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A licensed contractor plans to bid a job outside its classification and hire no subcontractor for that scope. What is the best compliance action?

Correct Answer

B) Obtain the proper classification or use a properly licensed subcontractor before taking that work.

The contractor must work within its classification or use properly licensed subcontractors for specialty work.

Answer Options
A
Treat the work as allowed under the existing license where a licensed contractor plans to bid a job outside its classification and hire no subcontractor for that scope, without confirming the CSLB classification.
B
Obtain the proper classification or use a properly licensed subcontractor before taking that work.
C
Ask the supplier to certify the license classification.
D
Rename the work so it sounds like the existing classification, even though the actual work still falls outside the existing classification.

Why This Is the Correct Answer

The contractor must work within its classification or use properly licensed subcontractors for specialty work.

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