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227A.010 Definitions.
As used in KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) "Authorized local licensing program" means any city, county, urban-county, charter
county, or consolidated local government electrician and electrical contractor <br>licensing program established by local ordinance for the purpose of licensing <br>electrical workers. "Authorized local licensing program" shall include a licensing <br>program established through a cooperative agreement between two (2) or more <br>counties;
(2) "Committee" means the Electrical Advisory Committee as described in KRS
227.530;
(3) "Department" means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; <br>(4) "Electrical" pertains to the installation, alteration, or repair of wires and conduits for
the purpose of transmitting electricity, and the installation of fixtures and equipment <br>in connection therewith;
(5) "Electrical contractor" means any licensed individual, partnership, or corporation
that is licensed to engage in, offers to engage in, or advertises or holds itself out to <br>be qualified to engage in designing, planning, superintending, contracting of, or <br>assuming responsibility for the installation, alteration, or repair of any electrical <br>wiring used for the purpose of furnishing heat, light, or power, and employs <br>electrical workers to engage in this practice. If the electrical contractor is not a <br>master electrician, the electrical contractor shall employ at least one (1) full-time <br>master electrician; however, no master electrician shall act in this capacity for more <br>than one (1) electrical contractor;
(6) "Electrician" means any person licensed by the department who is employed by an
electrical contractor and is engaged in the construction, alteration, or repair of any <br>electrical wiring used for the purpose of furnishing heat, light, or power;
(7) "Maintenance worker or maintenance engineer" means a person who is a regular,
bona fide employee or agent of a property owner, property lessor, property <br>management company, or firm that is not in the electrical business but has <br>jurisdiction over the property where the routine maintenance of electrical systems is <br>being performed;
(8) "Master electrician" means any individual licensed to assume responsible charge,
supervision, or direction of an electrician engaged in the construction, installation, <br>alteration, or repair of electrical wiring used to furnish heat, light, or power; and
(9) "Routine maintenance of electrical systems" means the routine and periodic
servicing of electrical systems, including cleaning, inspecting, and making <br>adjustments to ensure the proper operation and the removal or replacement of <br>component parts. "Routine maintenance of electrical systems" does not include the <br>installation of complete electrical systems.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 429, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 2, effective April 6, 2004. -- Created 2003 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 119, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003.
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Legislative Research Commission Note (6/24/2003). Pursuant to KRS 7.136, the
subsections in this section (2003 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 1) have been renumbered.
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