Section 324.920

Title XXII OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

Chapter 324

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  324.920.  Application requirements — grandfather provision — employee licensing requirements — reciprocal agreements, when. — 1.  The applicant for a statewide electrical contractor's license shall satisfy the following requirements:

  (1)  Be at least twenty-one years of age;

  (2)  Provide proof of liability insurance in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars, and post a bond with each political subdivision in which he or she will perform work, as required by that political subdivision;

  (3)  Pass a standardized and nationally accredited electrical assessment examination that has been created and administered by a third party and that meets current national industry standards, as determined by the division;

  (4)  Pay for the costs of such examination; and

  (5)  Have completed one of the following:

  (a)  Twelve thousand verifiable practical hours installing equipment and associated wiring;

  (b)  Ten thousand verifiable practical hours installing equipment and associated wiring and have received an electrical journeyman certificate from a United States Department of Labor-approved electrical apprenticeship program;

  (c)  Eight thousand verifiable practical hours installing equipment and associated wiring and have received an associate's degree from a state-accredited program; or

  (d)  Four thousand verifiable practical hours supervising the installation of equipment and associated wiring and have received a four-year electrical engineering degree.

  2.  Electrical contractors who hold an electrical contractor license in good standing that was issued by any authority in this state that required prior to January 1, 2018, the passing of a standardized and nationally accredited written electrical assessment examination that is based upon the National Electrical Code and who have completed twelve thousand hours of verifiable practical experience shall be issued a statewide license.  The provisions of this subsection shall apply only to electrical contractor licenses issued by a political subdivision with the legal authority to issue such licenses.

  3.  Each corporation, firm, institution, organization, company, or representative thereof engaging in electrical contracting shall have in its employ, at a supervisory level, at least one electrical contractor who possesses a statewide license in accordance with sections 324.900 to 324.945.  A statewide licensed electrical contractor shall represent only one firm, company, corporation, institution, or organization at one time.

  4.  Any person operating as an electrical contractor in a political subdivision that does not require the contractor to hold a local license shall not be required to possess a statewide license under sections 324.900 to 324.945 to continue to operate as an electrical contractor in such political subdivision.

  5.  The division may negotiate reciprocal agreements with other states, the District of Columbia, or territories of the United States which require standards for licensure, registration, or certification considered to be equivalent or more stringent than the requirements for licensure under sections 324.900 to 324.945.

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(L. 2017 S.B. 240)