100D.9  Transition provisions.
  1.  An applicant for licensure under this chapter, who is employed as a fire protection system installer and maintenance worker as of July 1, 2008, shall be issued a license upon presentation of satisfactory evidence to the department of at least eight thousand five hundred hours of experience as a fire protection system installer and maintenance worker and one of the following:
  a.  Presentation of a certificate of completion of a four-year or five-year protection system apprenticeship program, approved by the United States department of labor.
  b.  A passing score on the national inspection, testing and certification star fire sprinkler mastery exam or an equivalent exam from a nationally recognized third-party testing agency that is approved by the state fire marshal.
  c.  Certification by the national institute for certification in engineering technologies, or another entity as specified by rule by the state fire marshal.
  2.  After July 31, 2012, a person licensed pursuant to this section shall renew or obtain a license pursuant to section 100D.3.
2008 Acts, ch 1094, §10, 18
; 2009 Acts, ch 91, §12, 13
; 2010 Acts, ch 1037, §10