# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 08 — Home Improvement Commission

### Chapter 01 — General Regulations

#### Regulation .23 Experience or Education Requirement.

*COMAR 09.08.01.23*

A. Trade Experience.

  (1) An applicant for a home improvement contractor's license shall have at least 2 years of trade experience.

  (2) “Trade experience” includes one or more of the following:

    (a) Participation in a registered apprenticeship program;

    (b) Employment in performing home improvements;

    (c) Employment in performing commercial or residential construction, repairs,  or renovations;

    (d) Participation in a community service or charitable building or renovation program; or

    (e) Performing repairs and improvements which require a building permit on one's home or the home of family members.

  (3) Experience as a licensed home improvement salesperson for at least 2 years may be credited as trade experience, if the Home Improvement Commission determines that the applicant has gained substantial knowledge of the operation of a home improvement business.

B. Business Experience in Other Areas. Experience in the capacity of supervisor, manager, or owner of a business may be substituted for 1 year of the required trade experience, based on a review by the Home Improvement Commission, or an applicant for a home improvement contractor's license may substitute for the required trade experience educational training in:

  (1) Vocational school training in a building trade; or

  (2) Participation in a building trade work-study program.

C. Experience or educational qualifications of applicants for a home improvement contractor's license who have documented handicaps shall be considered by the Commission on an individual basis.