New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 31 - BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
Subchapter 3 - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
Section 13:31-3.8 - Activities requiring licensure and business permit

(a) The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meaning unless the context indicates otherwise.

"Service point" means the point of connection between the facilities of the public utility serving a customer and the premises wiring.

"Premises wiring" means interior and exterior wiring, including power, lighting, control, and signal circuit wiring, together with all of their associated hardware, fittings, and wiring devices, both permanently and temporarily installed, that extends from the service point of utility conductors or source of power such as a battery, a photovoltaic system, or a generator, transformer, or converter windings, to the outlets. Premises wiring does not include wiring internal to appliances, fixtures, motors, controllers, motor control centers, and similar equipment.

(b) Installing, maintaining, or servicing wiring for the supplying of power from the service point on a customer's premises to an appliance or other equipment used by the customer for the purpose of light, heat, or power, shall be performed only by a licensee holding a business permit or an employee, except as provided in 45:5A-18 and (c) below.

(c) Installing, maintaining or servicing wiring for the supplying of power from the service point on a customer's premises to an appliance or other equipment used by the customer for the purpose of light, heat or power may be performed by an employee of a public utility offering services that relate to an end user's premises wiring and determined by the Board of Public Utilities to be competitive, provided that the employee has obtained a license from the Board or is working under the supervision of such a licensee and the utility has obtained a business permit from the Board pursuant to 45:5A-9.

(d) Installing, maintaining, servicing, and handling exposed photovoltaic panels, solar inverters, and all other electrical components shall be performed only by a licensee holding a business permit or an employee.