Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) A Certificate PC shall be issued to public institutions of higher educations that regularly employ one or more Class B journeyperson electricians when the work performed by those individuals is limited to the replacement, retrofit, upgrade, maintenance, repair, and/or minor a…

(a) Burnerperson’s license. A Certificate F shall be granted to any person who has passed an examination before the division of professional regulation. The certificate shall specify the name of the person authorized to install, work on, and repair electric wiring and equipment l…

“Certificate B” applies to all electrical work including the installation of fire alarm and life safety communications systems and electrical signs.

(a) Except as provided in § 5-6-14, a holder of a Certificate B is not entitled to do any work of installing, maintaining, servicing, and testing wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures, or other appliances for carrying or using electricity for light, heat, or power purposes except …

Electricians regularly employed by firms or holders of a Certificate C may install and maintain any electrical wiring, conduits, and appliances, or make any repairs that are required in and on the property of those firms; provided, that a permit has been approved and issued by th…

Any person applying for a license and making any misstatement as to his or her experience or other qualifications, or any person, firm, or corporation subscribing to, or vouching for, any misstatement, shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 5-6-32.

(a) All licenses issued by the division of professional regulation for master electricians, all limited-license electricians, and all journeyperson electricians born in odd years shall expire on the birthday of the individual qualifying for the license in odd years and all licens…

Persons desiring an examination shall make written application on the state-approved form for the examination accompanied by the proper fee, which is seventy-five dollars ($75.00).

Examination papers and applications for certificates under the provisions of this chapter shall be preserved for at least three (3) years, after which time they may, at the discretion of the division of professional regulation, be destroyed.

(a) Holders of Licenses B, F, BF, CF, M, A, E, AF, SCF, LPC, and LPI shall be furnished by the division of professional regulation with evidence of having been licensed in card form or otherwise, which shall be carried on the person of the licensee and exhibited on request. (b) A…

(a)(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall enter into, engage in, solicit, advertise, bid for, or work at the business of installing, maintaining, servicing, and testing wires, conduits, apparatus, which includes support systems specifically for electrical equipment and devices…

(a) The division of professional regulation by and through its electrical investigators or designees has the right and authority to enter, during times at which electrical work is actually being performed on any commercial building, structure, or premises where electrical work is…

(a) All certificates and/or licenses issued by the division of professional regulation expire on the birthday of the individual qualifying for the certificate and/or license and may be renewed on or after that date for a period of two (2) years upon payment of the appropriate ren…

(a) On or before January 1, 1996, the board of examiners of electricians shall, by regulation, establish a mandatory continuing education program for all persons licensed under this chapter. The program is designed to ensure current competency in each licensee’s area of certifica…

(a) Any certificate expiring while the holder of the certificate is in the military, naval, or air service of the United States shall be renewed without further examination, upon payment of the prescribed fee, at any time within four (4) months after that person’s discharge from …

Records of the meetings of the board of examiners of electricians shall be open for inspection at all times, and the division of professional regulation, with the assistance of the board, shall have printed annually a manual of its regulations, including the names of all licensee…

No certificates issued under this chapter shall be assignable or transferable. Certificates issued under this chapter may, after a hearing before and upon the recommendation of the board of examiners of electricians, be suspended or revoked by the director of labor and training, …

(a) This chapter does not forbid the employment of one properly registered apprentice electrician working with and under the direct personal supervision of an appropriately licensed journeyperson electrician. Additionally, this chapter does not forbid the employment of: (1) One p…

Prior to being permitted to work as an electrician’s apprentice in this state, any apprentice electrician registered by another registration agency in a neighboring state shall obtain reciprocal recognition from the Rhode Island department of labor and training pursuant to § 28-4…

To be eligible applicants for electrical licensing exams, apprentices shall complete an applicable registered apprenticeship program in Rhode Island. Apprentices shall provide transcripts of completed related instruction and work record books from employer(s), or other reasonably…

(a) For licensing purposes, decisions by an apprenticeship sponsor to grant credit for prior learning or experience pursuant to § 28-45-9(2)(xii) or § 28-45-9.2 shall also require the written approval of the state board of examiners of electricians of the Rhode Island department …

All electrical work covered in this chapter that is done in the state of Rhode Island and/or any city or town having rules and requirements for that work shall be done in accordance with those rules and requirements. Failure of any licensee to do that work in that manner, or his …

All electrical work shall be done in accordance with any rules and requirements that are specified by the division of professional regulation, or subject to its approval, by the public utilities having authority to supply electricity in the place where the work is done. Any rules…

The division shall report annually to the general assembly in the month of January a detailed statement of its receipts and disbursements during the year with a statement of its acts and proceedings and any recommendations that the division deems proper. All proceeds of any fees …

Any person, firm, association, corporation, or employee of any person, firm, association, or corporation, and any representative, member, or officer of any firm, association, or corporation individually entering upon or engaging in the previously defined business and work, withou…

(a) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) The electrical work and equipment for the generation and primary distribution of electric current, or the secondary distribution system up to and including the meters, where that work and equipment is an integral part of the…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to forbid the insertion in electrical circuits, by unlicensed persons, of devices or appliances including, but not limited to, microwaves, refrigerators, ranges, televisions, light bulbs, and the like that are properly designed for that …

(a) The director may assess an administrative penalty on any person, firm, or corporation for any violation of the provisions of this chapter, after notice and a hearing, before and upon the recommendation of the board of examiners of electricians in the amount of one thousand fi…

The director of labor and training has authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter, either by the use of administrative penalties pursuant to § 5-6-32, and/or by complaint made by the director of labor and training to the attorney general, whose duty it is to prosecute al…

(a) After July 1, 1991, and at any time prior to January 1, 1992, the division shall, without examination, upon payment of the fees provided in this chapter, issue a “certificate ACF” or “certificate CF” to any applicant for the certificate who presents satisfactory evidence that…

(a)(1) There is created in the division of professional regulation, in the department of labor and training, a state board of examiners of electricians that at all times consists of seven (7) qualified electors of the state as follows: (i) A member of an electrical inspection dep…

(a) The members of the board of examiners of electricians shall choose a chairperson and secretary to hold office until their successors are appointed. Vacancies arising in the office of chairperson or secretary between regular appointments shall be cared for in a like manner. (b…

The division of professional regulation, with the assistance of the state board of examiners of electricians, may make necessary rules for the proper performance of their duties. The division shall hold examinations in Providence twice in each year and at other convenient places …

Fourteen (14) forms of licenses shall be issued: (1) The first, subsequently referred to as Certificate A, is known as an “electrical contractor’s license”; (2) The second, subsequently referred to as Certificate B, is known as a “journeyperson electrician’s license”; (3) The thi…

(a) Electrical contractor’s license. A Certificate A shall be issued to any person, firm, or corporation, qualified under this chapter, engaging in, or about to engage in, the business of installing, maintaining, servicing, and testing electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, which…

A Certificate B shall be granted to any person who has passed an examination before the division of professional regulation. The certificate shall specify the name of the person who is authorized to engage in the occupation of a journeyperson electrician.