TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 10

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN

54-1008.  Duration of license. (1) All licenses, including license renewals, for master electricians, residential electricians, journeyman electricians, and limited electrical installers shall be issued for a period of three (3) years and shall expire three (3) years from the birthday of the licensee unless renewed, revoked, or suspended.

(2)  Electrical contractor and limited electrical contractor licenses shall be issued for a period of two (2) years and shall expire two (2) years from the birthday of the licensee unless renewed, revoked, or suspended.

(3)  Electrical apprentice registrations issued or renewed shall be issued for a period of two (2) years. No person shall be issued an apprentice license for more than five (5) two (2) year periods.

(4)  Limited electrical installer trainee registrations shall be issued for a period of three (3) years.

(5)  Facility account licenses shall be issued and renewed for a period of two (2) years.

(6)(a)  Provisional journeyman electrician’s licenses shall be issued for a period of six (6) months and shall expire six (6) months from the date issued, during which time a provisional journeyman electrician shall apply for and take the journeyman electrician examination. A six (6) month renewal shall be issued upon application if:

(i)   The applicant has taken, but failed to pass, the journeyman electrician examination within the six (6) month period; or

(ii)  The applicant has failed to take the journeyman electrician examination within the six (6) month period and has shown that exceptional circumstances prevented the applicant from taking the journeyman electrician examination.

(b)  A provisional journeyman electrician’s license shall be issued and renewed only once. If the applicant fails to pass the journeyman electrician examination, or fails to take the journeyman electrician examination, within one (1) year from the date of issue of a provisional journeyman electrician’s license, the applicant is no longer eligible to apply for a provisional journeyman electrician’s license.

(7)  Each licensing period and each registration period shall end at midnight on the last day of the month of the licensing or registration period. Licenses and registrations not renewed by this date shall have expired.

(8)  The board shall promulgate rules to provide for a staggered system of issuing and renewing licenses.

History:

[54-1008, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 8, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 11, p. 583; am. 2002, ch. 53, sec. 1, p. 120; am. 2006, ch. 82, sec. 1, p. 244; am. 2009, ch. 112, sec. 2, p. 365; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 8, p. 464; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 8, p. 473; am. 2019, ch. 66, sec. 2, p. 159; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 7, p. 871; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 10, p. 751; am. 2024, ch. 86, sec. 8, p. 394.]