New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 31 - BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
Section 13:31-1.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means the Electrical Contractor Licensing Act of 1962, P.L. 1962, c.162, 45:5A-1 et seq.

"Apprentice" means a person who is enrolled in a four-year apprenticeship program approved by both a Federal agency and a Federally certified state agency.

"Board" means the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors established pursuant to 45:5A-3.

"Business permit holder" means an electrical contractor who has obtained a business permit pursuant to 45:5A-9.

"Employee" means a person whose remuneration is reported on a Form W-2 to the Internal Revenue Service, and whose work is supervised pursuant to the provisions of 13:31-3.4 .

"Licensee" means a person who has satisfied the requirements of 13:31-2.1 and 2.2 and has been issued a license as an electrical contractor by the Board pursuant to 45:5A-9.

"Minor repair work" shall include, without limitation, the replacement of lamps and fuses operating at less than 150 volts to ground with like or similar lamps or fuses.

"Qualifying licensee" means a licensee who has satisfied the requirements of 13:31-2.1 and 2.2 and whose license qualifies a business permit holder to engage in the business of electrical contracting in the State of New Jersey.

"Regular employee" as used in 45:5A-18(k) and (l) means an individual hired to work on an ongoing and continuous basis, whose remuneration is reported on a Form W-2 to the Internal Revenue Service, for the performance of functions, which include those associated with the installation, repair, and maintenance of electrical work for the State, county, municipality, or school district which occupies the premises on which such work is done.