Starting June 1, 2009, State of Michigan Residential Builder’s and Maintenance and Alteration Contractors will be required to fulfill continuing education coursework in order to renew their licenses.
Licenses will also be renewed for a period of 3 yrs instead of the current 2 yrs.

The contractor is required to successfully complete not less than 3 hrs of “activities demonstrating continuing competency” per calendar year during the first 6 calendar years of licensure and 21 hrs per 3-yr cycle since the issuance of his or her license.  Any contractor who has had a license for more than 6 years is only required to complete 3 hrs of CE per license cycle.  These hrs include 1 hr of codes, 1hr of safety and 1 hr of legal issues. New licensees after June 1, 2008 will be required to take a 60 hr prelicensure class.  Applicants will also have to state that they own a current copy of The Michigan Residential Code.

Currently, Michigan’s Builder’s Licenses are on a 2-yr cycle with approximately half renewing this May, and the other half in May 2009.  Neither one of these renewals will require the continuing education.  Your renewal will be for three years and it is during that time that CE credits must be taken.

Jeannine Benedict of The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth told me her Department is still in the process of developing rules and procedures for the program.  Renewal applications (which are customarily sent out 120 days prior to expiration) will contain information on these requirements.
Michicode.com  will be developing and providing these classes once the rules and procedures are in place. Keep an eye on our CLASSES page.

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