Description of ACR course

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors’ must complete eight (8) hours of continuing education in courses approved by the Department. One of the eight hours must be instruction on Texas laws and rules that regulate the conduct of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors. The topic for this course includes:

• ACR Rules
• ACR Contractor Law
• Equipment and products in Residential and Commercial AC and Heating
• ACR Ethics 
• 2015 IMC Exhaust Systems
• 2015 IMC Exhaust Systems ( Continue )
• IMC Boilers, Water Heaters and Pressure Vessels and Ch.11 Refrigeration
• IMC 2015 Hydronic Piping, Fuel Oil Piping and Storage, And Solar Systems

75.25. Continuing Education.  (Adopted effective June 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 3095; amended effective April 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 1975; amended effective January 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9517)

(a) Terms used in this section have the meanings assigned by Chapter 59 of this title, unless the context indicates otherwise.

(b) To renew an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1302, Subchapter F, that expires prior to June 1, 2014, a licensee must complete eight hours of continuing education in courses approved by the department, including two hours of instruction in Texas state law and rules that regulate the conduct of licensees.

(c) To renew an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1302, Subchapter F, that expires on or after June 1, 2014, a licensee must complete eight hours of continuing education in courses approved by the department, including one hour of instruction in Texas state law and rules that regulate the conduct of licensees.

(d) The continuing education hours must have been completed within the term of the current license, in the case of a timely renewal. For a late renewal, the continuing education hours must have been completed within the one year period immediately prior to the date of renewal.

(e) A licensee may not receive continuing education credit for attending the same course more than once.

(f) A licensee must retain a copy of the certificate of completion for a course for one year after the date of completion. In conducting any inspection or investigation of the licensee, the department may examine the licensee’s records to determine compliance with this subsection.

(g) To be approved under Chapter 59 of this title, a provider’s course must be dedicated to instruction in one or more of the following topics:

(1) Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1302, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors;

(2) Title 16, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 75, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Administrative Rules;

(3) the International Mechanical Code, the Uniform Mechanical Code, or other applicable codes;

(4) ethics;

(5) business practices; or

(6) technical requirements.

State website: http://www.license.state.tx.us