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.31. Class C-31 -Construction Zone Traffic Control Contractor.
A construction zone traffic control contractor prepares or removes lane closures, flagging, or traffic diversions, utilizing portable devices, such as cones, delineators, barricades, sign stands, flashing beacons, flashing arrow trailers, and changeable message signs, on roadways, including, but not limited to, public streets, highways, or any public conveyance.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.





s 832.32. Class C-32 -Parking and Highway Improvement Contractor.
A parking and highway improvement contractor applies and installs protective coatings, vehicle stops, guard rails and mechanical devices, directional lines, buttons, markers, signs and arrows on the horizontal surface of any game court, parking facility, airport, highway or roadway constructed of concrete, asphalt or similar material. This classification includes the surface preparatory work necessary for the application of protective coatings but does not include the re-paving of these surfaces.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.33. Class C-33 -Painting and Decorating Contractors.
A painting and decorating contractor prepares by scraping, sandblasting or other means and applies any of the following: paints, papers, textures, fabrics, pigments, oils, turpentines, japans, driers, thinners, varnishes, shellacs, stains, fillers, waxes, adhesives, water and any other vehicles, mediums and materials which adhere by evaporation and may be mixed, used and applied to the surfaces of structures and the appurtenances thereto for purposes of decorating, protecting, fireproofing and waterproofing.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.34. Class C-34 -Pipeline Contractor.
A pipeline contractor fabricates and installs pipelines for the conveyance of fluids, such as water, gas, or petroleum, or for the containment or protection of any other material, including the application of protective coatings or systems and the trenching, boring, shoring, backfilling, compacting, paving and surfacing necessary to complete the installation of such pipelines.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.35. Class C-35 -Lathing and Plastering Contractor.
(a) A lathing and plastering contractor coats surfaces with a mixture of sand, gypsum plaster, quick-lime or hydrated lime and water, or sand and cement and water, or a combination of such other materials that create a permanent surface coating, including coatings for the purpose of soundproofing and fireproofing. These coatings are applied with a plasterer's trowel or sprayed over any surface which offers a mechanical means for the support of such coating, and will adhere by suction. This contractor also installs lath (including metal studs) or any other material prepared or manufactured to provide a base or bond for such coating.
(b) A lathing and plastering contractor also applies and affixes wood and metal lath, or any other material prepared or manufactured to provide key or suction bases for the support of plaster coatings. This classification includes the channel work and metal studs for the support of metal or any other lathing material and for solid plaster partitions.
(c) Effective January 1, 1998, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible, all C-26 licensees will b emerged into the C-35 Lathing and Plastering classification. On and after January 1, 1998, no application for the C-26 classification will be accepted and no new C-26 Lathing licenses will be issued.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.36. Class C-36 -Plumbing Contractor.
A plumbing contractor provides a means for a supply of safe water, ample in volume and of suitable temperatures for the purpose intended and the proper disposal of fluid waste from the premises in all structures and fixed works. This classification includes but is not limited to:
(a) Complete removal of waste from the premises or the construction and connection of on-site waste disposal systems;
(b) Piping, storage tanks and venting for a safe and adequate supply of gases and liquids for any purpose, including vacuum, compressed air and gases for medical, dental, commercial and industrial uses;
(c) All gas appliances, flues and gas connections for all systems including suspended space heating units. This does not include forced warm air units;
(d) Water and gas piping from the property owner's side of the utility meter to the structure or fixed works;
(e) Installation of any type of equipment to heat water, or fluids, to a temperature suitable for the purposes listed in this section, including the installation of solar equipment for this purpose; and
(f) The maintenance and replacement of all items described above and all health and safety devices such as, but not limited to, gas earthquake valves, gas control valves, back flow preventors, water conditioning equipment and regulating valves.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.





s 832.38. Class C-38 -Refrigeration Contractor.
A refrigeration contractor constructs, fabricates, erects, installs, maintains, services and repairs refrigerators, refrigerated rooms, and insulated refrigerated spaces, temperature insulation, air-conditioning units, ducts, blowers, registers, humidity and thermostatic controls for the control of air, liquid, and/or gas temperatures below fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees), or ten degrees Celsius (10 degrees).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7026.1, 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.39. Class C-39 -Roofing Contractor.
A roofing contractor installs products and repairs surfaces that seal, waterproof and weatherproof structures. This work is performed to prevent water or its derivatives, compounds or solids from penetrating such protection and gaining access to material or space beyond. In the course of this work, the contractor examines and/or prepares surfaces and uses the following material: asphaltum, pitch, tar, felt, glass fabric, urethane foam, metal roofing systems, flax, shakes, shingles, roof tile, slate or any other roofing, waterproofing, weatherproofing or membrane material(s) or a combination thereof.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.42. Class C-42 -Sanitation System Contractor
A sanitation system contractor fabricates and installs cesspools, septic tanks, storm drains, and other sewage disposal and drain structures. This classification includes the laying of cast-iron, steel, concrete, vitreous and nonvitreous pipe and any other hardware associated with these systems.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.43. Class C-43 -Sheet Metal Contractor.
A sheet metal contractor selects, cuts, shapes, fabricates and installs sheet metal such as cornices, flashings, gutters, leaders, pans, kitchen equipment, duct work (including insulation, patented chimneys, metal flues, metal roofing systems, and any other installations requiring sheet metal).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.45. Class C-45 -Electrical Sign Contractor.
An electrical sign contractor fabricates, installs and erects electrical signs, including the wiring of such electrical signs.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.46. Class C-46 -Solar Contractor.
A solar contractor installs, modifies, maintains, and repairs active solar energy systems. An active solar energy system consists of components which are thermally isolated from the living space for collection of solar energy and transfer of thermal energy to provide electricity and/or heating and cooling of air or water. Active solar energy systems include, but are not limited to, forced air systems, forced circulation water systems, thermosiphon systems, integral collector/storage systems, radiant systems, evaporative cooling systems with collectors, regenerative rockbed cooling systems, photovoltaic cells, and solar assisted absorption cooling systems.
A licensee classified in this section shall not undertake or perform building or construction trades, crafts or skills, except when required to install an active solar energy system. The C-46 classification will be issued after development of an examination.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.47. Class C-47 -General Manufactured Housing Contractor.
(a) A general manufactured housing contractor installs, alters, repairs or prepares for moving any type of manufactured housing as that term is defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code, including the accessory buildings or structures, and the foundations. A manufactured house does not include any recreational vehicle, commercial coach or factory built housing as that term is defined in Section 19971 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) A general manufactured housing contractor may provide utility services on a single family individual site placement. Utility services mean the connection of gas, water, sewer and electrical utilities to the home.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.50. Class C-50 -Reinforcing Steel Contractor.
A reinforcing steel contractor fabricates, places and ties steel mesh or steel reinforcing bars (rods), of any profile, perimeter, or cross-section, that are or may be used to reinforce concrete structures.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.51. Class C-51 -Structural Steel Contractor.
A structural steel contractor fabricates and erects structural steel shapes and plates, of any profile, perimeter or cross-section, that are or may be used as structural members for buildings and structures, including the riveting, welding, rigging, and metal roofing systems necessary to perform this work.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Business and Professions Code.




s 832.53. Class C-53 -Swimming Pool Contractor.
A swimming pool contractor constructs swimming pools, spas or hot tubs, including installation of solar heating equipment using those trades or skills necessary for such construction.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7008 and 7059, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7058 and 7059, Businessand Professions Code. (continued)