| Chapter 187 |
| 2021 -- S 0686 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 07/06/2021 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS |
Introduced By: Senator Walter S. Felag |
| Date Introduced: March 18, 2021 |
| 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. |
| (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 burnerperson working with and under the direct personal supervision |
| of a licensed burnerperson; (2) One properly registered apprentice fire alarm installer working with |
| and under the direct personal supervision of a licensed fire alarm installer; (3) Two (2) properly |
| registered apprentice electrical sign installers working with and under the direct personal |
| supervision of a licensed electrical sign installer; (4) One properly registered apprentice |
| maintenance electrician working with and under the direct personal supervision of a valid Class C |
| or Class D license holder; or (5) One properly registered apprentice lightning-protection installer |
| working with and under the direct personal supervision of a licensed lightning-protection installer |
| (LPI). Apprentices are required to register with the division of professional regulation immediately |
| upon employment with a properly licensed electrical contractor or lightning-protection 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, however, apprentices may receive credit for |
| one hundred forty-four (144) hours of classroom training gained in a vocational school authorized |
| by the board of education, or a maximum of two hundred eighty-eight (288) hours of classroom |
| training gained over two (2) academic years (one hundred forty-four (144) per academic year), |
| upon the successful completion of a course of study in a fully accredited trade school that has been |
| approved by the Rhode Island office of postsecondary commissioner and approved by the Rhode |
| Island department of labor and training apprenticeship council. 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) four (4) years and employed as an indentured apprentice by a duly |
| licensed electrician master in this state for a period of two (2) four (4) years; or a showing that the |
| applicant possesses a certificate of license issued under the laws of another state, based on training |
| equal to that required by the state of Rhode Island. 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. |
| (c) Indentured apprentice maintenance electricians are required to work a minimum of six |
| thousand (6,000) hours over a period of time of not less than three (3) 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 "M" electrician examination. Provided, however, that the test applicant has |
| possessed for at least three (3) years prior to the filing of the application a certificate of registration |
| in full force and effect from the department of labor and training 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 three (3) years. Class M journeyperson electricians may qualify to take the |
| journeyperson "B" electrician examination upon registering as a fourth-year apprentice and |
| becoming employed by a properly licensed Class A electrical contractor for that period of time. |
| (d) Apprentice lightning-protection installers are required to work a minimum of four |
| thousand (4,000) hours over a period of time of not less than two (2) years to qualify for the |
| lightning-protection installer (LPI) examination. Provided, that the test applicant has possessed for |
| at least two (2) years prior to the filing of the application a certificate of registration in full force |
| and effect from the department of labor and training specifying the person as an apprentice |
| lightning-protection installer, 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 lightning-protection work as an apprentice |
| during those two (2) years. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage on June 30, 2022. |
| ======== |
| LC002430/SUB A |
| ======== |