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227A.060 Qualifications for licensure.
(1) The department shall issue a license as an "electrical contractor" to an applicant
who meets the following requirements: <br>(a) Has paid to the department the application fee not to exceed two hundred
dollars ($200) and the appropriate examination fee, which shall not exceed the <br>actual cost of examination;
(b) Has achieved a passing score, as set by the department, on all portions of the
examination required by the department. The department shall promulgate <br>administrative regulations to specify who shall take the examination if the <br>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 <br>obtained a general liability insurance policy of not less than five hundred <br>thousand dollars ($500,000).
(2) The department shall issue a license as a "master electrician" to an applicant who
meets the following requirements: <br>(a) Has paid to the department the application fee not to exceed one hundred
dollars ($100) and the appropriate examination fee not to exceed the actual <br>cost of the examination;
(b) Has completed:
1.
a.
Six (6) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade; and
b.
A training course in electrical work, acceptable to the department, <br>or an additional two (2) years of verifiable experience in the <br>electrical trade; or
2.
a.
Five (5) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade; and
b.
An associate's degree or diploma program in electrical technology <br>at a college within the Kentucky Community and Technical <br>College System after 1998; and
(c) Has achieved a passing score, as set by the department, on all portions of the
examination required by the department.
(3) The department shall issue a license as an "electrician" to an applicant who meets
the following requirements: <br>(a) Has paid to the department the application fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50)
and the appropriate examination fee not to exceed the actual cost of the <br>examination;
(b) Has completed:
1.
a.
Four (4) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade; and
b.
A training course in electrical work, acceptable to the department, <br>or an additional two (2) years of verifiable experience in the <br>electrical trade; or
2.
a.
Three (3) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade; and
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b.
An associate's degree or diploma program in electrical technology <br>at a college within the Kentucky Community and Technical <br>College System after 1998; and
(c) Has achieved a passing score, as set by the department, on all portions of the
examination required by the department.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 433, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created 2003 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 119, sec. 6, effective June 24, 2003.
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