Manufactured Home Installer License

PURPOSE: This rule establishes the licensing requirements, license fees, and responsibilities for manufactured home installers. (1) Requirements for an Installer License. (A) To be licensed as a manufactured home installer, an applicant shall meet all of the requirements of sections 700.650 to 700.692, RSMo, and submit to the manufactured housing and modular units program— 1. An application form and one hundred fifty dollar ($150) application fee; 2. The certificate issued by the educational provider; and 3. Proof of liability and workman’s compensation insurance coverage as required pursuant to section 700.659, RSMo. (B) The manager may waive the training and examination requirements for applicants who have obtained an installer license in another state, the District of Columbia, or territories of the United States pursuant to section 700.662, RSMo, if all the documentation is submitted with the license application and the application fee is paid. The certification must be current, must meet or exceed the requirements in sections 700.650 to 700.680, RSMo, and must cover all or a portion of the same time frame as the Missouri renewal period. (C) A manufactured home installer must attend certification classes every three (3) years, except this requirement may be extended by a period not to exceed two (2) additional years by order of the commission, on the recommendation of the manager, finding such attendance is not feasible as the result of a natural disaster, public health emergency, or other exigent circumstance. As an alternative, attendance of certification classes may be held virtually through an internet portal capable of video and multimedia presentations and two- (2-) way communication. (2) Installer Responsibilities and Limits. (A) Work covered by an installer licensee shall include but not be limited to the following: 1. Installing manufactured home underfloor vapor retarder as required by the manufacturer’s installation manual for proper ventilation and access; 2. Installing the support, tie-down, anchoring, and the structural connections and roof installation for manufactured homes; 3. Providing plumbing and electrical utility connections unless they are regulated by local jurisdictions; 4. Providing plumbing, electrical, and mechanical cross-over, appliance and fixture connections of and to the manufactured home, as permitted by these requirements; 5. Assuring that all appliance exhaust ducts are roughed in and terminations are complete when required; 6. Closing and securing all access panels and covers on or under the manufactured home; 7. Assuring all doors and windows are adjusted, secured in place, and operational; 8. Assuring all shipped loose flue vents and chimneys are installed, secured in place, and capped according to the manufacturer’s installation manual; and 9. Where the installer also installs the skirting, complying with skirting requirements to ensure proper ventilation. (B) An installer licensee shall also be responsible for— 1. Affixing the installation decal to each manufactured home; 2. Completing all reporting and application forms required by the program; 3. Leaving the manufacturer’s installation manual at the installation site; 4. Assuring that all portions of the manufactured home installation are in compliance with the manufacturer’s installation manual; and 5. Correcting all applicable non-conformances within thirty (30) days of receipt of a correction notice from the manager. (3) Primary Installer Responsibilities in addition to (2)(A) and (B) above— (A) Each primary installer shall be responsible for ensuring the site and foundation are correct before setting the home on the site or foundation. If the home is not correctly set on the site or foundation, the primary installer shall be responsible for making corrections to the site or foundation, pursuant to sections 700.010(5) and (15), RSMo, and 4 CSR 240125.010(12) and (13); and (B) Primary installers who install new manufactured homes in Missouri from dealers, manufacturers, or other entities located in other states shall submit a property locator form provided by the manufactured housing and modular units program prior to placing the manufactured home on the site. Failure to submit the property locator to the manufactured housing and modular units program prior to placing the manufactured home on the site may subject the installer to the fifty dollar ($50) inspection fee as defined in 4 CSR 240-120.065(4)(D). AUTHORITY: section 700.692, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240125.040. Original rule filed Jan. 14, 2005, effective June 30, 2005. Amended: Filed Aug. 15, 2013, effective March 30, 2014. Amended: Filed July 6, 2017, effective March 30, 2018. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-125.040, effective Aug. 28, 2019. Emergency amendment filed Sept. 30, 2020, effective Oct. 15, 2020, expired April 12, 2021. Amended: Filed Sept. 30, 2020, effective March 30, 2021. *Original authority: 700.692, RSMo 2004.