Sec. 20-340. Exemptions from licensing requirements.
Sec. 20-340. Exemptions from licensing requirements. The provisions of this
chapter shall not apply to: (1) Persons employed by any federal, state or municipal
agency; (2) employees of any public service company regulated by the Department of
Public Utility Control or of any corporate affiliate of any such company when the work
performed by such affiliate is on behalf of a public service company, but in either case
only if the work performed is in connection with the rendition of public utility service,
including the installation or maintenance of wire for community antenna television
service, or is in connection with the installation or maintenance of wire or telephone
sets for single-line telephone service located inside the premises of a consumer; (3)
employees of any municipal corporation specially chartered by this state; (4) employees
of any contractor while such contractor is performing electrical-line or emergency work
for any public service company; (5) persons engaged in the installation, maintenance,
repair and service of electrical or other appliances of a size customarily used for domestic
use where such installation commences at an outlet receptacle or connection previously
installed by persons licensed to do the same and maintenance, repair and service is
confined to the appliance itself and its internal operation; (6) employees of industrial
firms whose main duties concern the maintenance of the electrical work, plumbing
and piping work, solar thermal work, heating, piping, cooling work, sheet metal work,
elevator installation, repair and maintenance work, automotive glass work or flat glass
work of such firm on its own premises or on premises leased by it for its own use; (7)
employees of industrial firms when such employees' main duties concern the fabrication
of glass products or electrical, plumbing and piping, fire protection sprinkler systems,
solar, heating, piping, cooling, chemical piping, sheet metal or elevator installation,
repair and maintenance equipment used in the production of goods sold by industrial
firms, except for products, electrical, plumbing and piping systems and repair and maintenance equipment used directly in the production of a product for human consumption;
(8) persons performing work necessary to the manufacture or repair of any apparatus,
appliances, fixtures, equipment or devices produced by it for sale or lease; (9) employees
of stage and theatrical companies performing the operation, installation and maintenance
of electrical equipment if such installation commences at an outlet receptacle or connection previously installed by persons licensed to make such installation; (10) employees
of carnivals, circuses or similar transient amusement shows who install electrical work,
provided such installation shall be subject to the approval of the State Fire Marshal
prior to use as otherwise provided by law and shall comply with applicable municipal
ordinances and regulations; (11) persons engaged in the installation, maintenance, repair
and service of glass or electrical, plumbing, fire protection sprinkler systems, solar,
heating, piping, cooling and sheet metal equipment in and about single-family residences
owned and occupied or to be occupied by such persons; provided any such installation,
maintenance and repair shall be subject to inspection and approval by the building official of the municipality in which such residence is located and shall conform to the
requirements of the State Building Code; (12) persons who install, maintain or repair
glass in a motor vehicle owned or leased by such persons; (13) persons or entities holding
themselves out to be retail sellers of glass products, but not such persons or entities
that also engage in automotive glass work or flat glass work; (14) persons who install
preglazed or preassembled windows or doors in residential or commercial buildings;
(15) persons registered under chapter 400 who install safety-backed mirror products or
repair or replace flat glass in sizes not greater than thirty square feet in residential buildings; (16) sheet metal work performed in residential buildings consisting of six units or
less by new home construction contractors registered pursuant to chapter 399a, by home
improvement contractors registered pursuant to chapter 400 or by persons licensed pursuant to this chapter, when such work is limited to exhaust systems installed for hoods
and fans in kitchens and baths, clothes dryer exhaust systems, radon vent systems, fireplaces, fireplace flues, masonry chimneys or prefabricated metal chimneys rated by
the Underwriter's Laboratory or installation of stand-alone appliances including wood,
pellet or other stand-alone stoves that are installed in residential buildings by such contractors or persons; (17) employees of or any contractor employed by and under the
direction of a properly licensed solar contractor, performing work limited to the hoisting,
placement and anchoring of solar collectors, photovoltaic panels, towers or turbines;
and (18) persons performing swimming pool maintenance and repair work authorized
pursuant to section 20-417aa.
(February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 9; 1967, P.A. 199, S. 1; 789, S. 12; 1972, P.A. 7; P.A. 75-464; 75-486, S. 1, 52, 69; P.A.
