Sec. 20-357m. Telecommunications infrastructure layout technicians: Licensure, application, violations, regulations, exemptions.
Sec. 20-357m. Telecommunications infrastructure layout technicians: Licensure, application, violations, regulations, exemptions. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Telecommunications infrastructure" means structured cabling for voice and
data telecommunications;
(2) "Telecommunications infrastructure layout technician" means an individual licensed by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to this section, to produce
telecommunications infrastructure designs that comply with nationally recognized standards;
(3) "Telecommunications infrastructure layout" means the preparing and producing
of telecommunications infrastructure design and working drawings to be used for the
installation, alteration or modification of a telecommunications infrastructure in all
buildings, except residential buildings;
(4) "Nationally recognized standards" means the National Electric Code (NFPA-70), the (ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-A) Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling
Standard, the (ANSI/EIA/TIA-569-A) Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces, the (ANSI/EIA/TIA-570) Residential and Light Commercial Telecommunications Wiring Standard and all other ANSI approved telecommunications infrastructure installation standards or the equivalent thereof, as determined
by the Department of Consumer Protection.
(b) No individual shall use the title "telecommunications infrastructure layout technician" unless the individual has obtained a telecommunications infrastructure layout
technician license from the Department of Consumer Protection issued pursuant to this
section.
(c) Each applicant shall submit an application for a telecommunications infrastructure layout technician license on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department of
Consumer Protection. The applications shall include the applicant's name, residential
address, business address, business telephone number and such other information or
photographs as the commissioner may require. The submitted application shall include
a nonrefundable application fee of seventy-five dollars.
(d) The commissioner shall issue a telecommunications infrastructure layout technician license to any individual who: (1) Completes a college level program or other
program of instruction approved by the Department of Consumer Protection that assures
industry standards in telecommunications infrastructure design; (2) submits an application pursuant to subsection (c) of this section deemed acceptable by the Commissioner
of Consumer Protection; and (3) at the time of application, has held for not less than
five years and continues to hold a valid unlimited or limited electrical license issued
under the Electrical Work Board or a public service technician certificate of registration
issued pursuant to section 20-340b, or has other equivalent experience and training as
required for an electrical license, as determined by the commissioner. A license issued
pursuant to this subsection is nontransferable. The fee for a telecommunications infrastructure layout technician license is two hundred fifty dollars. Such license shall be
renewed biennially and the renewal fee is two hundred fifty dollars.
(e) Each licensee shall obtain a seal in such manner as prescribed by the Department
of Consumer Protection. The licensee shall sign and apply the seal to all documentation
required by this subsection concerning work within the scope of the telecommunications
infrastructure layout technician license. If such documentation is more than one page
and bound together, the licensee may sign and apply the seal to one page, unless such
documentation concerns filing plans for a building permit or appurtenant structures
where the licensee shall sign and apply the seal to every page. No licensee shall sign or
apply the seal to any documentation that such licensee did not supervise the preparation of.
(f) If, after notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in regulations adopted
by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 54, the Department of Consumer Protection determines that: (1) Negligent or
incompetent work within the scope of a license issued pursuant to this section is performed by a licensee; or (2) the licensee engages in conduct of a character likely to
mislead, deceive or defraud the department or the public, the department may issue an
appropriate order to such licensee providing for the immediate discontinuance of such
negligent or incompetent work or conduct, and may order restitution or issue a civil
penalty of up to one thousand dollars, or both.
(g) The Department of Consumer Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section and section
20-340b.
(h) Any person who is a professional engineer licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 391 shall be exempt from provisions of this section.
(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any plans, designs, drawings
or similar materials used by a public service technician, as defined in section 20-340b,
in connection with telecommunications electrical work performed by such public service
technician to be signed by a telecommunications infrastructure layout technician.
(P.A. 01-164, S. 1, 3; P.A. 03-19, S. 53; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 01-164 effective January 1, 2002; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change in Subsec. (d)(3), effective May
12, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection
with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed
Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer
Protection, effective June 1, 2004.