Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 301-319 - General, Part I › Chapter SPS 305 - Licenses, Certifications And Registrations › Subchapter IV - Electrical › Section SPS 305.41 - Electrical contractors

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL.
(a) Pursuant to s.
					 101.862,
					 Stats., no person or entity, as of April 1, 2014, may engage in the business or
					 offer to engage in the business of installing, repairing, or maintaining
					 electrical wiring unless the person or entity holds a license or certification
					 issued by the department as a licensed electrical contractor, except as
					 provided under s.
					 101.862(4),
					 Stats.
(b) For the purposes of this
					 section, unexpired electrical contractor certifications issued prior to April
					 1, 2014, shall be considered licenses.
Note:
2007 Wisconsin Act 63 changed the
						nomenclature from electrical certifications to electrical
						licenses.
Note:
Section
						101.862(4),
						Stats., exempts the following:
(a) A
					 residential property owner who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical
					 wiring on premises that the property owner owns and occupies as a residence,
					 unless a license or registration issued by the department is required by local
					 ordinance.
(am) A person engaged in
					 installing electrical wiring within an existing industrial facility or existing
					 manufacturing facility owned or leased by the person or by an entity for which
					 the person is an agent or employee.
(b) A person engaged in maintaining or
					 repairing electrical wiring within an existing facility or on premises owned or
					 leased by the person or by an entity for which the person is an agent or
					 employee.
(c) A person engaged in
					 installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring, apparatus, or
					 equipment for elevators and escalators.
(d) A person engaged in installing,
					 repairing, or maintaining equipment or systems that operate at 100 volts or
					 less.
(e) A person engaged in
					 installing, repairing, or maintaining an electronic system designed to monitor
					 a premises for the presence of an emergency, to issue an alarm for an
					 emergency, or to detect and summon aid for an emergency.
(f) A person engaged in installing,
					 repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring of transmission facilities that
					 support telecommunications service, as defined in s.
					 182.017(1g)
					 (cq), that is provided by a
					 telecommunications provider, as defined in s.
					 196.01(8p).
(g) A person engaged in installing,
					 repairing, or maintaining manufactured equipment or utilization equipment,
					 including ballasts, electric signs and luminaires, or any other manufactured
					 system that is designed to provide a function that is not primarily electrical
					 in nature if the installation, repair, or maintenance only involves the
					 modification or installation of conductors beyond the disconnecting point or
					 beyond the last junction, pull, or device box, whichever is nearer to the point
					 where the person is performing the installation, repair, or maintenance that
					 are considered part of the equipment or system under this paragraph. For
					 purposes of this paragraph, any conductor going from the disconnecting point or
					 the nearest junction, pull, or device box to the manufactured equipment or
					 utilization equipment or the manufactured system is considered part of the
					 equipment or system.
(h) A person
					 engaged in installing electrical wiring for components of a manufactured home,
					 as defined in s.
					 101.91(2),
					 or a manufactured building, as defined in s.
					 101.71(6),
					 while the manufactured home or the manufactured building is at or in the
					 facility at which it is being manufactured.
(i) A person employed by an electricity
					 provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who installs, repairs,
					 or maintains electrical wiring for equipment that is installed in the normal
					 course of providing utility services by the electricity provider.
(j) A person engaged in installing,
					 repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring that provides lighting or signals
					 for public thoroughfares and for public airports.
(k) A person engaged in installing,
					 repairing, or maintaining electric lines on the utility side of substations and
					 other distribution facilities owned or operated by customers or members of
					 electricity providers.
(l) A person
					 employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity
					 provider, who installs, repairs, or maintains primary voltage electric
					 facilities that are owned by the electricity provider's customers or members
					 and that operate at greater than 600 volts.
(m) A person employed by an electricity
					 provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who restores service
					 during an emergency.
(n) A person
					 who installs a replacement for an existing switch or outlet if the replacement
					 switch or outlet has a rating of not more than 20 amperes.
(p) A person engaged in installing,
					 repairing, or maintaining a private on-site wastewater treatment system, as
					 defined in s.
					 145.01(12),
					 if the activity only involves installing or modifying a conductor going from
					 the system's junction, pull, or device box to the nearest disconnecting point
					 and the conductor is buried with the system.
(q) A person engaged in installing,
					 repairing, or maintaining a pump for a well if the activity only involves
					 installing or modifying a conductor going from the pump's junction, pull, or
					 device box to the nearest disconnecting point and the conductor is buried with
					 the pump.
Note: As of April 1, 2014, the department will no longer
						issue or renew a certification for electrical contractor-restricted. The
						department will issue an electrical contractor license to those individuals who
						hold an electrical contractor-restricted certification prior to April 1, 2014.
						The issuance of the license will indicate the same expiration date as the
						current restricted-certification.