Inspection Defects

Competition

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  • Prohibitions

    (secs. 4740.13 (new) and 4740.12)

    The act prohibits any person from acting as or claiming to be a HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, electrical, or hydronics contractor unless that person holds or has been assigned a license issued for the type of contractor that person is acting as or claiming to be.

  • § 4740.01 Definitions. — This version, HB 434 (148 v –), is effective 9-18-2001 . See preceding version, HB 402 (144 v –), in effect until 9-18-2001.

Text of Statute

As used in this chapter:

  • (A) “License” means a license issued by the Ohio construction industry examining board to an individual as a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, refrigeration contractor, electrical contractor, plumbing contractor, or hydronics contractor.
  • (D) “Electrical contractor” means any individual or business entity who satisfies both of the following:
  • (1) For compensation, directs, supervises, or has responsibility for the means, method, and manner of electrical construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction project and who offers, identifies, advertises, or otherwise holds out or represents that the individual or business entity is permitted or qualified to direct, supervise, or have responsibility for the means, method, and manner of electrical construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction project;
  • (2) Is a tradesperson or employs tradespersons who perform and who are trained to perform electrical construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction project.
  • (E) “Plumbing contractor” means any individual or business entity who satisfies both of the following:
  • (1) For compensation, directs, supervises, or has responsibility for the means, method, and manner of plumbing construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction project and who offers, identifies, advertises, or otherwise holds out or represents that the individual or business entity is permitted or qualified to direct, supervise, or have responsibility for the means, method, and manner of plumbing construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction project;
  • (2) Is a tradesperson or employs tradespersons who perform and who are trained to perform plumbing construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction project.