11 NCAC 08 .0735             TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE

(a)  A temporary certificate shall be issued without examination or additional application to any code-enforcement official who currently possesses a probationary certificate that expires between October 1, 2024 and October 1, 2025. The application the code-enforcement official initially submitted to obtain the probationary certificate shall provide the basis for issuing the temporary certificate.

(b)  A temporary certificate shall authorize the code-enforcement official, during the effective period of the certificate, to hold the position of the type, level, and location that corresponds to the probationary certificate the applicant previously received. The certificate shall specify the type and level of code enforcement in which the code-enforcement official may engage and may be conditioned upon his or her having supervision from an official with the specified certification or qualifications included on the code-enforcement official's probationary certificate application.

(c)  The temporary certificate shall be effective for a period of two years and shall not be renewed. During this period of time, the code-enforcement official shall complete the requirements set forth in the rules in this Subchapter to qualify for the appropriate standard certificate.

(d)  A code-enforcement official who is issued a temporary certificate that the code-enforcement official no longer needs or wants shall return the temporary certificate, within 30 days, to the Engineering and Building Codes Division of the Office of State Fire Marshal for cancellation.

(e)  A temporary certificate shall remain valid only so long as the person certified is employed by the State or a local government as a code-enforcement official of the type and level indicated on the certificate. If the person certified leaves such employment for any reason, he shall return the certificate to the Board.

(f)  A code-enforcement official with only a temporary certificate and no standard or limited certificate is not required to complete any continuing education courses.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-151.12; 143-151.13;

Emergency Adoption Eff. April 20, 2020;

Temporary Adoption Eff. July 1, 2020;

Emergency Adoption Eff. February 25, 2021;

Temporary Adoption Eff. April 23, 2021;

Temporary Adoption Exp. Eff. February 11, 2022;

Emergency Adoption Eff. November 1, 2024.