2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .060   Qualifications for licensure.

227A.060 Qualifications for licensure. (1) The office shall issue a license as an "electrical contractor" to an applicant who meets the following requirements: (a)  Has paid to the office the application fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) and the appropriate examination fee, which shall not exceed the actual cost of examination; (b)  Has achieved a passing score, as set by the office, on all portions of the examination required by the office. The office shall promulgate administrative regulations to specify who shall take the examination if the applicant is a business entity; and (c)  Has submitted proof that he or she has complied with workers' compensation and unemployment insurance laws and administrative regulations and has obtained a general liability insurance policy of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). (2) The office shall issue a license as a "master electrician" to an applicant who meets the following requirements: (a)  Has paid to the office the application fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) and the appropriate examination fee not to exceed the actual cost of the examination; (b)  Has completed: 1. Six (6) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade; and 2. A training course in electrical work, acceptable to the office, or an additional two (2) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade; and (c)  Has achieved a passing score, as set by the office, on all portions of the examination required by the office. (3) The office shall issue a license as an "electrician" to an applicant who meets the following requirements: (a)  Has paid to the office the application fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) and the appropriate examination fee not to exceed the actual cost of the examination; (b)  Has completed: 1. Four (4) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade; and 2. A training course in electrical work, acceptable to the office, or an additional two (2) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade; and (c)  Has achieved a passing score, as set by the office, on all portions of the examination required by the office. Effective: June 24, 2003 History:Created 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 6, effective June 24, 2003. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to Page 1 of 2 agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section. Page 2 of 2