Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 80 - ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16-80-3 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
"Apprentice" means a person who is registered as such in
				  accordance with chapter
				  372, HRS, and who performs electrical
				  or plumbing work under the supervision of a licensed journey worker or
				  supervising level electrician, or journey worker or master plumber,
				  respectively.
"Electrical appliances" means any portable motor or other
				  portable appliance energized by means of a cord or cable having an attachment
				  plug.
"Electrical equipment" means any wire, appliance, fixture,
				  apparatus, machinery, or material installed in, upon, or about any building or
				  structure in the State for making use of electrical energy for light, heat,
				  power, or any other purpose, except when used in central stations or
				  substations, for the production or control of electrical energy for light or
				  power or where used exclusively for telephone, call bells, signal systems, or
				  other purposes in connection with which electromotive force does not exceed
				  thirty volts.
"Electrical maintenance work" means the keeping in repair
				  and operation of any and all existing electrical installations, apparatus, and
				  equipment, and any extensions to these installations, apparatus, and equipment
				  that do not exceed one branch circuit capacity for each specific extension;
				  provided that electrical maintenance work shall not include new installations;
				  new branch circuit wiring; additions or modifications to any existing
				  electrical installations, apparatus, and equipment; repairs to electrical
				  service equipment; or any other work that requires a building or electrical
				  permit from the counties; and provided further that any replacements of
				  existing electrical installations, apparatus, and equipment shall be done with
				  the same electrical fixtures, devices, and equipment.
"Electrical wiring" means any electrical conductor,
				  material, device, fitting, apparatus, appliance, fixture, or equipment,
				  constituting a part of or connected to any electrical installation attached or
				  fastened to any building, structure, or premises and which installation or
				  portion thereof is designed, intended or used to generate, transmit, transform,
				  or utilize electrical energy within the scope and purpose of the National
				  Electrical Code, as adopted by each county.
"Electrical work" means the installation, alteration,
				  reconstruction, or repair of electrical wiring.
"Equivalent experience in the trade" for master plumbers as
				  defined in section
				  448E-5(6),
				  HRS, means, but is not limited to, having been licensed as a journey worker
				  plumber or as a master plumber in another county, state, or country whose
				  requirements for licensure are substantially equivalent to those in force in
				  this State.
"Equivalent experience in the trade" for supervising
				  electricians as used in section
				  448E-5(3),
				  HRS, means, but is not limited to, having been licensed as a journey worker
				  electrician or as a supervising electrician in another county, state, or
				  country whose requirements for licensure are substantially equivalent to those
				  in force in this State.
"Equivalent experience in the trade" for supervising
				  specialty electricians as defined in section
				  448E-5(4),
				  HRS, means, but is not limited to, having been licensed as a journey worker
				  specialty electrician or as a supervising specialty electrician in another
				  county, state, or country whose requirements for licensure are substantially
				  equivalent to those in force in this State.
"Experience in the trade" for journey worker electricians as
				  used in section
				  448E-5(1),
				  HRS, means experience in the installation, alteration, and repair of electrical
				  equipment, wires, and apparatus.
"Experience in the trade" for journey worker specialty
				  electricians as defined in section
				  448E-5(2),
				  HRS, means experience in performing 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 communication 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.
"Plumbing work" means the business, trade, or work having to
				  do with the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping,
				  fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with any of the
				  following: Sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, venting systems,
				  potable water-supply systems, and fuel systems within or adjacent to any
				  building, or conveyance; also the practice of and materials used in
				  installation, maintenance, or extension of any storm-waste, liquid-waste,
				  sewage, or potable water-supply systems of any premises to their connection
				  with any point of public disposal or other acceptable terminal. However, this
				  provision shall not prohibit other properly licensed contractors from
				  performing any exterior piping work five feet or more outside the building line
				  without licensed plumbers. The Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) with amendments as
				  adopted by each county is recognized as the minimum requirement and standard of
				  performing plumbing work.