Under what circumstances is a waiver of an examination granted?
7065.1(a) License Exam Waivers Discontinued Effective September 1, 2004, except in cases of family-owned partnerships and corporations, the CA State Contractors Division is no longer granting license exam waivers based on section 7065.1(a) of the Contractors License Law. Under this provision, the Registrar may, but is not required to waive the exam portion of the license application if the applicant has been listed on a license and actively engaged in the contracting business for five of the last seven years. In each of the last two fiscal years, approximately 8,600 license applicants applied for an exam waiver. It is estimated that roughly 20-25 percent of those waiver applications fell under section 7065.1(a). About one-third of all waiver requests are rejected for failure to meet requirements. “Waiver applications take considerably longer to process and have a significantly higher rejection rate,” explains Licensing Unit Chief, Michael A. Brown. “The change in policy is consistent w
