2005 Idaho Code - 54-1019 — QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 10
                    ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN
    54-1019.  QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS. The administrator of the division
of building safety shall appoint the number of deputy electrical inspectors as
may be required for the effective enforcement of the provisions of this
chapter. All inspectors shall be skilled in electrical installations with not
less than four (4) years of actual experience as a journeyman electrician,
shall possess certificates of competency prior to appointment, and shall be
fully familiar with the provisions of this chapter and rules made both by the
administrator and the Idaho electrical board. No inspector employed by the
division of building safety and assigned to the enforcement of the provisions
of this chapter shall be engaged or financially interested in an electrical
business, trade, practice or work, or the sale of any supplies connected
therewith, nor shall he act as an agent, directly or indirectly, for any
person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation so engaged. Inspectors
employed by municipalities electing to claim exemption under this chapter must
possess the qualifications set forth in this section. Inspectors employed by
the division of building safety shall take and pass, before the end of their
probationary period, the general inspector's test administered by the
educational testing service, or future tests developed by the educational
testing service for that purpose, or such examination developed for similar
purposes, and administered by another testing agency, which the Idaho
electrical board may select. The board may also promulgate rules relative to
the applicability of this provision to existing electrical inspectors with
permanent status in the division.