77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 176, 348; P.A. 82-439, S. 5, 7; P.A. 83-426, S. 5; P.A. 87-588, S. 6, 8; P.A. 88-178,
S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-21, S. 1, 3; P.A. 98-3, S. 34; P.A. 99-170, S. 5; 99-253, S. 6; P.A. 03-59, S. 1; 03-83, S. 3; 03-261, S. 2;
P.A. 05-88, S. 2; 05-211, S. 4; P.A. 07-242, S. 48; P.A. 08-44, S. 2.)
History: 1967 acts updated statute to conform with Sec. 20-330, substituted title public service company for public
utilities, added as exemption corporate affiliates of public service companies and added exemptions for employees of
municipal corporations, employees of contractors performing work subject to government inspection, persons performing
electrical work in connection with domestic use, persons manufacturing or repairing mechanisms produced for sale or
lease, employees of stage and theatrical companies doing electrical work and employees of carnivals, circuses, etc. doing
electrical work; 1972 act provided exemption for persons doing electrical work in single-family residences; P.A. 75-464
amended Subdiv. (4) to specify "electrical-line or emergency" work and to delete reference to work "subject to inspection
by any federal, state or municipal agency or corporation other than a municipal building department"; P.A. 75-486 replaced
public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority
with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482
made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business
regulation; P.A. 82-439 applied exemptions under Subdivs. (6), (7) and (11) to solar work, effective April 1, 1984; P.A.
83-426 changed effective date of P.A. 82-439 with respect to this section from April 1, 1984, to July 1, 1984; P.A. 87-588
amended Subdivs. (7) and (11) by extending the provisions of said Subdivs. to fire protection sprinkler systems, effective
July 1, 1988; P.A. 88-178 amended Subdiv. (2) to expand the exemption to include the installation and maintenance of
single-line telephone equipment; P.A. 96-21 added reference to installation or maintenance of wire for community antenna
television service in Subdiv. (2), effective April 29, 1996; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; P.A. 99-170 amended Subdiv.
(6) to exempt employees of industrial firms primarily involved in maintaining automotive glass work or flat glass work,
amended Subdiv. (7) to exempt the fabrication of glass products, amended Subdiv. (11) to exempt persons engaged in
installing, maintaining, repairing and servicing glass equipment in and about single-family residences and added new
Subdivs. (12) to (15) to exempt automotive glass workers who perform such work on vehicles owned or leased by such
persons, retail sellers of glass products, installers of preglazed or preassembled windows or doors for residential or commercial buildings and registered home improvement contractors who install safety-backed mirror products or repair or replace
flat glass of less than 30 square feet in size in residential buildings; P.A. 99-253 amended Subdivs. (6), (7) and (11) to
replace references to heating, piping and cooling with references to heating, piping, cooling and sheet metal; P.A. 03-59
added Subdiv. (16) re exemptions for sheet metal work performed in residential buildings of six units or less by new
home construction contractors, home improvement contractors and new home construction contractors, subject to certain
limitations; P.A. 03-83 amended Subdiv. (7) to specify that fabrication of products, electrical, plumbing and piping systems
and repair and maintenance equipment used directly in the production of a product for human consumption are not exempt
from the provisions of Ch. 393; P.A. 03-261 amended Subdiv. (7) to specify that provisions thereof apply to employees
of industrial firms when such employees' main duties are concerned with specified activities; P.A. 05-88 amended Subdiv.
(7) to include chemical piping; P.A. 05-211 amended Subdiv. (6) to change "solar work" to "solar thermal work"; P.A.
07-242 added Subdiv. (17) re solar contractors, effective June 4, 2007; P.A. 08-44 added Subdiv. (18) re exemption for
persons performing swimming pool maintenance and repair work, effective May 7, 2008.
Cited. 12 CA 251. Cited. 43 CA 196.
Subdiv. (1):
Does not provide exemption for independent contractors. 12 CA 251.
Subdiv. (2):
Gas companies' service employees are not exempt from licensing requirements of Ch. 393. "Public utility service"
used in statutory sense does not include repair and maintenance of gas appliances. 43 CA 196.
Subdiv. (6):
Hospital not "industrial firm" within meaning of subdiv.; such broad application of exemption would be contrary to
remedial purpose of licensing statutes. 243 C. 709.