Sec. 342.115. - Contractor certificate holders maintaining qualifications; revocation or suspension upon failure to maintain.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, whenever the holder of a contractor certificate fails to maintain one or more of the qualifications required for the issuance of a certificate, he shall, within five days, report his lack of qualifications to the Board. His certificate is automatically suspended from the date on which he first failed to maintain all of the required qualifications until he reestablishes his qualifications. In lieu of suspension and on request of the holder, the Board may declare the certificate inactive for a stated period of time, otherwise inactive and suspended certificates under this Section become invalid after six months and shall not thereafter be renewed. (b) Except for placing a certificate on inactive in lieu of suspension as stated under subsection (a) of this Section, a contractor may at any time place his certificate on voluntary inactive status for an undetermined number of renewal periods by paying one-half of the annual renewal fee as set for an active contractor certificate, but will not be required to carry any insurance. At the time of placing oneself on voluntary inactive status, the contractor shall relinquish his current contractor certificate and be issued a new certificate marked "Inactive." To return to an active status from a voluntary inactive status, a contractor must complete a new application and all supporting documents, including current insurance and documentation of a current "Inactive" license and appear before a hearing of the Board. Upon approval by the Board, the contractor shall relinquish his "Inactive" license and shall be issued a current active license and shall pay the current renewal fee. (c) If a contractor fails to have a required qualifying agent for a period of 60 consecutive days, his contractor's certificate is automatically suspended. During the 60-day period, the contractor may complete all work for which any permits have been issued prior to the loss of the agent but he may not obtain a new permit or contract for new work. Upon suspension, the contractor shall cease all work. Until a suspended certificate becomes invalid under subsection (a) of this Section, but not thereafter, suspension automatically terminates when the Board approves a new qualifying agent. (d) If the insurance required by Section 342.105 (b)(7) has expired or has been terminated for any reason, the contractor certificate is suspended as of the effective date of the expiration or the termination of the insurance. For purposes of suspension, a copy of the valid certificate of insurance shall have been sent to the Board office by midnight of the effective date of expiration or termination of the certificate of insurance. The contractor shall cease all work upon suspension. The suspension automatically terminates when the contractor again files evidence of a sufficient certificate of insurance with the Board, submits the proper reinstatement form and pays a fee as found in www.coj.net/fees . (Ord. 68-61-113; Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 74-275-118, § 6; Ord. 81-98-403, § 5; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 85-1201-663, § 13; Ord. 90-593-268, § 3; Ord. 93-1311-756, §§ 1, 4; Ord. 2000-553-E, § 1, 7-5-00; Ord. 2017-665-E , § 20) Note— Former § 950.115.