§ 875-421 — License suspension, revocation or determination of ineligibility for renewal for a person

Sec. 875-421. - License suspension, revocation or determination of ineligibility for renewal for a person.

The board may, under section 875-423, suspend the license of a person for a period of up to seven hundred thirty (730) days, revoke the license of a person, or determine on the basis of activities carried out while licensed that a person who is or has been licensed within the previous three hundred sixty-five (365) days is ineligible for license renewal, if one (1) of the following is shown: (1) The licensee made any materially false statement of fact either to the board or on his or her application for license renewal; (2) The licensee acted fraudulently in the license examination; (3) The licensee (but not including licensees who are exempt because of compliance with the requirements of section 875-412 or section 875-413) failed to post and maintain the surety bond and insurance required by sections 875-415 and 875-416; (4) The licensee acted fraudulently or with deceit in his or her relationship with other persons, partnerships or corporations with which he or she dealt in connection with wrecking; (5) Wrecking for which the licensee was responsible as applicant for the permit or applicant representing the transferee of the permit was performed either incompetently or in such manner that it does not meet standards of reasonable workmanship or compliance with building standards and procedures; (6) The licensee failed to correct a violation of building standards and procedures relative to wrecking for which the licensee was responsible as applicant for the permit or applicant representing the transferee of the permit, after the license administrator issued notice of a building code violation, revoked a building permit or issued a stop-work order and the violations(s) causing any of these actions remained uncorrected for a period of ten (10) days from the date of issuance of the notice of the building code violation, revocation of permit or stop-work order, or in the instance where a period of ten (10) days was not sufficient, such longer period of time as was fixed by the license administrator in writing; (7) The licensee has consistently failed to apply for or obtain required applicable permits for wrecking accomplished by the licensee or under his or her supervision; (8) The licensee has consistently failed to give notice of availability for inspection at designated stages of wrecking as required by section 536-402 of this Revised Code; (9) The licensee has consistently failed to timely file certificates of completion and compliance for wrecking relative to which he or she was the applicant for the permits or applicant representing the transferee of the permits; (10) The licensee, excluding licensees who meet the inspector status requirement of section 875-409, has not for a period of five (5) continuous years accomplished or supervised the accomplishment of a significant amount of wrecking; (11) The licensee qualified for licensure without meeting the bond and insurance requirements of sections 875-415 and 875-416 by meeting the inspector status requirements of section 875-413, but is no longer employed by the division of construction and business services and does not meet the requirements of sections 875-415 and 875-416; (12) The licensee qualified for licensure without meeting the bond and insurance requirements of sections 875-415 and 875-416 by meeting the partnership or corporate agent requirements of section 875-408 but, without presently meeting the requirements of sections 875-415 and 875-416, either he or she: a. Is no longer a partner or employee of a partnership or an officer or employee of a corporation licensed under this article; or b. Has made use of his or her license other than as an agent of the partnership or corporation named in his or her application; (13) The licensee has not properly paid the fee specified by section 875-701 of this Revised Code for a license that has been issued or is delinquent in other fees owed pursuant to this chapter; (14) The licensee has failed to give proper supervision to wrecking in accordance with the requirements of section 875-420; (15) The licensee holding a type B or type C wrecking license has accomplished (without supervision by a licensee of the appropriate type) or supervised the accomplishment of wrecking without having the type license that is required for such construction; or (16) The licensee has attempted to conceal or has concealed violations of building standards and procedures.

(G.O. 95, 1994, § 1; G.O. 160, 1994, §§ 7, 8; G.O. 3, 2002, § 67; G.O. 8, 2005, § 20; G.O. 63, 2009, § 135; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)