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227A.010 Definitions.
As used in KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Authorized local licensing program" means any city, county, urban-county,
charter county, or consolidated local government electrician and electrical
contractor licensing program established by local ordinance for the purpose of
licensing electrical workers. "Authorized local licensing program" shall include a
licensing program established through a cooperative agreement between two
(2) or more counties;
(2) "Committee" means the Electrical Advisory Committee as described in KRS
227.530;
(3) "Department" means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction;
(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 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 be qualified to engage in designing, planning, superintending,
contracting of, or assuming responsibility for the installation, alteration, or repair
of any electrical wiring used for the purpose of furnishing heat, light, or power,
and employs electrical workers to engage in this practice. If the electrical
contractor is not a master electrician, the electrical contractor shall employ at
least one (1) full-time master electrician; however, no master electrician shall
act in this capacity for more 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 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 management company, or firm that is not in the electrical business but
has jurisdiction over the property where the routine maintenance of electrical
systems is being performed;
(8) "Master electrician" means any individual licensed to assume responsible
charge, supervision, or direction of an electrician engaged in the construction,
installation, 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
adjustments to ensure the proper operation and the removal or replacement of
component parts. "Routine maintenance of electrical systems" does not include
the installation of complete electrical systems.
Effective:July 15, 2010
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 ch. 119, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003.
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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