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What is the difference between RMO and RME?

What is the difference between RMO and RME?

The difference is the individual’s title. RMO stands for Responsible Managing Officer, so the person would need to be an Officer of the corporation. If the person is not an Officer, they would be an RME, which stands for Responsible Managing Employee.

What is an RME contractor?

A Responsible Managing Employee or RME is a licensed individual who is permanently employed by a construction company. The California CSLB issues the RMEs’ license to qualify for the company that they work for.

What is a RMO contractor?

A Responsible Managing Officer (“RMO”) under California law is an individual who is a bona fide employee of the applicant for a contractor’s license, and is actively engaged in the classification of work for which that responsible managing employee is the qualifying person on behalf of the applicant. California …

What does RMO mean in construction?

Responsible Managing Officer
Renting a qualifier means that a non-licensed contracting business pays an individual who holds a California contractor’s license to act as the Responsible Managing Officer (“RMO”) or Responsible Managing Employee (“RME”) of a construction company, when that person has no actual involvement in the day-to-day operations …

How does an RMO work?

As an RMO, you can be a qualifying officer with up to three companies at a time. General duties of an RMO include job site visits and occasional inspections to make sure everything is running smoothly. RMOs can also act as mentors to newly licensed contractors that are just starting out.

What’s RMO?

Abbreviation for: Regional Medical Officer. Resident Medical Officer, see there. Responsible Medical Officer.

What does RMO mean?

RMO

Acronym Definition
RMO Regional Medical Officer
RMO Records Management Office
RMO Rocky Mountain Orthodontics (Denver, CO)
RMO Registered Medical Officer (UK)

What does RMO stand for in construction?

How do I get my RMO?

In order to qualify to become an RMO, you must first go through the process of becoming a licensed contractor and then promote yourself as a qualifying officer.

Why do construction companies need a RMO or RME?

Construction companies do this in order to obtain a license without the owner (s) meeting the experience and examination requirements necessary to obtain a contractor’s license. The RMO or RME of a licensed construction business is held accountable for all activity and any violations committed by the company.

When does a RMO or RME lose their license?

If the licensed individual is not doing so, or if any of the other business officers, general partners, or employees break the law, the RMO or RME can lose his/her qualifying license and any other license on which the individual serves as a “qualifier” pursuant to Section 7068.1 of the Business and Professions Code.

Can you have more than one RME on your license?

Q: Our corporation currently has an “A” (General Engineering) license and we are in a dispute with a previous contract owner who is arguing that we should have had more than one Qualifying individual (RME/RMO) on our license. According to the CSLB, only one Qualifying individual is permitted for each classification that is reflected on the license.

What does it mean to rent an RMO in California?

Renting a qualifier means that a non-licensed contracting business pays an individual who holds a California contractor’s license to act as the Responsible Managing Officer (“RMO”) or Responsible Managing Employee (“RME”) of a construction company, when that person has no actual involvement in the day-to-day operations of the company.