Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 010 - Department of Labor › Division 13 - Board of Electrical Examiners › Rule 010.13.08-001 - Continuing Education

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
010.13-019
Continuing Education
A. No
			 journeyman electrician license or master electrician license shall be renewed
			 unless the licensee completes at least eight (8) hours of continuing education
			 for each National Electrical Code (NEC) cycle. Continuing education shall
			 consist of classroom or other Board approved instruction relating specifically
			 to the National Electrical Code. The NEC cycle shall begin on January 1 of each
			 year of NEC publication.
B.
			 Approved Continuing Education Hours:
1.
			 Continuing education hours required by these Regulations shall be obtained only
			 in programs and courses approved by the Board.
2. The Board shall examine and approve
			 curricula from any entity that provides continuing education to determine
			 whether it provides appropriate and adequate NEC instruction.
3. Course curricula shall be presented to the
			 Board for approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of the course.
			 The curricula shall be presented on a form approved by the Board. Electrical
			 Division staff may recommend course providers and curricula to the Board for
			 approval. The Board may approve retroactive credit for courses completed during
			 the current NEC cycle but before the effective date of these
			 regulations.
4. Upon completion of
			 a Board approved course, the course provider shall complete an attendance
			 roster form approved by the Board to confirm completion. The course provider
			 shall submit this form to the Board and/or the Arkansas Department of Labor
			 Electrical Division. The course provider's roster is the only document
			 acceptable to confirm completion of course credit. Each course provider shall
			 maintain this information not less than five (5) years from the course
			 completion date.
5. The Arkansas
			 Department of Labor Electrical Division shall:
a. maintain the attendance rosters submitted
			 by course providers; and
b.
			 maintain a list of Board approved courses.
C. No apprentice that completes an
			 apprenticeship program and passes the journeyman exam shall be required to
			 obtain additional continuing education hours during that NEC cycle.
D. Failure to complete continuing education
			 hours
1. If any licensee fails to complete the
			 required continuing education hours before the end of each NEC cycle, the
			 licensee may obtain the required continuing education hours within ninety (90)
			 days without being subject to examination requirements or civil penalties for
			 performing unlicensed electrical work. All other civil penalties shall
			 apply.
2. If the licensee fails to
			 obtain the required hours within this ninety (90) day period, the licensee
			 shall be required to take another examination.
E. Notwithstanding the provisions of
			 010.13-019(D)(2) above, the required continuing education hours for the 2005
			 NEC Cycle may be obtained no later than December 31, 2008, without the licensee
			 being required to take another examination. A licensee may be subject to civil
			 penalties for performing unlicensed electrical work and may be subject to an
			 examination requirement pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §
									17-28-301(b)(5).