2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 394 - Television and Radio Service Dealers and Electronics Technicians › Section 20-353. - Restricted and limited licenses. Examinations. Duties of state apprentice training division of Labor Department.

(a) The Department of Consumer Protection, at the direction of the board, may issue restricted licenses, either as apprentice electronics technician, electronics technician, antenna technician or radio electronics technician, to applicants otherwise eligible under this chapter who demonstrate their competence in any particular television or radio electronics field but who, in the opinion of the board, have insufficient training and experience to service all types of receiving equipment.
(b) The board, with the consent of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, may prepare written, oral and practical examinations to determine the qualifications of persons who apply for restricted licenses or renewals of such licenses. Such examinations shall be administered by the Department of Consumer Protection.
(c) The Department of Consumer Protection, at the direction of the board, may issue a limited technician license or a limited dealer technician license to any person for the installation of a dish antenna, as defined in section 20-342. Such person shall have successfully completed a training program established and approved by the state apprentice training division of the Labor Department and shall have passed an examination approved or administered by the Department of Consumer Protection.
(d) The content and duration of the training and experience program shall be relevant to the duties of the employee and shall be approved biennially by the state apprentice training division of the Labor Department. In reviewing the program and training, the state apprentice training division shall consider the specialization of the employees of the company, the employee's previous company training, the service record of the company, the experience of the company in training employees, the work performed by the company and the quality assurance measures used by the company.
(February, 1965, P.A. 456, S. 13; 1971, P.A. 528, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 194, 610; P.A. 81-361, S. 31, 39; P.A. 82-419, S. 31, 47; P.A. 98-3, S. 48; P.A. 03-261, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d), (g), 181, 182; P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act included restricted licenses for certified antenna technicians and certified radio electronics technicians, added word “radio” modifying “electronics field” and added Subsec. (b) re examinations for restricted licenses; P.A. 77-614 transferred power to conduct examinations from board to department of consumer protection and required consent of consumer protection commissioner for examination preparation in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide that department has authority to issue restricted licenses at the direction of the board as of July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-419 deleted references to certification; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; P.A. 03-261 added Subsec. (c) authorizing department, at the direction of the board, to issue limited technician or limited dealer technician licenses for the installation of dish antennas, subject to certain conditions; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “an apprenticeship and training program” with “a training program”, adding reference to the state apprentice training division and deleting provision re with the advice of the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council, and added Subsec. (d) re training and experience program, effective October 1, 2003, and in conjunction with P.A. 04-169, replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.