Iowa Admin. Code r. 661-502.2 - License requirements
(1) An electrical
contractor license may be issued to a person who submits an application with
the applicable fee, who holds or employs a person who holds an active master
electrician license, who is registered as a contractor with the labor services
division of Iowa workforce development. An electrical contractor license issued
to a person who holds a class B master electrician license is subject to the
same restriction of use as is the class B master electrician license.
(2) A residential electrical contractor
license may be issued to a person who is licensed as a class A master
electrician, a class B master electrician, or a residential master electrician
and who is registered with the state of Iowa as a contractor pursuant to Iowa
Code chapter 91C.
(3) A class A
master electrician license may be issued to a person who submits to the board a
completed application with the applicable fee and who meets one of the
following:
a. Has completed one year of
experience as a licensed journeyman electrician, and has passed a supervised
written examination for master electrician approved by the board with a score
of 70 or higher within 24 months of submission of a new application;
or
b. As of December 31, 2007, held
a current valid license as a master electrician issued by a political
subdivision in Iowa, the issuance of which required passing a supervised
written examination approved by the board, and one year of experience as a
journeyman electrician; or
c. Holds
a current class B master electrician license and has passed a supervised
written examination for master electrician approved by the board with a score
of 70 or higher within 24 months of submission of a new application.
(4) A class B master electrician
license may be issued to a person who submits to the board a completed
application with the applicable fee; who presents credible evidence of having
worked for a total of 16,000 hours of cumulative experience as a master
electrician, of which at least 8,000 hours were worked since January 1, 1998;
and whose experience as a master electrician began on or before January 1,
1998.
(5) A residential master
electrician license may be issued to a person who submits to the board a
completed application with the applicable fee, holds a current residential
electrician or journeyman electrician license, has 2,000 hours of verified
experience as a residential electrician or a journeyman electrician, and has
passed a residential master electrician examination approved by the board with
a score of 70 or higher within 24 months of submission of a new
application.
(6) A class A
journeyman electrician license may be issued to a person who submits to the
board a completed application with the applicable fee and who meets one of the
following:
a. Has successfully completed a
registered apprenticeship program, has passed a supervised written examination
for journeyman electrician approved by the board with a score of 70 or higher
within 24 months of submission of a new application, and has completed four
years of experience as an apprentice electrician.
b. Holds a current class B journeyman
electrician license and has passed a supervised written examination for
journeyman electrician approved by the board with a score of 70 or higher
within 24 months of submission of a new application.
c. Holds a current electrician license in
another state, has passed a supervised written examination for journeyman
electrician approved by the board with a score of 70 or higher within 24 months
of submission of a new application, and has satisfied the sponsorship
requirements for testing for a journeyman class A license by providing evidence
of all of the following:
(1) Current licensure
as a journeyman or master electrician from another state which required passing
a test sponsored by that state.
(2)
Completion of 18 hours of continuing education units approved by the
board.
(3) Completion of 1,000
hours of work in Iowa as an unclassified person.
d. Holds a current license issued by the
board; has passed a supervised written examination for journeyman electrician
approved by the board with a score of 70 or higher within 24 months of
submission of a new application; has completed 54 hours of continuing education
approved by the board; and has completed 16,000 hours of electrical work while
licensed by the board, except as a special electrician, as verified by a master
electrician licensed by the board. The 16,000 hours is to include at least the
following minimum number of hours of work on commercial or industrial
installations in the categories indicated: 500 hours of preliminary work, 2,000
hours of rough-in work, 2,000 hours of finish work, 2,000 hours of lighting and
service work, 500 hours of troubleshooting, and 500 hours of motor control
work. At least 4,000 hours of the 16,000 hours is to be completed by the
applicant within the five years immediately preceding the submission date of
the application.
e. Holds a current
license issued by the board as a residential electrician or residential master
electrician, has passed a supervised written examination for journeyman
electrician approved by the board with a score of 70 or higher within 24 months
of submission of a new application, and has completed 4,000 hours of work on
commercial or industrial electrical installations while licensed by the board,
as verified by a master electrician licensed by the board. The 4,000 hours is
to include at least the following minimum numbers of hours in the categories
indicated: 100 hours of preliminary work, 500 hours of rough-in work, 500 hours
of finish work, 500 hours of lighting and service work, 100 hours of
troubleshooting, and 100 hours of motor control work.
