SECTION .0500 ‑ LICENSING OPTIONS

21 NCAC 18B .0501          RECLASSIFICATION OF CURRENT LICENSE

(a)  A licensee may have the license classification lowered from unlimited to intermediate or limited, or from intermediate to limited, by:

(1)           filing with the Board, in writing, a request for the lowering of the license classification; and

(2)           surrendering the current license certificate to the Board for replacement as requested.

(b)  A licensee may have a license that was lowered pursuant to Paragraph (a) of this Rule raised to a classification up to and including that classification from which it was lowered by:

(1)           filing with the Board, in writing, a request for the raising of the license classification;

(2)           surrendering the current license certificate to the Board for replacement as requested; and

(3)           paying the applicable license fee.

(c)  A limited or intermediate licensee whose license has not been lowered pursuant to Paragraph (a) of this Rule may have the license classification raised to intermediate or unlimited by:

(1)           submitting an application on a form available on the Board website indicating the classification of the license desired;

(2)           meeting all the requirements for the classification in effect when the application is submitted, including taking and passing the examination; and

(3)           paying the applicable license fee.

(d)  Licenses in the single family detached residential dwelling classification and in any special restricted classification shall not be subject to reclassification. A change in these classifications may be effected only on the basis of a new application subject to all applicable processing and examination requirements.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87‑42; 87‑43.3; 87‑43.4;

Eff. October 1, 1988;

Amended Eff. March 1, 1999;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. February 2, 2016;

Amended Eff. October 1, 2017.