37-68-311. Examination fee -- license fee -- specific exemption for apprentices. (1) Master electricians and journeyman or residential electricians installing or intending to install for hire electric wiring or equipment to convey electric current or apparatus to be operated by this current shall make application for a license to the department. The application must be on a form furnished by the department and must be accompanied by an examination fee set by the board. The forms must state the applicant's full name and address, the extent of work experience, and other information required by the board. If the applicant has complied with the rules adopted by the board and, being qualified, has successfully completed the examination, the applicant shall pay to the department a license fee set by the board for a master electrician's license or for a journeyman or a residential electrician's license, and upon receipt of the fee the department shall issue the proper license to the applicant.
     (2) A person serving a 4-year electrician apprenticeship under the supervision of a licensed electrician is exempt from the licensing provision of this section during training. Credit for the time spent in an electrical school must be given to the master electrician, journeyman electrician, residential electrician, or apprentice, up to a total of 2 years, on the 4-year requirement.
     (3) In addition to the temporary permits authorized in 37-1-305, the board may, on a case-by-case basis at the board's discretion and in accordance with criteria determined by the board, renew a temporary practice permit for a person who fails the first license examination for which the person is eligible but who submits a temporary practice permit renewal application to the board stating that the person intends to retake the license examination on the next available date.

     History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 148, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 280, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2815; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 546, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 31, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 203, L. 1999.