TITLE 12. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
GENERAL
ARTICLE 23. ELECTRICIANS

C.R.S. 12-23-111 (2007)

12-23-111. Exemptions

(1) Employees of public service corporations, rural electrification
associations, or municipal utilities generating, distributing, or selling
electrical energy for light, heat, or power or for operating street
railway systems, or telephone or telegraph systems, or their corporate
affiliates and their employees or employees of railroad corporations, or
lawfully permitted or franchised cable television companies and their
employees shall not be required to hold licenses while doing electrical
work for such purposes.

(2) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any individual
to hold a license before doing electrical work on his own property or
residence if all such electrical work, except for maintenance, repair, or
alteration of existing facilities, is inspected as provided in this
article; if, however, such property or residence is intended for sale or
resale by a person engaged in the business of constructing or remodeling
such facilities or structures or is rental property which is occupied or
is to be occupied by tenants for lodging, either transient or permanent,
or is generally open to the public, the owner shall be responsible for,
and the property shall be subject to, all of the provisions of this
article pertaining to inspection and licensing, unless specifically
exempted therein.

(3) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any regular
employee of any firm or corporation to hold a license before doing any
electrical work on the property of such firm or corporation, whether or
not such property is owned, leased, or rented: If the firm or corporation
employing any employee performing such work has all such electrical work
installed in conformity with the minimum standards as set forth in this
article and all such work is subject to inspection by the board or its
inspectors by request in writing in accordance with subsection (14) of
this section; and if the property of any such firm or corporation is not
generally open to the public. No license for such firm or corporation, nor
inspection by the board or its inspectors, nor the payment of any fees
thereon shall be required, with the exception of inspection by the board
or its inspectors when performed by written request. Nothing contained in
this article shall be construed to require any license, any inspection by
the board or its inspectors, or the payment of any fees for any electrical
work performed for maintenance, repair, or alteration of existing
facilities which shall be exempt as provided in this section.

(4) If the property of any person, firm, or corporation is rental property
or is developed for sale, lease, or rental, or is occupied or is to be
occupied by tenants for lodging, either transient or permanent, or is
generally open to the public, then such property of any such person, firm,
or corporation shall be subject to all the provisions of this article
pertaining to inspection and licensing, except for the maintenance,
repair, or alteration of existing facilities which shall be exempt as
provided in this section.

(5) Nothing in this article shall be construed to cover the installation,
maintenance, repair, or alteration of vertical transportation or passenger
conveyors, elevators, escalators, moving walks, dumbwaiters, stagelifts,
man lifts, or appurtenances thereto beyond the terminals of the
controllers. Furthermore, elevator contractors or constructors performing
any installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration under this exemption,
or their employees, shall not be covered by the licensing requirements of
this article.

(6) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any individual
to hold a license before doing any maintenance, repair, or alteration of
existing facilities on his own property or residence, nor to require
inspection by the board or its inspectors, nor to pay any fees connected
therewith. Likewise, nothing in this article shall be construed to require
any firm or corporation or its regular employees to be required to hold a
license before doing maintenance, repair, or alteration of existing
facilities on the property of any such firm or corporation whether or not
any such property is generally open to the public; nor shall inspection by
the board or its inspectors nor the payment of any fees connected
therewith be required.

(7) to (9) Repealed.

(10) An individual, firm, copartnership, or corporation may engage in
business as an electrical contractor without an electrician's license if
all electrical work performed by such individual, firm, copartnership, or
corporation is under the direction and control of a licensed master
electrician.

(11) Any person who plugs in any electrical appliance where approved
electrical outlet is already installed shall not be considered an
installer.

(12) No provision of this article shall in any manner interfere with,
hamper, preclude, or prohibit any vendor of any electrical appliance from
selling, delivering, and connecting any electrical appliance, if the
connection of said appliance does not necessitate the installation of
electrical wiring of the structure where said appliance is connected.

(13) The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to the
installation or laying of metal or plastic electrical conduits in bridge
or highway projects where such conduits must be laid according to
specifications complying with applicable electrical codes.

(13.5) Repealed.

(14) Nothing in this article shall be construed to exempt any electrical
work from inspection under the provisions of this article except that
which is specifically exempted in this article, and nothing in this
article shall be construed to exempt any electrical work from inspection
by the board or its inspectors upon order of the board or from any
required corrections connected therewith. However, no fees or charges may
be charged for any such inspection except as set forth in this article,
unless request for inspection has been made to the board or its inspectors
in writing, in which case, unless otherwise covered in this article, the
actual expenses of the board and its inspectors of the inspection involved
shall be charged by and be paid to the board. The board is directed to
make available and mail minimum standards pertaining to specific
electrical installations on request and to charge a fee for the same, such
fee not to exceed the actual cost involved, and in no case more than one
dollar. Requests for copies of the national electrical code shall be
filled when available, costs thereof not to exceed the actual cost to the
board.

