Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 80 - ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16-80-4 - Licensure required

Current through June, 2024
(1) Any person who
				directs or supervises electrical work in the State is required to have a
				supervising electrician's license;
(2) Any person who performs electrical work
				in the State is required to have a journey worker electrician's
				license;
(3) Any person who
				performs electrical work related to installing, repairing, altering, and
				maintaining but not the attachment of lighting and power circuits to the
				following: electronic equipment, sound public address systems, and
				communications systems, other than equipment and systems for a single-family or
				two-family dwelling; master community radio and television receiving antenna
				systems; sound recording systems, other than systems for a single-family or
				two-family dwelling; burglar and fire alarm systems; low voltage remote
				control, other than a control for a single-family or two-family dwelling; and
				low voltage communication signal systems, is required to have a journey worker
				specialty electrician's license;
(4) Any person who directs and supervises the
				performance of electrical work related to installing, repairing, altering, and
				maintaining but not the attachment of lighting and power circuits to the
				following: electronic equipment, sound public address systems, and
				communications systems, other than equipment and systems for a single-family or
				two-family dwelling; master; or community radio and television receiving
				antenna system; sound recording systems other than systems for a single-family
				or two-family dwelling; burglar and fire alarm systems; low voltage remote
				control, other than control for a single-family or two-family dwelling; and low
				voltage communication signal systems, is required to have a supervising
				specialty electrical license;
(5)
				Any person who directs and supervises the performance of plumbing work or who
				performs plumbing work is required to have a journey worker plumber's license
				or a master plumber's license;
(6)
				Any person who performs electrical maintenance work in the State is required to
				have, at minimum, a maintenance electrician's license;
(7) No electrical work shall be performed in
				or about the buildings in the State by any person who is not licensed in any of
				the journey worker electrician or supervising electrician categories provided
				in chapter
				448E, HRS; provided that such work
				may be performed by an apprentice, electrician's helper, or other unlicensed
				person so long as such work is performed under the supervision and within the
				scope of a person licensed in any of the journey worker electrician or
				supervising electrician categories provided in chapter
				448E, HRS; and provided further that
				while under supervision, the licensee:
(A)
				Oversees, reviews, and is responsible for such electrical work; and
(B) Is physically present and available at
				the project site at all times during which the electrical work is being
				performed by the apprentice, electrician's helper, or other unlicensed
				person;