Section 27-3015. Renewal of master electrician's and special electrician's licenses

a. Any license and seal issued hereunder shall expire one year  from the year of issuance on the licensee's date of birth for that  year
  irrespective  of  the  date  of issue. Such license may be renewed every
  year thereafter  without  examination,  provided  application  for  such
  renewal,  accompanied  by  the  renewal  fees  prescribed above and such
  information as may be required by the commissioner to ensure  compliance
  with  section 27-3016 of this chapter and evidence of insurance coverage
  in compliance with section 27-3013 of  this  chapter,  shall  have  been
  filed  prior  to  the  expiration  of  the  existing  license.  Where an
  applicant can show good and sufficient cause for his or her inability to
  renew  his  or  her  license  and  seal  before  its   expiration,   the
  commissioner  may,  within  ninety  days  after  the  expiration of such
  license, permit the issuance, without examination, of a new license  and
  seal  upon  payment of the prescribed fees for such new license and seal
  within said ninety days. No license shall be renewed and no new  license
  and seal shall be issued unless all outstanding fees required by section
  27-3018  of  this  code have been paid. Renewal shall also be subject to
  the licensee's good moral character. As provided in department rule, the
  licensee's failure to clear open  violations  in  a  timely  manner  may
  result  in  the  refusal  to  renew  a  license until the violations are
  resolved. The commissioner may promulgate rules requiring applicants for
  the renewal of master or special electrician's licenses to submit proof,
  in such form as he or she shall determine, that, in  each  year  of  the
  license  term, such applicant completed at least ten hours of continuing
  education courses approved  by  the  department.  Such  proof  shall  be
  submitted  not  less  than  two  months  prior  to the expiration of the
  license term.
    b. If a master  electrician's  or  special  electrician's  license  is
  suspended  for  cause,  and  the restoration thereof is conditional upon
  some action to be taken by the holder of  the  master  electrician's  or
  special electrician's license and the holder fails to take action before
  the  expiration  of  the  license,  such  failure shall be cause for the
  denial of the subsequent application to renew the license and seal.