Introduced By: Senator Roger R. Badeau
Date Introduced : February 8, 1999
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. -- This
chapter shall not forbid the employment of one properly {DEL indentured DEL} {ADD limited registered ADD} apprentice electrician working with and under the direct personal
supervision of a licensed journeyperson electrician. Additionally,
this chapter shall not forbid the employment of one properly registered
apprentice oil burnerperson working with and under the direct
personal supervision of a licensed oil burnerperson, nor one properly
registered apprentice fire alarm installer working with and under
the direct personal supervision of a licensed fire alarm installer,
nor one properly registered apprentice electrical sign installer
working with and under the direct personal supervision of a licensed
electrical sign installer. Apprentices shall be 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.
Indentured apprentice electricians shall be 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 journeyperson "B" electrician examination. {ADD Provided, however, that the test applicant shall have 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 the state 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 the state of 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 in place of 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.
