37-68-301. License required to engage in electrical work. (1) A person may not engage in or work at the business, trade, or calling of electrical contractor, residential electrician, journeyman electrician, or master electrician in this state until the person has received from the department a license or permit to work as an electrical contractor, residential electrician, journeyman electrician, or master electrician.
     (2) A person who has received a license from the department under the provisions of this chapter shall carry the license, or proof of licensure, at all times while working at a job site and performing work that requires a license. Acceptable proof of licensure must be determined by the board and made known to each licensee by the department when a license is issued.
     (3) A private or public employment agency or labor union, or an employee thereof, who refers persons for employment by others may not refer a person for employment by others to perform the work of an electrical contractor, residential electrician, journeyman electrician, or master electrician in this state unless the person has received from the department a license or permit to work as an electrical contractor, residential electrician, journeyman electrician, or master electrician.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 148, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 274, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2806; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 546, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 31, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 402, L. 1999.