f. Holds a current license issued by the
board, has satisfactorily completed an approved postsecondary electrical
education program, has passed a supervised written examination for journeyman
electrician approved by the board with a score of 70 or higher within 24 months
of submission of a new application, and, subsequent to beginning the
postsecondary electrical education program, has completed at least 6,000 hours
of electrical work while licensed by the board, as verified by a master
electrician licensed by the board.
(7) A class B journeyman electrician license
may be issued to a person who submits to the board a completed application with
the applicable fee; who presents credible evidence of having worked for a total
of 16,000 hours of cumulative experience as a journeyman electrician or master
electrician, of which at least 8,000 hours were worked since January 1, 1998;
and whose experience as a journeyman electrician or master electrician began on
or before January 1, 1998.
(8) A
residential electrician license may be issued to a person who submits to the
board a completed application with the applicable fee and who meets one of the
following:
a. Has completed 6,000 hours of
experience as an apprentice electrician and has passed a residential
electrician examination approved by the board. An applicant may take the
examination after completing 5,000 hours of experience as an apprentice
electrician, although the license will not be issued until the applicant has
completed 6,000 hours of such experience; or
b. Has completed 4,000 hours of experience
working under the direct supervision of a residential master electrician, a
residential electrician, a master electrician, or a journeyman electrician; has
successfully completed a minimum of one academic year of an electrical trade
school approved by the board; and has passed a residential electrician
examination approved by the board; or
c. Has completed 8,000 hours of verified
experience as a licensed unclassified person including at least 2,000 hours of
verified work experience in residential wiring and has passed a residential
electrician examination approved by the board; or
d. Has successfully completed a registered
residential electrician apprenticeship program and passed a supervised written
residential electrician examination approved by the board with a score of 70 or
higher within 24 months of submission of a new application.
(9) A special electrician license
may be issued to a person who submits to the board a completed application with
the applicable fee and who meets the qualifications for any endorsement entered
on the license. Each special electrician license is eligible to carry one or
more of the following endorsements:
a.
Endorsement 1, "Irrigation System Wiring," may be included if requested and the
applicant has passed a supervised examination approved by the board or has
completed two years, or 4,000 hours, of documented experience in the wiring of
irrigation systems.
b. Endorsement
2, "Disconnecting and Reconnecting Existing Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Systems," may be included if requested and the applicant has passed a
supervised examination approved by the board or has completed two years of
documented experience in the disconnecting and reconnecting of existing air
conditioning and refrigeration systems.
c. Endorsement 3, "Sign Installation," may be
included if requested. This endorsement does not authorize the holder to
connect power to a sign that has a voltage greater than 220V and an ampere
rating greater than 20 amps. Initial installation or upgrading of the branch
circuits supplying power to the sign may only be completed by a licensed master
electrician or by a licensed journeyman electrician under the supervision of a
master electrician.
(10)
An apprentice electrician license may be issued to a person who submits a
completed application to the board with the applicable fee and who is
participating in a registered apprenticeship program. A person may hold an
apprentice electrician license for no more than six years from the original
date of licensing unless an extension is granted by the board based upon a
documented hardship.
(11) A license
as an unclassified person may be issued to a person who submits a completed
application to the board with the applicable fee and who is employed by a
licensed electrical contractor. Any person who holds a current license issued
by the board, excluding special electrician licenses, may work as an
unclassified person without holding an unclassified person license.
