Title XIX, Public Safety and Morals

As used in KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Authorized local licensing program" means any city, county, urban-county government, charter county, or consolidated local government electrician and electrical contractor licensing program establish…

(1) A person who is not licensed as an electrical contractor shall not represent himself or herself to the public as an electrical contractor or use any terms, titles, or abbreviations which express or imply that the person is a licensed electrical contractor. (2) A person who is…

(1) The provisions of KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140 shall not apply to installations under the exclusive control of electric utilities for the purpose of communication, metering, or for the generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy located …

(1) The department shall administer and enforce KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140 and shall evaluate the qualifications of applicants for licensure. (2) The department may issue subpoenas, examine witnesses, pay appropriate witness fees, administer oaths, and investigate allegations of pr…

(1) All fees and other moneys received by the department under the provisions of KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving fund for use by the department in administering the provisions of KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140. (2) No part …

(1) The department shall issue a license as an "electrical contractor" to an applicant who meets the following requirements: (a) Has paid to the department the application fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) and the appropriate examination fee, which shall not exceed the…

Upon application to the department and payment of all applicable fees, the department shall license by endorsement an applicant who is registered, licensed, or certified in another state if the requirements for registration, licensing, or certification in the issuing state are su…

(1) The department shall select and approve an examination to be used in determining the competency of persons to be licensed under KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140. Examinations selected and approved for each level of licensing shall be nationally recognized examinations which have been…

(1) Each licensee licensed under the provisions of KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140 shall biennially, on or before the last day of the licensee's birth month in the second year, pay to the department a renewal fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the department…

(1) The department may, following a hearing pursuant to KRS Chapter 13B, impose sanctions specified in KRS 227A.040 upon proof that the licensee has: (a) Misrepresented or concealed a material fact in obtaining a license, or in the reinstatement thereof; (b) Been incompetent or n…

Any party aggrieved by a disciplinary action of the department may bring an action in the Circuit Court of Franklin County under the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B.

Any person who violates or aids in the violation of any provision of KRS 227A.020 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or sentenced to jail for not less than ten…

business -- Interim period for use of recently deceased licensee's master electrician's license. (1) A master electrician who ceases to be associated with the electrical contractor and is the representative by which the licensed electrical contractor qualifies shall immediately r…

installer certificate holder. Nothing in KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140 shall apply to low-voltage, power-limited installations for control or coordination of interconnected devices separated from a power source by a Class 2 or Class 3 transformer installed by a low-voltage installer c…