Traditional Specialty Contractors Policy Statements
Traditional Specialty Contractors
Under O.C.G.A. § 43-41-17, specialty contractors who offer or contract to perform or undertake or perform for an owner limited, specialty, or specific trade contractor work do not have to hold a license as a residential or general contractor if they are performing work within their specialty. However, nothing in Chapter 41 shall permit a specialty contractor to perform work that falls within the licensing requirements of Chapter 14 of Title 43 where such specialty contractor is not duly licensed under such chapter to perform such work. The State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors has been directed by January 1, 2008, to identify specialty categories and scopes of work, allowing those specialties to contract directly with an owner without being a licensed residential or general contractor.
- Anyone who is included on this list who is working for a licensed residential or general contractor under a valid permit is exempted from having to hold a residential and general contractor license of his or her own. However, such individual must ensure that he or she complies with any legal requirements (such as those found in Chapter 14 of Title 43) for his or her specialty trade.
- The State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractor recognizes that limited service contractors can coordinate multiple specialty trades within the scopes of work listed below.
- Traditional specialty contractors will not be required to carry a residential or general contractor license but will be required to comply with all applicable national, state, and local codes and ordinances.
The following list is under development and subject to change. If upon review, you believe an additional category of work falls within your scope of work please submit comments or considerations in writing to: State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors 237 Coliseum Dr. Macon, Georgia 31217-3858
View O.C.G.A §§ 43-41-1 through 43-41-17 in its entirety>>
- Acoustic Treatments
- Acoustical Ceilings
- Aluminum Framed and Glass Storefronts
- Athletic Equipment
- Asphalt Paving
- Automatic Doors
- Awnings
- Cabinets and Countertops
- Carpet, VCT & Base
- Casework
- Caulks & Sealants
- Ceramics & Hard Tiles
- Chutes
- Cold Formed Metal Framing
- Concrete Cast in Place
- Concrete Formwork Concrete Precast
- Concrete Tilt Up
- Cornice Work
- Damp proofing and Waterproofing
- Dams
- Decorative Metals
- Demolition
- Doors, Frames & Hardware
- Drywall
- EIFS and Stucco
- Elevators
- Engineered Retaining Walls which includes:
- Mechanically Stabilized Earth Structures
- Equipment Lifting and Transportation
- Erosion and Sedimentation Controls
- Escalators
- Fencing
- Fireproofing
- Flagpoles
- Flat Roofing
- Finish Carpentry
- Fire Equipment
- Fireplaces
- Foodservice Equipment
- Fuel System Installation
- Glazing
- Grading
- Grouting
- Gutters and Downspouts
- Insulation
- Laboratory Equipment
- Landscape and Irrigation
- Library Equipment
- Lifts
- Light Gauge Metal Studs
- Loading Dock Equipment
- Lockers and Locker Room Benches
- Masonry
- Operable Partitions
- Overhead Doors
- Paint Booth Installation
- Painting and Special Coatings
- Parking Control Equipment
- Piles and Caissons
- Postal Specialties
- Pre-engineered Special Purpose Rooms & Vaults
- Pre-engineered Metal Buildings
- Recreational Equipment
- Reinforcing Steel
- Rough Carpentry
- Scaffolding Seating which includes:
- Prefabricated seating
- Prefabricated bleachers
- Prefabricated press boxes
- Sheet Metal Roofing
- Shelving and Bins which includes:
- Prefabricated mezzanines
- Shingles and Shakes
- Siding
- Signage
- Site Furnishings
- Skylights
- Sliding & Coiling Doors
- Structural Metal Framing
- Structural & Miscellaneous Steel which includes:
- Stairs and railings
- Terrazzo
- Theater Equipment
- Toilet Compartments & Accessories
- Visual Display Boards
- Wall Finishes
- Window Treatments
- Windows
- Wood Flooring
Revised 03/06/20