103.12 - CLASS A JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS -- CLASS B JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN LICENSE.
103.12 CLASS A JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN LICENSE
QUALIFICATIONS -- CLASS B JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN LICENSE.
1. An applicant for a class A journeyman electrician license
shall have successfully completed an apprenticeship training program
registered by the bureau of apprenticeship and training of the United
States department of labor in accordance with the standards
established by that department or shall have received training or
experience for a period of time and under conditions as established
by the board by rule.
2. In addition, an applicant shall meet examination criteria
based upon the most recent national electrical code adopted pursuant
to section 103.6 and upon electrical theory, as determined by the
board.
3. a. An applicant who can provide proof acceptable to the
board that the applicant has been employed as a journeyman
electrician since January 1, 1998, and for a total of at least
sixteen thousand hours, of which at least eight thousand hours shall
have been accumulated since January 1, 1998, may be granted a class B
journeyman electrician license without taking an examination. An
applicant who is issued a class B journeyman electrician license
pursuant to this section shall not be authorized to wire for or
install electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment in a political
subdivision which, prior to or after January 1, 2008, establishes
licensing standards which preclude such work by class B journeyman
electricians in the political subdivision. The board shall adopt
rules establishing procedures relating to the restriction of a class
B journeyman electrician license pursuant to this subsection.
b. A class B journeyman electrician may become licensed as a
class A journeyman electrician upon successful passage of the
examination prescribed in subsection 2.
4. A person licensed to wire for or install electrical wiring,
apparatus, or equipment or supervise an apprentice electrician by a
political subdivision preceding January 1, 2008, pursuant to a
supervised written examination, and who is currently engaged in the
electrical contracting industry with at least four years' experience,
shall be issued an applicable statewide license corresponding to that
licensure as a class A journeyman electrician or a class B journeyman
electrician. The board shall adopt by rule certain criteria for city
examination standards satisfactory to fulfill this requirement.
5. The board may reject an application for licensure under this
section from an applicant who would be subject to suspension,
revocation, or reprimand pursuant to section 103.35. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 197, §22, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1077, §2, 3; 2008 Acts,
ch 1092, §16--18, 32
Referred to in § 103.1