(15) Inasmuch as electrical licensing and the examination of persons
performing electrical work is a matter of statewide concern, no
examination, certification, licensing, or registration of electrical
contractors, master electricians, journeymen electricians, residential
wiremen, or apprentices who are licensed, registered, or certified under
this article shall be required by any city, town, county, or city and
county; however, any such local governmental authority may impose
reasonable registration requirements on any electrical contractor as a
condition of performing services within the jurisdiction of such
authority. No fee shall be charged for such registration.

(16) The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to any surface
or subsurface operation or property used in, around, or in conjunction
with any mine which is inspected pursuant to the "Federal Mine Safety and
Health Amendments Act of 1977", P.L. 95-164, except permanent state
highway tunnel facilities, which shall conform to standards based on the
national electrical code. Nothing contained in this subsection (16) shall
prohibit the department of transportation from adopting more stringent
standards or requirements than those provided by the minimum standards
specified in the national electrical code, and the department of
transportation shall furnish a copy of such more stringent standards to
the board.

(17) (a) The permit and inspection provisions of this article shall not
apply to:

(I) Installations under the exclusive control of electric utilities for
the purpose of communication or metering or for the generation, control,
transformation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy, whether
such installations are located in buildings used exclusively for utilities
for such purposes or located outdoors on property owned or leased by the
utility or on public highways, streets, or roads or outdoors by virtue of
established rights on private property; or

(II) Load control devices for electrical hot water heaters that are owned,
leased, or otherwise under the control of, and are operated by, an
electric utility, and are on the load side of the single-family
residential meter, if such equipment was installed by a registered
electrical contractor. The contractor will notify appropriate local
authorities that the work has been completed in order that an inspection
may be made at the expense of the utility company. The applicable permit
fee imposed by the local authorities shall not exceed ten dollars.

(b) This subsection (17) does not exempt any premises wiring on buildings,
structures, or other premises not owned by or under the exclusive control
of the utility nor wiring in buildings used by the utility for purposes
other than those listed in this subsection (17), such as office buildings,
garages, warehouses, machine shops, and recreation buildings. This
subsection (17) exempts all of the facilities, buildings, and the like
inside the security fence of a generating station, substation, control
center, or communication facility.

(18) Nothing in this article shall be construed to cover the installation,
maintenance, repair, or alteration of security systems, lawn sprinkler
systems, environmental controls, or remote radio-controlled systems beyond
the terminals of the controllers. Furthermore, the contractors performing
any installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration under this exemption,
or their employees, shall not be covered by the licensing requirements of
this article.

(19) Nothing in this article shall be construed to cover the installation,
maintenance, repair, or alteration of electronic computer data processing
equipment and systems beyond the terminals of the controllers.
Furthermore, the contractors performing any installation, maintenance,
repair, or alteration under this exemption, or their employees, shall not
be covered by the licensing requirements of this article.

(20) Nothing in this article shall be construed to cover the installation,
maintenance, repair, or alteration of communications systems, including
telephone and telegraph systems not exempted as utilities in subsection
(1) of this section, radio and television receiving and transmitting
equipment and stations, and antenna systems other than community antenna
television systems beyond the terminals of the controllers. Furthermore,
the contractors performing any installation, maintenance, repair, or
alteration under this exemption, or their employees, shall not be covered
by the licensing requirements of this article.

(21) Nothing in this article shall be construed to cover the installation,
maintenance, repair, or alteration of electric signs, cranes, hoists,
electroplating, industrial machinery, and irrigation machinery beyond the
terminals of the controllers. Furthermore, the contractors performing any
installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration under this exemption, or
their employees, shall not be covered by the licensing requirements of
this article.

(22) Nothing in this article shall be construed to cover the installation,
maintenance, repair, or alteration of equipment and wiring for sound
recording and reproduction systems, centralized distribution of sound
systems, public address and speech-input systems, or electronic organs
beyond the terminals of the controllers. Furthermore, the contractors
performing any installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration under this
exemption, or their employees, shall not be covered by the licensing
requirements of this article.

(23) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require either that
employees of the federal government who perform electrical work on federal
property shall be required to be licensed before doing electrical work on
such property or that the electrical work performed on such property shall
be regulated pursuant to this article.

(24) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require licensing that
covers the installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration of fire alarm
systems operating at fifty volts or less. Furthermore, the contractors
performing any installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration under this
exemption, or their employees, shall not be covered by the licensing
requirements of this article but shall be subject to all provisions of
this article pertaining to inspections and permitting.