IDAHO CODE

TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1002. LICENSE ESSENTIAL TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS -- LICENSURE AUTHORITY EXCLUSIVE TO THE STATE. (2006)

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation, to act, or attempt to act, as an electrical contractor or special electrical contractor in this state until such person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation, shall have received a license as an electrical contractor, as herein defined, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the administrator of the division of building safety. (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a journeyman electrician in this state until such person shall have received a license as a journeyman electrician, as herein defined, issued pursuant to the provisions of this act, by the administrator of the division of building safety, provided, however, that any person who has been issued a master electrician's license pursuant to this chapter may act as a journeyman electrician. (3) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a specialty electrician in this state until such person shall have received a license as a specialty electrician, as herein defined, issued pursuant to the provisions of this act, by the administrator of the division of building safety, provided however, that any person who has been issued a master electrician's license or a journeyman electrician's license pursuant to this act may act as a specialty electrician. (4) Licensure of electrical contractors, journeyman electricians, master electricians, specialty electricians, specialty electrical contractors and registration of apprentice electricians shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state pursuant to this chapter and no local jurisdiction shall have the authority to require additional licensure or to require payment of any fees in order for any licensee to engage in the electrical construction trade within the local jurisdiction or to issue licenses to persons licensed under this chapter which are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or rules promulgated by the division of building safety. The state shall investigate all local infractions and state violations of this chapter and prosecute the same. The local jurisdictions will assist the state by requesting investigations within their jurisdictions. Nothing in this chapter shall restrict a city or county from imposing stricter public safety rules, notwithstanding any provision of Idaho Code.

 54-1007.  ISSUANCE OF LICENSES -- RECIPROCITY. (1) The administrator shall

issue licenses to such persons as have by examination shown themselves to be

fit, competent and qualified to engage in the trade of journeyman electrician,

specialty electrician or master electrician as defined in section 54-1003A,

Idaho Code, and to such persons, firms, partnerships, associations or

corporations as have shown themselves to be fit, competent and qualified to

engage in the business of electrical contracting or specialty electrical

contracting as defined in section 54-1003A, Idaho Code.

    (2)  An apprentice electrician, as defined in section 54-1003A, Idaho

Code, may take the journeyman's examination if he has completed the required

related instruction for electrical apprentices as approved by the Idaho state

board for professional-technical education and has worked the number of hours

as prescribed by the Idaho electrical board, provided that for each such year

he is claiming to have worked as an apprentice electrician, the apprentice

shall have been registered with the division of building safety as an

apprentice, paid an apprentice registration fee, and submitted with his annual

application for apprentice registration verification of employment, the number

of instructional hours completed and the number of hours worked. The

electrical board may, by rule, fix the apprentice registration fee, in an

amount not to exceed the costs of issuing apprentice registration certificates

and enforcing the apprentice registration provisions of this act, and may also

by rule establish requirements relative to the manner of verification of

employment, the number of instructional hours completed, continuation training

and the number of hours worked.

    (a)  An apprentice who has completed the number of instructional hours and

    has not taken or passed the journeyman's examination within two (2) years

    of completion of the instructional training hours, shall provide proof of

    continuation training as set by rule of the electrical board.

    (b)  An apprentice who has not advanced in apprenticeship training for a

    period of two (2) years shall complete continuation training as set by

    rule of the electrical board.

    (3)  Any person who has worked as a licensed journeyman for a period of

not less than four (4) years and who has worked the number of hours as

prescribed by rule of the board as a licensed journeyman electrician shall be

considered as qualified to apply for a master electrician's license in this

state. The Idaho electrical board, in establishing by rule the requirements

for a master electrician's license, shall also take into account the

applicant's performance as a journeyman electrician.

    (4)  Any person with out-of-state experience who has worked as a

journeyman electrician or as an apprentice electrician for a period of four

(4) years, and who has met such other requirements as established by rule of

the board, shall be considered  as qualified to apply for a journeyman

electrician's license in this state.

    (5)  To the extent that other states which provide for the licensing of

electricians provide for similar action, the administrator, on the

recommendation of the Idaho electrical board, may grant licenses to

electricians licensed by such other states, upon payment by the applicant of

the required fee and upon furnishing proof to the board that the applicant has

qualifications at least equal to those provided herein for applicants for

written examinations. Applicants who qualify for a license under this

subsection are not required to take a written examination.

54-1008. DURATION OF LICENSE. All licenses, including license renewals other than as provided in section 54-1013A, Idaho Code, for master electricians, journeyman electricians and specialty journeyman electricians shall bear the date of issue, and shall expire thirty-six (36) calendar months from the date of issue, unless renewed as provided in section 54-1013, Idaho Code. Electrical contractor, specialty electrical contractor and apprentice/specialty trainee licenses issued after July 1, 2002, shall bear the date of issue and shall expire on the first day of July next following the date of issue, unless renewed as provided in section 54-1013, Idaho Code. Each licensing period shall end at midnight on the last day of the licensing period.

 

  54-1009.  REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSES -- HEARINGS -- TAKING

TESTIMONY. The administrator shall have power to revoke or suspend any license

if the same was obtained through error or fraud, or if the holder thereof is

shown to be grossly incompetent, or has willfully violated any of the rules

prescribed by the board, or as prescribed in this act; or has, after due

notice, failed or refused to correct, within the specified time, any

electrical installation not in compliance with the provisions of this act, or

has failed to pay within the time provided, civil penalties which have become

final by operation of law, provided, before any license shall be revoked or

suspended, the holder thereof shall have written notice enumerating the

charges against him, and shall be given a hearing by said administrator, and

have an opportunity to produce testimony in his behalf, at a time and place

specified in said notice, which time shall not be less than five (5) days

after the service thereof. The proceedings shall be governed by the provisions

of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. Any party aggrieved by the action of the

administrator shall be entitled to judicial review thereof in accordance with

the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.

    The administrator shall have the power to appoint, by an order in writing,

a hearing officer to take testimony, who shall have power to administer oaths,

issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses, and the decision of

the administrator shall be based on his examination of the testimony taken and

the records produced. Any person whose license has been revoked may, after the

expiration of one (1) year from the date of such revocation, but not before,

apply for a new license.

  54-1013.  RENEWAL OF LICENSES. (1) A license once issued under this

1.                           chapter, unless revoked or suspended as herein provided, may be renewed at any

time during the final month of the licensing period on the payment of the

renewal fee herein specified, proof of satisfaction of the continuing

education requirements as established by the electrical board, and provided

that all outstanding civil penalties, and permit or other fees, have been paid

in full, and all outstanding correction notices have been satisfactorily

resolved. For electrical contractors and specialty electrical contractors,

proof of liability insurance in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars

($300,000) shall also be required, and proof of worker's compensation

insurance shall be required if applicable.

    (2)  Any license which has expired may be revived at any time within one

(1) year from the first day of the final month of the licensing period, by

payment of the revival fee herein specified, together with all outstanding

civil penalties, and permit or other fees and penalties, and upon proof that

outstanding correction notices have been satisfactorily resolved. For

electrical contractors and specialty electrical contractors, proof of

liability insurance in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)

shall also be required, and proof of worker's compensation insurance shall be

required if applicable.

    (3)  Certificates of competency issued prior to July 1, 1961, shall, for

the purpose of this chapter, be considered as licenses and may be renewed or

revived as herein provided.