KRS 198B.4025: Continuing education requirements -- Waiver -- Revocation of

program approval if continuing education records falsified.

(1) An applicant for the renewal of an elevator contractor license or elevator

mechanic license shall submit a certificate of completion from a continuing

education course or courses that instruct licensees on new and existing

applicable administrative regulations of the department.

(2) Licensed elevator contractors and licensed elevator mechanics shall complete

at least eight (8) hours of continuing education annually. Continuing education

for a renewal year shall be attended and completed during that renewal year.

(3) Continuing education courses shall be taught by instructors employed by

continuing education providers that may include but shall not be limited to

association seminars and labor training programs. Continuing education

programs provided by the National Elevator Industry Educational Program or

the National Association of Elevator Contractors shall be approved to meet the

requirements for continuing education. The department may approve other

education programs that meet its requirements established through

administrative regulation under KRS 198B.4023(7).

(4) A licensee who is unable to complete the continuing education requirements

for renewal under this section prior to the expiration of his or her license due to

temporary disability may apply for a waiver from the department. The waiver

shall be on a form provided by the department, with a notarized signature of

the licensee, and accompanied by a certified statement from a physician

attesting to the temporary disability. Application for medical waiver shall be

received by the department prior to the final day of the licensee's birth month.

Upon termination of the temporary disability, the licensee shall submit a

supplementary certified statement attesting to the termination of the temporary

disability and proof of attendance of at least eight (8) hours of continuing

education.

(5) Falsifying or knowingly allowing another to falsify continuing education

attendance records or certificates of completion shall constitute grounds for

revocation of program approval required under this section.