Chapter
417
2005 -- H 6251 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/19/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS
Introduced By: Representative Brian P. Kennedy
Date Introduced: March 17,
2005
It is enacted
by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 5-6-24 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-6 entitled
"Electricians" is
hereby
amended to read as follows:
5-6-24.
Apprentices -- Registration fee. -- (a) This chapter does not forbid
the
employment
of one properly limited registered apprentice electrician working with and
under the
direct
personal supervision of a licensed journeyperson electrician. Additionally,
this chapter does
not
forbid the employment of: (1) one properly registered apprentice oil
burnerperson working
with and
under the direct personal supervision of a licensed oil burnerperson; (2) one
properly
registered
apprentice fire alarm installer working with and under the direct personal
supervision
of a
licensed fire alarm installer; or (3) one two (2) properly
registered apprentice electrical sign
installer
working with and under the direct personal supervision of a licensed electrical
sign
installer.
Apprentices are required to register with the division of professional
regulation initially
upon
payment of a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per year. Apprentices are required
to register
with the
division of professional regulation immediately upon employment with a properly
licensed
electrical contractor.
(b) Indentured apprentice electricians are required to work a minimum of eight
thousand
(8,000)
hours over a period of time of not less than four (4) years and successfully
complete one
hundred
forty-four (144) hours of related instruction per year in an indentured
apprenticeship
program
approved by the Rhode Island department of labor and training, to qualify for
the
journeyperson
"B" electrician examination. Provided, that the test applicant has
possessed for at
least
four (4) years prior to the filing of the application a certificate of
registration in full force
and
effect from the department of labor and training of Rhode Island specifying the
person as an
indentured
apprentice, and the application of an applicant is accompanied by an affidavit
or
affidavits
of his or her employer or former employers or other reasonably satisfactory
evidence
showing
that the applicant has been actually engaged in electrical work as an
apprentice in Rhode
Island
during those four (4) years, or the application is accompanied by an affidavit
or other
reasonably
satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has successfully completed a
course
of study
in a recognized college or university and has pursued a course of electrical
technology
for at least
two (2) academic years or is the recipient of an associate degree in electrical
technology,
and has thereafter been indentured by the department of labor and training as
an
apprentice
for at least two (2) years and employed as an indentured apprentice by a duly
licensed
electrician
master in this state for a period of two (2) years, or a showing that the
applicant
possesses
a certificate of license issued under the laws of another state. Limited
registered
apprentice
electricians shall be required to work a minimum of four thousand (4,000) hours
over a
period
of time of not less than two (2) years.
SECTION 2. This act shall
take effect upon passage.
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