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2017 Idaho Statutes
Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
Chapter 10 - ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN
Section 54-1003A - DEFINITIONS.
Universal Citation: ID Code § 54-1003A (2017)
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.
History:
[54-1003A, added 1961, ch. 311, sec. 6, p. 583; am. 1986, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 743; am. 1999, ch. 99, sec. 3, p. 312; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 3, p. 970; am. 2005, ch. 82, sec. 1, p. 294.]
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