58. The board may make regulations:(a) to determine the duties exigible for the issue and renewal of licences and the investigation costs payable by persons concerning whom an investigation has been made;
(a.1) generally or specially delegate the exercise of the powers assigned to the board for the renewal of licences to the general manager or his designee.
(b) to form any advisory committee or subcommittee;
(c) to determine the qualifications required of a natural person qualifying a partnership or a corporation and the conditions he must fulfil for such purpose and the information he must then furnish;
(d) to determine the qualifications required of a person applying for the issue or renewal of a licence and the conditions he must fulfil for such purpose and the information he must then furnish;
(e) to determine the form and tenor of licences and licence applications;
(f) to determine the information which may be required from licence holders;
(g) to determine the categories of licences, in particular general contractor’s and specialized contractor’s licences, and the subcategories of licences, and the conditions and restrictions relating to each category and subcategory;
(h) to allow an individual to qualify more than one partnership or corporation to obtain a licence;
(i) to enable individuals to hold a licence while qualifying a partnership or a corporation to obtain a licence;
(j) to determine the form and tenor of the reports which the inspectors must make to the board;
(k) to determine, subject to section 55, the cases where owner-builders are exempt from obtaining a licence;
(l) to determine the categories of construction work and residential buildings for the purposes of section 34;
(m) to require security, for the purposes of the first paragraph of section 34, and determine the obligations it covers and to what extent they are so covered;
(n) to require security, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 34, and provide that the indemnification shall be made as the surety may choose, either by the payment of a sum of money or by the carrying out of the work;
(o) to determine the terms and conditions, amounts and form of the security contemplated in section 34;
(p) to establish and indemnity fund as contemplated in the fourth paragraph of section 34 and determine the manner in which the contractors must subscribe or contribute to it;
(q) to require security for the purposes of section 34.1 and determine its terms and conditions, amount, form and the manner in which it is to be used;
(r) to require every applicant for a contractor’s licence or, in the case of a partnership or corporation, every qualifying person, to pass examinations, determine the subject matter of the examinations, in particular in the fields of administrative and technical knowledge or knowledge related to safety on construction sites, determine the conditions of admission to or exemption from them, and provide which cases of renewal of a licence entail exemption from those examinations;
(s) to determine the cases where a natural person may hold more than one licence;
(t) to establish rules of practice for the purposes of sections 43, 44 and 45.