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United States — Iowa
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To renew certain electrician licenses, the licensee must complete 18 board-approved continuing education contact hours, including at least 6 hours on the national electrical code.
United States — Iowa
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Licenses usually expire every three years; apprentice electrician and unclassified-person licenses expire yearly. Applicants must include a social security number, the board must keep it confidential and redact it before public release, and expired licenses can be renewed only within three months.
United States — Iowa
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This provision defines when “commercial” applies in this chapter.
United States — Iowa
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An electrical examining board is created, with 11 voting members, resident requirements, appointment rules, annual officers, quorum rules, and limited participation by public members in licensure-exam functions.
United States — Iowa
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Electrical workers in licensure-required work must be employed by the permit holder and have a valid board license. After the death of certain electrical business owners, the board may let a representative continue the business for up to six months, and that representative must carry required insurance.
United States — Iowa
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The board may grant an electrician a license without examination if the electrician has been licensed in another state for at least one year and the other stated conditions are met.
United States — Iowa
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This chapter does not apply to several listed people and activities, and the board must set inspection procedures by rule for certain homes built in a course.
United States — Iowa
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This provision says the chapter’s inspection and enforcement rules apply to certain new electrical installations and to existing installations that are found to be electrical hazards.
United States — Iowa
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The board must set certification and continuing-education rules for electrical inspectors. State and local inspectors must get and keep a certificate of qualification, and political subdivisions must send the board a copy of each inspector’s certificate.
United States — Iowa
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Before an inspected installation begins, the licensee or property owner must file a request for inspection with the department.
United States — Iowa
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If an electrical installation fails safety standards, the inspector must issue a written order to condemn it or disconnect service, and must send copies to the board, the director, and the utility.
United States — Iowa
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Copies of condemnation or disconnection orders must be served on specified parties, including the property owner, the installer’s licensee, and, for certain orders, the electrical utility supplying power.
United States — Iowa
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Electrical installations cannot be connected or reconnected for use until an inspector files a certificate approving energization; correction orders and follow-up inspection timing are also required when an installation fails standards.
United States — Iowa
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Political subdivisions that inspect electrical work must keep doing so in some cases, follow filing and ratio rules, and cannot impose certain extra fees or exam requirements on qualifying board licensees.
United States — Iowa
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Board appointments are generally for staggered three-year terms, vacancies are filled by the governor with senate confirmation, members are limited to three terms or nine years, and the board has expense, counsel, and witness-related powers.
United States — Iowa
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The board may exempt some new electrical installations from state inspection rules, and certain utility employees’ work is not to be inspected while they are acting within the scope of employment.
United States — Iowa
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This provision sets state electrical inspection procedures, gives the board and director enforcement and rule-setting roles, limits inspectors from changing approved plans except in a noncompliance case, and requires licensees to carry license and ID at job sites.
United States — Iowa
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The board sets state electrical inspection fees, and the fees must be paid to the board with the inspection request before installation starts.
United States — Iowa
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A person aggrieved by a condemnation or disconnection order may appeal to the board by written notice within 10 days; in some dangerous-installation cases the order is not stayed, while in other cases it is stayed until the board decides and the board must notify listed parties.
United States — Iowa
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On an appeal notice, the board can assign a hearing officer or send the appeal to the full board, must notify affected persons, and must set the hearing within 14 days unless everyone agrees otherwise.