Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 17 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESSES (§§ 17-1-101 — 17-107-311) › Subtitle 2 - NONMEDICAL PROFESSIONS (§§ 17-10-101 — 17-56-202) › Chapter 28 - ELECTRICIANS (§§ 17-28-101 — 17-28-314) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 17-28-101 — 17-28-103) › Section 17-28-101 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Air conditioning electrician" means an individual who is limited to a license classification possessing the necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge for the installation, maintenance, and extension of electrical conductors and equipment solely for the purpose of supplying heating and air conditioning and refrigeration units;
(2)
(A)
"Dwelling" means a building or other structure designed and constructed for residential purposes.
(B)
"Dwelling" includes a building or other structure that houses a home office or other business activity if the business activity does not require commercial-grade electric conductors or equipment.
(C)
"Dwelling" does not include a mixed-use building or other structure that requires commercial-grade electric conductors or equipment for any part of the building or other structure;
(3)
"Electrical apprentice" means a person whose principal occupation is the learning of and assisting in the installation of electrical work under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman electrician or master electrician;
(4)
"Electrical contractor" means a person, member, or employee of a firm, partnership, or corporation engaged in the business of installing, erecting, repairing, or contracting to install, erect, or repair electrical wires or conductors to be used for the transmission of electrical light, heat, power, or signaling purposes, or to install or repair moulding, ducts, raceways, or conduits, for the reception or protection of such wires or conduits, or any electrical machinery, apparatus, or systems to be used for electrical light, heat, power, or signaling purposes;
(5)
"Electrical work" means:
(A)
Installations of electric conductors and equipment within or on public and private buildings or other structures, including recreational vehicles and floating buildings, and other premises such as yards, carnivals, parking and other lots, and industrial substations;
(B)
Installations of conductors that connect to the supply of electricity; and
(C)
Installations of other outside conductors on the premises;
(6)
"Industrial maintenance electrician" means an individual who possesses the necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge to maintain and extend electrical conductors and equipment for electrical power and control systems on or within industrial, manufacturing, or similar type facilities. He or she shall be capable of doing such work in accordance with standard rules governing that work;
(7)
"Journeyman electrician" means an individual who possesses the necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge to install, maintain, and extend electrical conductors and equipment. He or she shall be capable of doing such work in accordance with plans and specifications furnished him or her in accordance with standard rules governing the work;
(8)
"Master electrician" means an individual who possesses the necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge to plan, layout, and supervise the installation, maintenance, and extension of electrical conductors and equipment;
(9)
"Primary residence" means an unattached single-family dwelling used as the person's primary place of residence;
(10)
"Residential journeyman electrician" means the classification by which the licenses and electrical work of journeyman electricians may be limited to the installation, alteration, repair, maintenance, or renovation of electrical facilities for:
(A)
Single family dwellings;
(B)
Duplexes or two-family dwellings;
(C)
Triplexes or three-family dwellings; and
(D)
Quadraplexes or four-family dwellings;
(11)
"Residential master electrician" means the classification by which the licenses and electrical work of master electricians may be limited to planning and supervising the installation, maintenance, and extension of electrical facilities for:
(A)
Single family dwellings;
(B)
Duplexes or two-family dwellings;
(C)
Triplexes or three-family dwellings; and
(D)
Quadraplexes or four-family dwellings; and
(12)
"Specialist sign electrician" means an individual who is limited to a license classification possessing the necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge for:
(A)
Installing, maintaining, and repairing electrically illuminated or electrically operated signs and gaseous tubing for illumination;
(B)
Making all connections to an approved outlet of sufficient capacity within twenty-five feet (25') of the sign to be connected; and
(C)
(i)
(a)
Maintaining and repairing parking lot lights, upon successfully passing a separate examination approved by the Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas.
(b)
A specialist sign electrician may obtain a parking lot light endorsement upon passing a separate examination approved by the board.
(ii)
However, maintenance and repair under subdivision (12)(C)(i) of this section shall be limited to work from the ground up to a lighting fixture that is being maintained or repaired and shall not include work underground or work to an electrical panel inside or outside of a building.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 318,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 318,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 766,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1979, No. 870, § 1; 1983, No. 866, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-5301; Acts 1997, No. 1289, § 1; 2009, No. 1188, § 1.