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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 50. Board For Contractors
Chapter 30. Individual License and Certification Regulations
4/10/2025

18VAC50-30-45.  Qualifications for an accessibility mechanic certification and limited use/limited application (LULA) endorsement.

A. An applicant for certification as an accessibility mechanic must:

1. Have three years of practical experience in the construction, installation, maintenance, service, repair, and testing of wheelchair lifts, incline chairlifts, dumbwaiters, residential elevators, or related conveyances; 80 hours of formal vocational training; and satisfactorily complete a written examination administered by the board. Experience in excess of three years may be substituted for formal vocational training at a ratio of one year of experience for 20 hours of formal training, but not to exceed 60 hours;

2. Have three years of practical experience in the construction, installation, maintenance, service, repair, and testing of wheelchair lifts, incline chairlifts, dumbwaiters, residential elevators, or related conveyances and a certificate of completion of an accessibility mechanic examination of a training program determined to be equivalent to the requirements established by the board; or

3. Successfully complete an accessibility mechanic apprenticeship program that is approved by the Virginia Apprenticeship Council or registered with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, as evidenced by providing a certificate of completion or other official document, and satisfactorily complete a written examination administered by the board.

B. An applicant for a limited use/limited application (LULA) endorsement must:

1. Hold a current certification as an accessibility mechanic issued by the board.

2. Have one year of practical experience in the construction, installation, maintenance, service, repair, and testing of limited use/limited application elevators; complete a vocational education program approved by the board; and either (i) satisfactorily complete a written examination administered by the board or (ii) complete a limited use/limited application elevator training program determined to be equivalent to the requirements established by the board.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-204 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 12, eff. April 1, 2025.

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