As used in the Roofing Contractor Registration Act:

1. "Advertise" means any written publication, dissemination, solicitation, contract, bid, promotional item, or circulation which is intended to directly or indirectly induce any person to contract for roofing construction services with the advertiser, including, but not limited to, business cards, telephone directory display advertisements, vehicle signage, radio, television and electronic solicitations;

2. "Applicant" means the qualifying party, or if no qualifying party, any person applying under the Roofing Contractor Registration Act for a roofing contractor registration to be issued by the Construction Industries Board;

3. "Board" means the Construction Industries Board;

4. "Committee" means the Committee of Roofing Examiners;

5. "Homeowner" means one who owns and resides in, or who resides in, or who contracts for the purchase, construction, remodeling or repairing of a residence;

6. "Nonresident contractor" means any contractor who has not established and maintained a place of business as a roofing contractor in this state within the preceding year, or who claims residency in another state, or who has not submitted an income tax return as a resident of this state within the preceding year;

7. "Owner" means person who owns the property or is a lessee of the property;

8. "Person" means any natural person, firm, limited or general partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, trust, association, other legal entity and any organization capable of conducting business, or any combination thereof acting as a unit, unless the intent to give a more limited meaning is disclosed clearly by the Roofing Contractor Registration Act;

9. "Prime contractor" means a general contractor, commercial contractor, or other contractor who contracts directly with the owner for construction trade work in multiple trade areas;

10. "Project manager" means one who manages construction projects consisting of work involving multiple trades;

11. "Public contract" means a contract with the State of Oklahoma, its political subdivisions, or any board, commission, or department thereof, or with any board of county commissioners, or with any city council, school board, or with any state or municipal agency, or with any other public board, body, commission, or agency authorized to award contracts for the construction or reconstruction of public works and includes subcontracts undertaken to perform works covered by the original contract or any part thereof;

12. "Qualifying party" means a natural person who is an officer or owner of the corporation, a member of the limited liability company, or a general partner of the limited liability partnership, and who is actively engaged in the work undertaken by the registrant for which a registration is required pursuant to the Roofing Contractor Registration Act who meets the experience and ability requirements for registration on behalf of the registrant;

13. "Registrar" means the Construction Industries Board or any person designated by the Board to administer the provisions of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act;

14. "Registration" means the process of applying for an initial or renewal registration which upon approval is exhibited by a registration number and card issued pursuant to the Roofing Contractor Registration Act;

15. "Registration number" means the roofing registration number issued by the registrar to the registrant's qualifying party;

16. "Registrant" means a holder of a registration issued pursuant to the Roofing Contractor Registration Act;

17. "Residence" means a single structure for residential occupancy or use which is a detached one- to four-family dwelling or a multiple single-family dwelling (townhouse) not more than three stories/floors above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress, and any appurtenances thereto, which is intended for use as a primary habitation and is in compliance with the International Residential Code, as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission;

18. "Roofing contractor" means any person, including a subcontractor and nonresident contractor, engaged in the business of commercial or residential roofing contractor work, or who himself or herself, or through another, attempts to or advertises, holds himself or herself out as having, or purports to have, the capacity to undertake roofing contractor work, or offers to engage in or solicits roofing installation-related services, including construction, installation, renovation, remodeling, reroofing, repair, maintenance, alteration, and waterproofing, unless specifically exempted in the Roofing Contractor Registration Act. Roofing contractor shall not mean:

a.a person engaged in the demolition of a structure or the cleanup of construction waste and debris that contains roofing material,

b.a person working under the direct supervision of the roofing contractor who is hired either as an employee, day laborer, or contract laborer whose payment, received in any form, from the roofing contractor is subject to self-employment tax,

c.a person working on his or her own property or that of an immediate relative and such person is not receiving any compensation, or

d.a person acting as a handyman who is receiving compensation from the property owner and who is performing the roofing repair in conjunction with other repairs to the property and who does not perform more than two roofing jobs per year;

19. "Roofing contractor work" means the installation, fabrication or assembly of equipment or systems included in roofing systems as defined in the International Building Code and the International Residential Code, as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission, and which codes are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. Roofing construction work includes, but is not limited to, installation, renovation, remodeling, reroofing, reconstructing, repair, maintenance, improvement, alteration, and waterproofing, unless specifically exempted in the Roofing Contractor Registration Act.

a."Commercial roofing contractor work" means work done on commercial, industrial or public building roofing systems or structures as defined in the International Building Code, as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission; except it does not mean buildings used for commercial purposes having equivalent or substantially the same roofing requirements as a "residence" defined herein, including but not limited to business offices converted from a structure that formerly was a residence, and

b."Residential roofing contractor work" means work done on roofing systems as defined in the International Residential Code, as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission, or as defined as a "residence" herein; including buildings used for commercial purposes having asphalt shingles, tile shingles, synthetic shakes, wood shakes or other comparable materials applied to a sloped roof equal to the same roofing requirements as a "residence" defined herein, including but not limited to business offices converted from a structure that formerly was a residence;

20. "Roofing Hearing Board" means the Roofing Hearing Board which shall consist of a designee of the Construction Industries Board, as chair, and the members of the Committee of Roofing Examiners;

21. "Subcontractor" means one who contracts with a prime contractor, general contractor, residential contractor, project manager, property manager, another subcontractor, or another entity for roofing contractor work;

22. "Variance" means the use of an alternative material or method of construction from that prescribed in the International Building Code or the International Residential Code or other approved documents by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission for use at a particular location or project specified in the variance application;

23. "Variance and Appeals Board" means the Oklahoma State Roofing Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board;

24. "Labor-only crews" means a crew that is to perform the installation of asphalt shingles, tile shingles, synthetic shakes, wood shakes or other comparable materials to a sloped roof and to complete roofing work; and

25. "Prefabricated- or pre-engineered-metal-building erector" means the labor necessary to construct the components of a prefabricated- or pre-engineered-metal-building package, known as PEMB, as defined by the Construction Science Institute and Construction Specifications Institute in Division 13, Special Construction: Metal Building Systems.

Added by Laws 2010, c. 479, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 270, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2018, c. 178, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.