Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-46B - Electrical safety standards, administration, and installation › Part F - ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 296-46B-920 - Electrical/telecommunications license/certificate types and scope of work

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
General
				electrical (01):
A general electrical license and/or certificate
				encompasses all phases and all types of electrical and telecommunications
				installations and minor plumbing under
				RCW
				18.106.150. For the purposes of
				RCW
				18.106.150, the like-in-kind replacement
				includes the appliance or any component part of the appliance (e.g., such as,
				but not limited to, the thermostat in a water heater).
Specialties.
(2) All
				specialties listed in this subsection may perform the electrical work described
				within their specific specialty as allowed by the occupancy and location
				described within the specialty's scope of work. Except for residential (02),
				the scope of work for these specialties does not include plumbing work
				regulated under chapter 18.106 RCW. See
				RCW
				18.106.150 for plumbing exceptions for the
				residential (02) specialty. For the purposes of
				RCW
				18.106.150, the like-in-kind replacement
				includes the appliance or any component part of the appliance (e.g., such as,
				but not limited to, the thermostat in a water heater).
Specialty
(limited) electrical licenses and/or certificates are as follows:
(a)
Residential (02):
Limited to
				the telecommunications, low voltage, and line voltage wiring of one- and
				two-family dwellings, or multifamily dwellings of types III, IV or V
				construction when there are not more than six stories of multifamily dwellings
				of types III, IV or V construction above grade or above types I or II
				construction. All line voltage wiring for receptacle outlets and lighting
				outlets required by the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) adopted under WAC
				296-46B-010 is limited to
				nonmetallic sheathed cable, except for: Wiring subject to physical damage,
				wiring embedded in masonry or concrete, wiring buried below grade or located in
				a wet location, wiring to unfinished space areas adaptable to future dwelling
				unit living areas, or wiring where nonmetallic sheathed cable is not allowed by
				installation standards adopted under this chapter.
(i) This specialty also includes the wiring
				for ancillary structures located on the same property and under the same
				ownership as the dwelling structure(s) such as, but not limited to: Appliances,
				equipment, swimming pools, septic pumping systems, domestic water systems,
				limited energy systems (e.g., doorbells, intercoms, fire alarm, burglar alarm,
				energy control, HVAC/refrigeration, etc.), multifamily complex offices/garages,
				site lighting when supplied from the residence or ancillary structure, and
				other structures directly associated with the functionality of the residential
				units.
(ii) This specialty does not
				include wiring of:
(A) Any portion of any
				occupancy of types I or II construction; or
(B) Occupancies defined in WAC
				296-46B-900(1),
				or commercial occupancies such as: Motels, hotels, offices, assisted living
				facilities, or stores; or
(C)
				Services, generators, HVAC/refrigeration equipment, fire pumps or other
				equipment that serve other than one- and two-family dwellings, or multifamily
				dwellings of types III, IV, or V construction or ancillary structures, or
				facilities or equipment used primarily for commercial purposes except those
				directly associated with the functionality of multifamily complex residential
				units; or
(D) Interconnected
				electric power production sources not connected to equipment that supplies one-
				and two-family dwellings, or multifamily dwellings of types III, IV or V
				construction, or ancillary structures; or
(E) Any portion of wiring for conveyances
				regulated under chapter 70.87 RCW serving more than one residential dwelling
				unit.
(iii) For the
				purposes of this section, classification of types of construction are as
				determined by the local building official.
(iv) See
				RCW
				18.106.150 for plumbing exceptions for the
				residential (02) specialty.