37-68-304. Master electricians -- application -- qualifications -- contents of examination. (1) An applicant for a master electrician's license shall furnish written evidence that he is a graduate electrical engineer of an accredited college or university and has 1 year of practical electrical experience or that he is a graduate of an electrical trade school and has at least 4 years of practical experience in electrical work or that he has had at least 5 years' practical experience in planning, laying out, or supervising the installation and repair of wiring, apparatus, or equipment for electrical light, heat, and power.
     (2) Applicants for license as a master electrician shall file an application on forms prescribed by the board and furnished by the department, together with the examination fee. The board shall, not less than 30 days prior to a scheduled written examination, notify each applicant that the evidence submitted with his application is sufficient to qualify him to take the written examination or that the evidence is insufficient and is rejected. If the application is rejected, the board shall set forth the reasons in the notice to the applicant and shall authorize the department to return the applicant's examination fee. The place of examinations shall be designated by the board, and examinations shall be held at least once a year and at other times as, in the opinion of the board, the number of applicants warrants.
     (3) The written examination shall consist of at least 30 questions designed to fairly test the applicant's knowledge and his technical application in the following subjects:
     (a) the national electrical code;
     (b) cost estimating for electrical installments;
     (c) procurement and handling of materials needed for electrical installations and repair;
     (d) reading of blueprints for electrical work;
     (e) drafting and layout of electrical circuits;
     (f) knowledge of practical electrical theory.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 148, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 275, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2807(1); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 245, L. 1987.