2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-1682. Definitions.

A. As used in the Electrical License Act:
1. “Board” means the Construction Industries Board;
2. “Committee” means the Committee of Electrical Examiners appointed by the Board;
3. “Electrical apprentice” means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older 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 electrical contractor;
4. “Journeyman electrician” means any person other than an electrical contractor who engages in the actual installation, alteration, repair or renovation of electrical facilities or electrical construction work unless specifically exempted by the provisions of the Electrical License Act;
5. “Electrical contractor” means any person skilled in the planning, superintending and practical installation of electrical facilities who is familiar with the laws, rules and regulations governing such work. Electrical contractor also means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or business performing skills of an electrical contractor or an electrician or the business of contracting, or furnishing labor or labor and materials for the installation, repair, maintenance or renovation of electrical facilities or electrical construction work according to the provisions of the Electrical License Act;
6. “Electrical facilities” means all wiring, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for, and in connection with, a supply of electricity within or adjacent to any building, structure or conveyance on the premises but not including the connection with a power supply meter or other power supply source;
7. “Category” means the classification by which licenses and electrical work may be limited. Such categories shall include but shall not be limited to installation, maintenance, repair, alteration, residential, oilfield and commercial;
8. “Temporary journeyman electrician” means any person other than a person permanently licensed as a journeyman electrician or electrical contractor in this state who meets the temporary licensure requirements of Section 1685.1 of this title;
9. “Variance and Appeals Board” means the Oklahoma State Electrical Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board;
10. “Electrical construction work” means installation, fabrication or assembly of equipment or systems included in “premises wiring” as defined in the National Electrical Code (reference 158:40-1-4. Standard of Installation), and which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. Electrical construction work includes but is not limited to installation of raceway systems used for any electrical purposes, and installation of field-assembled systems such as ice and snow melting, pipe-tracing and manufactured wiring systems. Electrical construction work shall not include in-plant work performed by employees of the company owning the plant, work performed by telecommunications employees for telecommunications companies or installation of factory-assembled appliances or machinery which is not part of the premises wiring unless wiring interconnections external to the equipment are required in the field;
11. “Electrical work” means work consisting primarily of the layout, installation, maintenance, repair, testing or replacement of all or part of electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures, appliances or equipment for transmitting, carrying, controlling or using electricity in, on, outside or attached to a building, structure, property or premises. Electrical work shall not mean work that is related to or facilitates the construction, installation or maintenance of all or part of an electrical system, but which does not involve actual work with any of the electrical components provided in this definition; and
12. “Student electrical intern” means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older who complies with the requirements for registration under Section 1686 of this title.
B. Class 2 and Class 3 circuits shall be exempt from the requirements of electrical licensing of either an electrical contractor or a journeyman electrician, provided the work is performed in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association 70 requirements for Class 2 and Class 3 circuits.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 337, § 3. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 256, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1994, c. 155, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1994, c. 293, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 320, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 405, § 5, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 394, § 40, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 318, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2010, c. 338, § 2, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2018, c. 17, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2021, c. 175, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.