(a) Upon receipt of a completed application and the appropriate fees, the department, upon authorization of the commission, shall: (1) Issue and deliver to the applicant a certificate of registration; or (2) refuse to issue the certificate. The commission may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew any certificate issued under sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, or may place a registrant on probation or issue a letter of reprimand for any of the reasons stated in section 20-456. No application for the reinstatement of a certificate which has been revoked shall be accepted by the department within one year after the date of such revocation.

(b) Any person issued an initial certificate of registration on or after October 1, 2012, shall, not later than one year following the date of issuance of such certificate, successfully complete a nationally recognized course on community association management and pass the National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers' Certified Manager of Community Associations examination, or a similar examination as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.

(c) Any person who is a holder of a certificate of registration issued prior to October 1, 2012, who has held such certificate for (1) less than ten years shall, on or before October 1, 2014, successfully complete a nationally recognized course on community association management and pass the National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers' Certified Manager of Community Associations examination, or a similar examination as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, or (2) ten years or more shall, on or before October 1, 2014, successfully complete a nationally recognized course on community association management.

(d) The department, with the advice and assistance of the commission, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, concerning any examination required for certification under this chapter and the approval of schools, institutions or organizations offering courses in current practices and laws concerning community association management and the content of such courses. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Specifications for meeting the educational requirements prescribed in this section; and (2) exemptions from the educational requirements for reasons of health or instances of individual hardship. In adopting such regulations, the department may not disapprove a school, institution or organization that offers an examination or courses in current practices and laws concerning community association management solely because its examination or courses are offered or taught by electronic means, nor may the department disapprove an examination or course solely because it is offered or taught by electronic means.

(P.A. 90-306, S. 5, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 4, 19; P.A. 12-113, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 90-306, S. 5 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 91-341 provided that the issuance or refusal to issue a certificate shall be the responsibility of the department, upon authorization of the commission, rather than the responsibility of the commission, replaced “a certificate to engage in the business for which the application was made” with “a certificate of registration”, and provided that the acceptance of an application for reinstatement shall be the responsibility of the department rather than of the commission; P.A. 12-113 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re educational requirements for persons issued an initial certificate of registration on or after October 1, 2012, Subsec. (c) re educational requirements for persons who hold a certificate of registration issued prior to October 1, 2012, and Subsec. (d) re adoption of regulations.