37-68-102. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Board" means the state electrical board provided for in 2-15-1764.
     (2) "Department" means the department of labor and industry provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17.
     (3) "Electrical contractor" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or combination of these that undertakes or offers to undertake for another the planning, laying out, supervising, and installing or the making of additions, alterations, and repairs in the installation of wiring apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat, and power. A registered electrical engineer who plans or designs electrical installations is not an electrical contractor.
     (4) "Journeyman electrician" means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to wire for, install, and repair electrical apparatus and equipment for light, heat, power, and other purposes under the rules governing this work.
     (5) "Master electrician" means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to properly plan, lay out, and supervise the installation and repair of wiring apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat, power, and other purposes under the rules governing this work.
     (6) "Residential electrician" means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to wire for, install, and repair electrical apparatus and equipment for light, heat, power, and other purposes in residential construction consisting of less than five living units in a single structure under the rules governing this work.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 148, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 270, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2803; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 546, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 274, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 151, Ch. 483, L. 2001.