Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 010 - Department of Labor
Division 13 - Board of Electrical Examiners
Rule 010.13.06-001 - Regulation 3 - Construction and exemptions; Regulation 7 - Licenses; Regulation 8 - Revocation, Suspension and Denial of Licenses; Regulation 13 - Continuing Education; Regulation 14 - Effective Date and Repealer

3.5 Nothing in these regulations shall be construed to require an electrician's license in order to test, install, repair, maintain or alter industrial machinery, household appliances, or medical equipment, by the manufacturer(s) or vendor(s) of such machinery and equipment or technicians providing services with respect to such machinery and equipment. Nothing in these regulations shall be construed to require an electrician's license in order to supervise such activities.

7.2 Licenses may be renewed for one (1) year in the last year of an NEC cycle, two (2) years in the second year of an NEC cycle, or three (3) years in the first year of an NEC cycle upon a payment of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a master electrician's license; fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a residential master electrician's license; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for a journeyman electrician's license; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for a residential journeyman electrician's license; twenty-five ($25.00) per year for an air conditioning electrician's license; and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for an industrial maintenance electrician's license.

8.1 The board shall have the power to revoke or suspend any license or registration for cause. This includes, but is not limited to, the performance of electrical work which does not comply with the provisions of the National Electrical Code, as adopted by the board. An apprentice license shall be automatically suspended if the Electrical Division determines that the apprentice is not compliant with Regulation 7.9 of the Board. The Electrical Division shall notify the apprentice of this suspension and that a final revocation hearing has been scheduled before the Board. The automatic suspension shall continue until a final revocation hearing before the Board or until the apprentice proves compliance with Regulation 7.9 of the Board.

13.1 No journeyman electrician license or master electrician license shall be renewed unless the licensee completes at least eight (8) hours of continuing education for each National Electrical Code (NEC) cycle. Continuing education shall consist of classroom or other Board approved instruction relating specifically to the National Electrical Code. The NEC cycle shall begin on January 1 of each year of NEC publication.

13.2 Approved Continuing Education Hours:

13.3 No apprentice that completes an apprenticeship program and passes the journeyman exam shall be required to obtain additional continuing education hours during that NEC cycle.

13.4 Failure to complete continuing education hours

14.1 Effective September 1, 1999 all previous regulations promulgated by the board are hereby repealed.

14.2 The effective date of these regulations is September 1, 1999.

NOTE: Regulations 1, 6.2 and 7.9 were amended effective January 1, 2002, and 6.7 was effective April 1, 2002.

NOTE: Regulations 5.3, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 7.5, 7.7, 7.9, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 11.6, 12.6 were amended effective April 1, 2004. Regulation 9 was a new regulation effective April 1, 2004. Subsequent Regulations were renumbered on this date.

NOTE: Regulations 6.2, 6.5, 7.9, 7.10, 8.7, 9.1 - 9.5 were amended effective November 1, 2004.

NOTE: Regulations 1.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.5 were amended effective October 1, 2005

NOTE: Regulations 3.5 and 8.1 were amended effective January 1, 2006. Regulations 13 and 14 pertaining to grandfather licensure were deleted due to obsolescence. Regulation 13 was a new Regulation effective January 1, 2006.