(12) In lieu of renewal of the active master
electrician license, an inactive master electrician license may be issued to a
holder of a master electrician license whose license is due for renewal and who
requests placement in inactive status. It is the responsibility of the holder
of an inactive license to maintain all requirements which would apply for an
active master electrician license, except for payment of the fee for an active
license, during the term of the inactive license. If the license holder fails
to meet any such requirement during the term of the inactive license, the
license holder will not be entitled to reinstatement ofan active license. If
the license holder continues to meet all such requirements while holding an
inactive license, the license holder may obtain an active master electrician
license by surrendering the inactive master electrician license, filing an
application for reinstatement, and paying the applicable license fee. The
holder of an inactive license who seeks reinstatement of an active license will
not receive any refund of the fee paid for the inactive license. A person who
holds an inactive license cannot perform work which requires the person to be a
holder of that license but may perform work authorized by any active license
issued by the board which the person holds.
(13) Retaking an examination. If passage of
an examination is a requirement for issuance of a license:
a. An applicant who has taken the examination
for a license twice and has failed the examination twice cannot retake the
examination until after waiting six months and completing 12 hours of
continuing education approved by the board on subjects related to the standards
specified in 661-Chapter 504. After satisfying the requirements of this
paragraph, the applicant may take the examination two additional times, or a
maximum of four times.
b. An
applicant who has satisfied the conditions of paragraph "a"
and who has taken the examination two additional times, or a total of four
times, and has failed the examination four times cannot retake the examination
until after waiting an additional six months and completing an additional 12
hours of continuing education approved by the board on subjects related to the
standards specified in 661-Chapter 504. After satisfying the requirements of
this paragraph, the applicant may take the examination two additional times, or
a maximum of six times.
c. An
applicant who has satisfied the conditions of paragraph "b"
and who has taken the examination two additional times, or a total of six
times, and has failed the examination six times cannot retake the examination
any additional times unless approved to do so by the board. An applicant who
wishes to take an examination after failing it six times may petition the board
to allow the applicant to take the examination again after waiting an
additional six months. The board may request that an applicant appear
personally before the board when considering the petition.
(14) Reciprocal journeyman licensing. A
journeyman class A license may be issued, without examination, to a person who
holds a license from another state provided that:
a. The board has entered into an agreement
with the other state providing for reciprocal issuance of licenses and the
agreement recognizes the equivalency of the examination required for the
license issued by the other state and the examination required for the Iowa
license to be issued; and
b. The
applicant has successfully completed a supervised written examination approved
by the other state with a score of 70 or higher in order to obtain the license
from the other state; and
c. The
applicant holds an applicable license from the other state at the time the
application for an Iowa license is filed and has held the applicable license
from the other state continuously for one year at the time the application for
an Iowa license is filed; and
d.
The applicant has submitted:
(1) A completed
application for the Iowa license;
(2) A copy of the applicable license from the
other state, clearly showing the license number and any other identifying
information;
(3) The applicable
fee;
(4) The sworn affidavit
required under subparagraph 502.2(14) "e" (2), if applicable;
and
(5) Any other information
requested by the board; and
e. The applicant has either:
(1) Completed an approved apprenticeship
program; or
(2) Completed 16,000
hours of electrical work as an electrician licensed by the other state, as
documented by submission of a sworn affidavit signed by the
applicant.
(15) Reciprocal master licensing. A master
class A license may be issued, without examination, to a person who holds an
equivalent license from another state provided that:
a. The board has entered into an agreement
with the other state providing for reciprocal issuance of licenses and that the
agreement recognizes the equivalency of the examination required for the
license issued by the other state and the examination required for the Iowa
license to be issued; and
b. The
applicant has successfully completed a supervised written examination approved
by the other state, with a score of 70 or higher, in order to obtain the
license from the other state; and
c. The applicant holds an applicable license
from the other state at the time the application for an Iowa license is filed
and has held the applicable license from the other state continuously for one
year at the time the application for an Iowa license is filed; and
d. The applicant has submitted:
(1) A completed application for the Iowa
license;
(2) A copy of the
applicable license from the other state, clearly showing the license number and
any other identifying information;
(3) The applicable fee;
(4) Any other information requested by the
board, which may include, but is not limited to, additional evidence that the
person's license from the other state is currently valid; and
e. The applicant has either:
(1) Completed an approved apprenticeship
program; or
(2) Completed 16,000
hours of electrical work as an electrician licensed by the other state,
documented by a sworn affidavit signed by the applicant.
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