Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION › Chapter 73 - ELECTRICIANS › Section 73.10 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
(1) Assumed name--A name
				used by a business as defined in the Business and Commerce Code.
(2) Business affiliation--The business
				organization to which a master licensee may assign his or her
				license.
(3) Employee--An
				individual who performs tasks assigned to him by his employer. The employee is
				subject to the deduction of social security and federal income taxes from his
				pay. An employee may be full time, part time, or seasonal.
(4) Employer--One who employs the services of
				employees, pays their wages, deducts the required social security and federal
				income taxes from the employee's pay, and directs and controls the employee's
				performance.
(5) Filed--A document
				is deemed to have been filed with the department on the date that the document
				has been received by the department or, if the document has been mailed to the
				department, the date a postmark is applied to the document by the U.S. Postal
				Service.
(6) General
				Supervision--Exercise of oversight by a master electrician on behalf of an
				electrical contractor, or electrical sign contractor, or by a master sign
				electrician on behalf of an electrical sign contractor of performance by all
				classes of electrical licensees of electrical work bearing responsibility for
				the work's compliance with applicable codes under Texas Occupations Code,
				Chapter 1305.
(7) On-Site
				Supervision--Exercise of supervision of electrical work or electrical sign work
				by a licensed individual other than an electrical apprentice. Continuous
				supervision of an electrical apprentice is not required, though the on-site
				supervising licensee is responsible for review and inspection of the electrical
				apprentice's work to ensure compliance with any applicable codes or
				standards.
(8) Electrical
				Contractor--A person, or entity, licensed as an electrical contractor, that is
				in the business of performing "Electrical Contracting" as defined by Texas
				Occupations Code, §
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(5)</subdiv>.
(9) Master Electrician--An individual,
				licensed as a master electrician, who on behalf of an electrical contractor,
				electrical sign contractor, or employing governmental entity, performs
				"Electrical Work" as defined by Texas Occupations Code, §
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(11)</subdiv>.
(10) Journeyman Electrician--An individual,
				licensed as a journeyman electrician, who works under the general supervision
				of a master electrician, on behalf of an electrical contractor, or employing
				governmental entity, while performing "Electrical Work" as defined by Texas
				Occupations Code, §
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(11)</subdiv>.
(11) Electrical Apprentice--An individual,
				licensed as an apprentice who works under the on-site supervision of a master
				electrician, journeyman electrician, or residential wireman, on behalf of an
				electrical contractor or employing governmental entity performing "Electrical
				Work" as defined by Texas Occupations Code, §
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(11)</subdiv>.
(12) Electrical Sign Contractor--A person, or
				entity, licensed as an electrical sign contractor, that is in the business of
				performing "Electrical Sign Contracting" as defined by Texas Occupations Code,
				§
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(9)</subdiv>.
(13) Master Sign Electrician--An individual,
				licensed as a master sign electrician, who, on behalf of an electrical sign
				contractor, performs "Electrical Sign Work" as defined in paragraph
				(18).
(14) Journeyman Sign
				Electrician--An individual, licensed as a journeyman sign electrician, who
				works under the general supervision of a master electrician or a master sign
				electrician, on behalf of an electrical sign contractor, while performing
				"Electrical Sign Work" as defined in paragraph (18).
(15) Residential Wireman--An individual,
				licensed as a residential wireman, who works under the general supervision of a
				master electrician, on behalf of an electrical contractor, or employing
				governmental entity, while performing electrical work that is limited to
				electrical installations in single family and multifamily dwellings not
				exceeding four stories, as defined by Texas Occupations Code, §
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(13)</subdiv>.
(16) Maintenance Electrician--An individual,
				licensed as a maintenance electrician, who works under the general supervision
				of a master electrician, on behalf of an electrical contractor, or employing
				governmental entity while performing "Electrical Maintenance Work" as defined
				in paragraph (17).
