Licensing

PURPOSE: This rule establishes manufactured home installer licensing, renewal, and disciplinary requirements. (1) Issuance and Possession of License. (A) A manufactured home installer license or a limited use installer license shall be issued to the person named on the application and shall not be transferable. (B) The licensee shall notify the manufactured housing and modular units program in writing within thirty (30) days of any address change. (2) License Renewal. (A) Licenses issued under this program shall expire on June 30 of each year. (B) Forty-five (45) days prior to license expiration the manufactured housing and modular units program shall mail each licensee a license renewal application. (C) An application for renewal of a current license shall include evidence that the applicant has completed a minimum of eight (8) hours of commission-approved continuing education and shall be accompanied by the required renewal fee, which shall be the same amount as the application fee established in 4 CSR 240-125.040. Each installer must attend an approved installer certification renewal class every three (3) years or as otherwise required by the manager or the act. (D) A license renewal application must be submitted to the manufactured housing and modular units program prior to the expiration date of the license. Persons wishing to apply for a license after their license has expired must reapply for a new license and meet all requirements of a new applicant. The manufactured housing and modular units program shall not be responsible for notification if the licensee has changed addresses without notifying the manufactured housing and modular units program within thirty (30) days of the address change. (3) License Suspension and Revocation. (A) The manager may give the licensed installer twenty (20) days from the date of written notice before filing a formal complaint with the commission for failure to comply with any of the provisions under Chapter 700, RSMo, the rules promulgated thereunder, or the act or the code(s) as adopted under this chapter. (B) The commission may suspend an installer license for up to thirty (30) days for failure to comply with the provisions of Chapter 700 RSMo, the rules promulgated thereunder, or the act or the code(s) as adopted under this chapter. If conditions have not been remedied within thirty (30) days, the manager may file, with the commission, a complaint against the installer for failure to comply with a commission rule. AUTHORITY: sections 700.677 and 700.692, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-125.060. Original rule filed Jan. 14, 2005, effective June 30, 2005. Amended: Filed July 6, 2017, effective March 30, 2018. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-125.060, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 700.677, RSMo 2004 and 700.692, RSMo 2004.