Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 15 - Professional Regulation › Part 7 - Board of Examiners of Electricians › Section 260-RICR-30-15-7.7 - Application for Licensure

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Applicants
				 filing for Certificate A, E, AF, LPC or SCF Certificates must be at least
				 twenty-one (21) years of age. Applicants for other licenses must be at least
				 eighteen (18) years of age. The years of experience for a journeyperson or
				 contractor will only pertain to new applicants received in the division as of
				 the effective date of acceptance of these rules and regulations.
B. No licensee shall engage in business under
				 any name other than that stated on his license, except the holder of
				 Certificate A, AF, SCF, LPC or E pursuant to §
										7.6(B)     of
				 this Part.
C. Applicants for a
				 Certificate B must submit a notarized letter from employers, and in the case of
				 military, verification from proper officials of an applicant's former military
				 unit, stating the type and extent of experience which the applicant has had in
				 the type of work for which a license is being sought. Those applying for
				 Journeypersons Certificate B License must have at least 8,000 hours (4 years)
				 experience as a registered apprentice.
D. Applicants for Contractor's Certificate A
				 must have had at least 12,000 hours (6 years) experience and have held a Rhode
				 Island Certificate B for two years. Out-of-state applicants who hold a
				 contractor's license or journeyperson's license will be allowed to take the
				 Rhode Island journeyperson's exam. Out-of-state applicants who hold a
				 contractor's license and a Rhode Island journeyperson's license for two years
				 and have 12,000 hours (6 years) experience will be allowed to take the Rhode
				 Island contractor's exam.
E.
				 Applicants for a Limited Maintenance journeyperson Certificate M license must
				 have fulfilled the application requirements and conditions set forth in R.I.
				 Gen. Laws §
										5-6-24(c).
F. Applicants for a Limited Journeyperson
				 license Certificate BF, F or CF shall be required to work a minimum of four
				 thousand (4,000) hours over a period of not less than two (2) years as a
				 registered limited apprentice and submit a notarized letter from their employer
				 indicating hours worked.
G. Any
				 person applying to take the examination for the Lightning Protection
				 Installer's License (Certificate LPI) as per R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										5-6-11(d) 
				 and
				  5-6-24(d) 
				 must provide the Department of Labor and Training with an affidavit or a
				 notarized letter from a current and/or prior employer(s) evidencing that said
				 applicant has worked for a recognized lightning protection company for a
				 minimum of four thousand (4000) hours over a period of not less than two (2)
				 years.
H. All Limited Premise,
				 Certificate C, and Limited Maintenance, Certificate D, licenses issued by the
				 Department of Labor and Training, Division of Professional Regulation, shall
				 include a description of the existing premise and the content for the existing
				 equipment therein.
I. Limited
				 Premises and Limited Maintenance Licenses shall authorize a person, firm or
				 corporation the right to repair and/or maintain existing electric wires,
				 devices, appliances and equipment on the premises. An individual Limited
				 Premise and/or Limited Maintenance License is required for each
				 address.
J. Limited Premises or
				 Limited Maintenance License, as provided in R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										5  - -
				 6-10,
				 5-6-10,
				 and
				 5-6-14
				 shall authorize municipalities, schools, hospitals, colleges, or other
				 non-manufacturing firms or entities, who regularly employ one (1) or more
				 licensed electricians (journeyperson/Certificate B), the right to repair and/or
				 maintain existing electric wires, devices, appliances and equipment on said
				 premise.