2005 Idaho Code - 54-1007 — ISSUANCE OF LICENSES -- RECIPROCITY

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 10
                    ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN
    54-1007.  ISSUANCE OF LICENSES -- RECIPROCITY. (1) The administrator shall
issue licenses to such persons as have by examination shown themselves to be
fit, competent and qualified to engage in the trade of journeyman electrician,
specialty electrician or master electrician as defined in section 54-1003A,
Idaho Code, and to such persons, firms, partnerships, associations or
corporations as have shown themselves to be fit, competent and qualified to
engage in the business of electrical contracting or specialty electrical
contracting as defined in section 54-1003A, Idaho Code.
    (2)  An apprentice electrician, as defined in section 54-1003A, Idaho
Code, may take the journeyman's examination if he has completed the required
related instruction for electrical apprentices as approved by the Idaho state
board for professional-technical education and has worked the number of hours
as prescribed by the Idaho electrical board, provided that for each such year
he is claiming to have worked as an apprentice electrician, the apprentice
shall have been registered with the division of building safety as an
apprentice, paid an apprentice registration fee, and submitted with his annual
application for apprentice registration verification of employment, the number
of instructional hours completed and the number of hours worked. The
electrical board may, by rule, fix the apprentice registration fee, in an
amount not to exceed the costs of issuing apprentice registration certificates
and enforcing the apprentice registration provisions of this act, and may also
by rule establish requirements relative to the manner of verification of
employment, the number of instructional hours completed, continuation training
and the number of hours worked.
    (a)  An apprentice who has completed the number of instructional hours and
    has not taken or passed the journeyman's examination within two (2) years
    of completion of the instructional training hours, shall provide proof of
    continuation training as set by rule of the electrical board.
    (b)  An apprentice who has not advanced in apprenticeship training for a
    period of two (2) years shall complete continuation training as set by
    rule of the electrical board.
    (3)  Any person who has worked as a licensed journeyman for a period of
not less than four (4) years and who has worked the number of hours as
prescribed by rule of the board as a licensed journeyman electrician shall be
considered as qualified to apply for a master electrician's license in this
state. The Idaho electrical board, in establishing by rule the requirements
for a master electrician's license, shall also take into account the
applicant's performance as a journeyman electrician.
    (4)  Any person with out-of-state experience who has worked as a
journeyman electrician or as an apprentice electrician for a period of four
(4) years, and who has met such other requirements as established by rule of
the board, shall be considered  as qualified to apply for a journeyman
electrician's license in this state.
    (5)  To the extent that other states which provide for the licensing of
electricians provide for similar action, the administrator, on the
recommendation of the Idaho electrical board, may grant licenses to
electricians licensed by such other states, upon payment by the applicant of
the required fee and upon furnishing proof to the board that the applicant has
qualifications at least equal to those provided herein for applicants for
written examinations. Applicants who qualify for a license under this
subsection are not required to take a written examination.