2005 Idaho Code - 54-1003A — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 10
                    ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN
    54-1003A.  DEFINITIONS. (1) Electrical Contractor. Except as provided in
section 54-1016, Idaho Code, any person, partnership, company, firm,
association or corporation engaging in, conducting, or carrying on the
business of installing wires or equipment to carry electric current or
installing apparatus to be operated by such current, or entering into
agreements to install such wires, equipment or apparatus, shall for the
purpose of this act be known as an electrical contractor. An electrical
contractor, prior to being issued a license, shall be required to provide
proof of liability insurance in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000) and proof of worker's compensation insurance if applicable.
    (2)  Journeyman Electrician. Except as provided in section 54-1016, Idaho
Code, and subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) of this section, any person who
personally performs or supervises the actual physical work of installing
electric wiring or equipment to convey electric current, or apparatus to be
operated by such current, shall, for the purpose of this act, be known as a
journeyman electrician.
    (3)  Apprentice Electrician. Any person who, for the purpose of learning
the trade of journeyman electrician, engages in the installation of electric
wiring, equipment, or apparatus while under the constant on-the-job
supervision of a qualified journeyman electrician shall, for the purpose of
this act, be known as an apprentice electrician.
    (4)  Maintenance Electrician. Any person who is regularly employed to
service, maintain or repair electrical apparatus, or to make minor repairs or
alterations to existing electrical wires or equipment located on his
employer's premises shall, for the purpose of this act, be known as a
maintenance electrician.
    (5)  Master Electrician. A person who has the necessary qualifications,
training, experience and technical knowledge to plan, layout or design the
installation of electrical wiring or equipment, or to supervise such planning,
layout, or design, and who performs or supervises such planning, layout or
design, shall, for the purpose of this act, be known as a master electrician.
    (6)  Specialty Electrician. A person having the necessary qualifications,
training, experience and technical knowledge to install, alter, repair and
supervise the installing, altering or repairing of special classes of
electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment within categories adopted by the
board. Specialty electricians shall perform work only within the scope of the
specialty category for which the person is licensed.
    (7)  Specialty Electrical Contractor. Except as provided in section
54-1016, Idaho Code, any person, partnership, company, firm, association or
corporation engaging in, conducting or carrying on the business of installing,
altering or repairing special classes of electrical wiring, apparatus or
equipment within categories adopted by the board or entering into agreements
to perform such specialty work, shall for the purpose of this act be known as
a specialty electrical contractor.  Specialty electrical contractors shall
perform work only within the scope of the specialty category for which the
contractor is licensed. A specialty electrical contractor, prior to being
issued a license, shall be required to provide proof of liability insurance in
the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and proof of worker's
compensation insurance if applicable.
    (8)  Specialty Electrical Trainee. Any person who, for the purpose of
learning the trade of a specialty electrician, engages in the installation of
electrical wiring, equipment or apparatus while under the constant on-the-job
supervision of a qualified specialty electrician shall, for the purpose of
this act, be known as a specialty electrical trainee.