87-43. Electrical contracting defined; licenses.
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Electrical contracting shall be defined as engaging or offering to engage in the business of installing, maintaining, altering or repairing any electric work, wiring, devices, appliances or equipment. No person, partnership, firm or corporation shall engage, or offer to engage, in the business of electrical contracting within the State of North Carolina without having received a license in the applicable classification described in G.S. 87-43.3 from the State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors in compliance with the provisions of this Article, regardless of whether the offer was made or the work was performed by a qualified individual as defined in G.S.87-41.1. In each separate place of business operated by an electrical contractor at least one listed qualified individual shall be regularly on active duty and shall have the specific duty and authority to supervise and direct all electrical wiring or electrical installation work done or made by such separate place of business. Every person, partnership, firm or corporation engaging in the business of electrical contracting shall display a current certificate of license in his principal place of business and in each branch place of business which he operates. Licenses issued hereunder shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary-treasurer of the Board, under the seal of the Board. A registry of all licenses issued to electrical contractors shall be kept by the secretary-treasurer of the Board, and said registry shall be open for public inspection during ordinary business hours.[/FONT]
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87-43.1. Exceptions.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]The provisions of this Article shall not apply:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](1) To the installation, construction or maintenance of facilities for providing electric service to the public ahead of the point of delivery of electric service to the customer;[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](2) To the installation, construction, maintenance, or repair of telephone, telegraph, or signal systems, by public utilities, or their corporate affiliates, when said work pertains to the services furnished by said public utilities;[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](3) To any person in the course of his work as a bona fide employee of a licensee of this Board[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](4) To the installation, construction or maintenance of electrical equipment and wiring for temporary use by contractors in connection with the work of construction;[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](5) To the installation, construction, maintenance or repair of electrical wiring, devices, appliances or equipment by persons, firms or corporations, upon their own property when such property is not intended at the time for rent, lease, sale or gift, who regularly employ one or more electricians or mechanics for the purpose of installing, maintaining, altering or repairing of electrical wiring, devices or equipment used for the conducting of the business of said persons, firms or corporations;[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](5a) To any person who is himself and for himself installing, maintaining, altering or repairing electric work, wiring, devices, appliances or equipment upon his own property when such property is not intended at the time for rent, lease, or sale;[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](6) To the installation, construction, maintenance or repair of electrical wiring, devices, appliances or equipment by State institutions and private educational institutions which maintain a private electrical department;[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](7) To the replacement of lamps and fuses and to the installation and servicing of cord-connected appliances and equipment connected by means of attachment plug-in devices to suitable receptacles which have been permanently installed or to the servicing of appliances connected to a permanently installed junction box. This exception does not apply to permanently installed receptacles or to the installation of the junction box.[/FONT]
