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.  If a change is made prior to the expiration of a current license, the fee shall be the difference between the annual license fee for the existing license and the annual license fee for the new class license requested.  If the change is made at the expiration date, the fee shall be the annual license fee for the class license requested.

(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 furnished by the Board indicating the classification of the license desired;

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

(3)           paying the applicable license fee.  If a change is made prior to the expiration of a current license, the fee shall be the difference between the annual license fee for the existing license and the annual license fee for the new class license requested.  If the change is made at the expiration date, the fee shall be the annual license fee for the class license requested.

(d)  Licenses in the single family detached residential dwelling classification and in any special restricted classification are not subject to reclassification.  A change in these classifications can be effected only on the basis of a new application subject to all of the normal 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.