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227A.010 Definitions for KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140.
As used in KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Authorized local licensing program" means any city, county, urban-county, charter
county, or consolidated local government electrician and electrical contractor
licensing program established by local ordinance for the purpose of licensing
electrical workers. "Authorized local licensing program" shall include a licensing
program established through a cooperative agreement between two (2) or more
counties;
(2) "Committee" means the Electrical Advisory Committee as described in KRS
227.530;
(3) "Department" means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction;
(4) "Electrical" pertains to the installation, alteration, or repair of wires and conduits for
the purpose of transmitting electricity, and the installation of fixtures and equipment
in connection therewith;
(5) "Electrical contractor" means any licensed individual, partnership, or corporation
that is licensed to engage in, offers to engage in, or advertises or holds itself out to
be qualified to engage in designing, planning, superintending, contracting of, or
assuming responsibility for the installation, alteration, or repair of any electrical
system used for the purpose of furnishing heat, light, or power, and employs
electrical workers to engage in this practice. If the electrical contractor is not a
master electrician, the electrical contractor shall employ at least one (1) full-time
master electrician; however, no master electrician shall act in this capacity for more
than one (1) electrical contractor;
(6) "Electrical system" means any electrical work subject to standards provided within
the National Electrical Code as adopted in the Uniform State Building Code, as
promulgated by the Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction;
(7) "Electrician" means any person licensed by the department who is employed by an
electrical contractor and is engaged in the construction, alteration, or repair of any
electrical system used for the purpose of furnishing heat, light, or power;
(8) "Maintenance worker or maintenance engineer" means a person who is a regular,
bona fide employee or agent of a property owner, property lessor, property
management company, or firm that is not in the electrical business but has
jurisdiction over the property where the routine maintenance of electrical systems is
being performed;
(9) "Master electrician" means any individual licensed to engage in, and assume
responsible charge, supervision, or direction of an electrician engaged in the
construction, installation, alteration, or repair of any electrical system used to
furnish heat, light, or power;
(10) "Repair" means the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for
the purpose of its maintenance; and
(11) "Routine maintenance of electrical systems" means the routine and periodic
servicing of electrical systems, including cleaning, inspecting, and making
adjustments to ensure the proper operation and the removal or replacement of
component parts. "Routine maintenance of electrical systems" does not include the
installation of complete electrical systems.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 8, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 429, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts
ch. 81, sec. 2, effective April 6, 2004. -- Created 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 1,
effective June 24, 2003.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/24/2003). Pursuant to KRS 7.136, the
subsections in this section (2003 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 1) have been renumbered.
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