(17) Electrical
				Maintenance Work--The replacement, or repair of existing electrical
				appurtenances, apparatus, equipment, machinery, or controls used in connection
				with the use of electrical energy in, on, outside, or attached to a building,
				residence, structure, property, or premises. All replacements or repairs must
				be of the same rating and type as the existing installation. No improvements
				may be made that are necessary to comply with applicable codes under Texas
				Occupations Code, Chapter 1305. Electrical maintenance work does not include
				the installation of any new electrical appurtenances, apparatus, equipment,
				machinery, or controls beyond the scope of any existing electrical
				installation.
(18) Electrical Sign
				Work--Any labor or material used in manufacturing, installing, maintaining,
				extending, connecting or reconnecting an electrical wiring system and its
				appurtenances, apparatus or equipment used in connection with signs, outline
				lighting, awnings, signals, light emitting diodes, and the repair of existing
				outdoor electric discharge lighting, including parking lot pole lighting. This
				also includes the installation of an electrical service integral to an isolated
				sign and/or outline lighting installation.
(19) Work Involved in the Manufacture of
				Electrical Equipment--Work involved in the manufacture of electrical equipment
				includes on and off-site manufacture, commissioning, testing, calibration,
				coordination, troubleshooting, evaluation, repair or retrofits with components
				of the same ampacity, maintenance and servicing of electrical equipment within
				their enclosures performed by authorized employees, or authorized
				representatives of electrical equipment manufacturers and limited to the type
				of products they manufacture.
(20)
				Electrical Sign Apprentice--An individual, licensed as an electrical sign
				apprentice who works under the on-site supervision of a master electrician, a
				master sign electrician, or a journeyman sign electrician, on behalf of an
				electrical sign contractor performing "Electrical Sign Work" as defined by this
				chapter.
(21) On-the-job
				Training--Training or experience gained under the supervision of an appropriate
				licensee, as prescribed by Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1305, while
				performing electrical work as defined by Texas Occupations Code, §
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(11)</subdiv>.
(22) Residential Appliance Installer--An
				individual, licensed as a residential appliance installer, who on behalf of a
				residential appliance installation contractor, performs electrical work that is
				limited to residential appliance installation including residential
				pool-related electrical installation and maintenance as defined by Texas
				Occupations Code, §
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(12-b)</subdiv>.
(23) Residential Appliance Installation
				Contractor--A person or entity licensed as a residential appliance installation
				contractor, that is in the business of residential appliance installation
				including pool-related electrical installation and maintenance as defined by
				Texas Occupations Code §
									RSA
				1305.002<subdiv>(12-d)</subdiv>.
(24) Residential Appliance--Electrical
				equipment that performs a specific function, and is installed as a unit in a
				dwelling by direct connection to an existing electrical circuit, such as water
				heaters, kitchen appliances, or pool-related electrical device. The term does
				not include general use equipment such as service equipment, other electrical
				power production sources, or branch circuit overcurrent protection devices not
				installed in the listed appliance or listed pool-related electrical
				device.
(25) Offer to perform--To
				make a written or oral proposal, to contract in writing or orally to perform
				electrical work or electrical sign work, to advertise in any form through any
				medium that a person or business entity is an electrical contractor, electrical
				sign contractor, or residential appliance installation contractor or that
				implies in any way that a person or business entity is available to contract
				for or perform electrical work, electrical sign work, or residential appliance
				installation work.
(26) Electro
				Mechanical Integrity--The condition of an electrical product, electrical
				system, or electrical equipment installed in accordance with its intended
				purpose and according to standards at least as strict as the standards provided
				by the National Electrical Code, the manufacturer's specifications, any listing
				or labeling on the product, and all other applicable codes or
				ordinances.
(27) Journeyman
				Lineman--An individual who engages in electrical work involving the maintenance
				and operation of equipment associated with the transmission and distribution of
				electricity from the electricity's original source to a substation for further
				distribution.
(28) Journeyman
				Industrial Electrician--An individual who engages in electrical work
				exclusively at a business that operates a chemical plant, petrochemical plant,
				refinery, natural gas plant, natural gas treating plant, pipeline, or oil and
				gas exploration and production operation.