SubTitle21a-340f-1_21a-340f-3. Residential Stair Lift Technician's License  


Sec. 21a-340f-1. Definitions
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(1) "Apprentice trainee" means any person registered with the Department of Consumer Protection for the purpose of learning a skilled trade.

(2) "Private residence" means a residential dwelling containing a residential stair lift that is not intended for general public use.

(3) "Residential stair lift" means an inclined residential stairway chair lift with a fixed in place swivel single seat and its internal components, installed in or at a private residence.

(4) "Residential stair lift work" means the installation, repair, replacement, maintenance or alteration of residential stair lifts installed in or at a private residence for use on a stairway structure capable of safely supporting the loads imposed on such structure. Residential stair lift work does not include non-structural or cosmetic work on a residential stair lift.

(Effective April 17, 2017)

Sec. 21a-340f-2. Qualifications to obtain licensure
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 A residential stair lift technician license may be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection to any applicant registered as an apprentice trainee with the department who (1) has experience performing residential stair lift work of not less than ten new installations, (2) has completed a training program of instruction, which shall include, but need not limited to, a review of applicable state and federal laws, codes, standards and work site safety requirements of not less than twenty hours related to residential stair lift work, which program has been reviewed and approved by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, and (3) has paid the license fee specified in section 20-340f of the Connecticut General Statutes to the department. 

(Effective April 17, 2017)

Sec. 21a-340f-3. License Transferability
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Licenses issued to residential stair lift technicians shall not be transferable or assignable and the failure to receive a notice of expiration or a renewal application for a license shall not exempt a residential stair lift technician from the obligation to renew said license.

(Effective April 17, 2017)