The Construction Office of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall issue a contractor certification in the name of every contractor duly recorded in the Registry and whose bond is up to date. Any person who submits or accepts an estimate or quote or offers to undertake construction work, or in any manner oversees construction work not of his/her property, or undertakes any task or phase thereof, must, before taking any of the above steps, or advertising to do so, obtain a contractor certification.The certification shall not be required to enter a bid for a federal project for which the applicable federal regulations do not require said certification. Neither shall a certification be required for those citizens who hold a license authorizing them to practice a profession or trade organized under regulations and/or as an association, provided its functions are limited to the functions of that profession or trade. History —Aug. 10, 1946, No, 146, added as § 6 on Aug. 15, 1999, No. 242, § 3.
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