SECTION 158:40-1-2. Definitions

  The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means the Electrical License Act as found at 59 O.S. § 1680, et seq.

"Administrator" means the Administrator of the Board as described in the Construction Industries Board Act found at 59 O.S. § 1000.1, et seq.

"Alarm Endorsement" means a licensed electrician or registered electrical apprentice who has met the endorsement requirements and holds a current valid electrical license or registration may install, service, or repair alarm or security systems or electronic security devices such as residential or commercial burglar alarms or security systems, electronic access control, closed circuit television, nurse call systems and the like pursuant to the regulations governing that electrical license or registration.

"Applicant" means any person applying for an examination, for a license or registration, for continuing education approval, for review of plans and specifications, or for an electrical code variance from the standard of installation as described in OAC 158:40-1-4 by the Board under the Act.

"Apprentice" means an electrical worker registered pursuant to OAC 158:40-5-1 who is limited to working for a contractor and is directly supervised by a licensed contractor or journeyman with the appropriate license classification for the work being performed.

"Associated with and responsible for" means the relationship between an electrical contractor and electrical firm based on the electrical contractor being a permanent employee, owner, partner, or officer in a corporate firm, and whereby the electrical contractor shall give full time to the supervision and control of operations necessary to secure full compliance with the provisions of the Electrical License Act and this Chapter.

"Board" means the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board.

"Bonds and Insurance Unit" means the consolidated unit that processes bonds and insurance under the direction of the Construction Industries Board.

"Cheating" means any unapproved deviation from any official instruction given before, during or after a license examination, for the purpose of affecting or influencing the examination results or otherwise providing an undue advantage to any examinee.

"Committee" means the Committee of Electrical Examiners.

"Contracting" means engaging or offering to engage in, on behalf of oneself or on behalf of another, any electrical work which requires a valid and appropriate license from the Construction Industries Board as required by the Electrical License Act, regardless if said work is in exchange for monetary payment or otherwise.

"Contractor" means a person who meets the definition of 59 O.S. § 1682(5) and is licensed in the appropriate category for any electrical work performed.

"Continuing Education Credit Hour" means at least sixty (60) minutes of classroom instruction.

"Direct supervision" means the on-the-job physical presence by the supervisor who must be in the work area where the electrical work is being performed and who also must be a licensed electrical contractor or electrical journeyman in the appropriate category for any electrical work supervised.

"Electrical facility" means wiring, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances used for and in connection with a supply of electricity, but excludes the connection with a power meter or other utility supply source or other statutory exclusions such as alarm system work (59 O.S. §1800.3(4)), and data, voice and home theater audio/visual communications except for fire alarm systems, security systems and environmental control systems that are not an integral part of a telecommunications system.

"Electrical firm" means any firm, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture or any other business entity engaged in the business of planning, contracting, supervising or furnishing labor or labor and materials for the installation, repair, maintenance or renovation of electrical facilities according to the Act.

"Electrical License Unit" means the staff and administrative support unit to the Committee of Electrical Examiners and the Electrical Hearing Board.

"Electrical maintenance" means electrical work limited to maintaining existing electrical systems, facilities or equipment by an employee of a person, company, corporation or entity owning the electrical systems, facilities or equipment. Maintenance shall not include any alterations or additions to existing systems, facilities or equipment.

"Electrical work" means work as that term is defined in 59 O.S. § 1682.

"Hearing Board" means the Electrical Hearing Board created by the Act.

"Inactive contractor" means any class of licensed electrical contractor who does not have current bond and insurance to be able to be contracting for electrical work pursuant to the act. An inactive contractor works as a journeyman electrician.

"Journeyman electrician" or "journeyman" means any person, other than a contractor or apprentice, who engages in the installation, repair, maintenance or renovation of electrical facilities according to the Act, in the category in which the person is licensed.

"Limited electrical contractor" means any person who has qualified and become licensed in accordance with OAC 158:40-7-4. Such person is prohibited from engaging in the work of a journeyman electrician.

"Military electrical experience" means verifiable military experience in electrical work which is the same as or similar to electrical construction work as defined in the Act.

"Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission" or "OUBCC" means the state agency created under 59 O.S. § 1000.20, et. seq., and authorized to adopt all building codes and standards for residential and commercial construction to be used as minimum standards by all entities within this State.

"Reciprocity agreement" means an agreement whereby a person holding an electrical license or registration who is licensed in other states with substantially similar or greater licensure requirements may be licensed in this State after payment of a fee for licensing by reciprocity.

"Refinery Electrical Journeyman" means an electrician licensed as a refinery electrical journeyman electrician pursuant to OAC 158:40-7-6 and is limited to performing electrical work only in refinery facilities.

"Residential contractor" means an electrician licensed as a residential contractor pursuant to OAC 158:40-7-2 and is limited to performing residential electrical construction work.

"Residential journeyman" means an electrician licensed as residential journeyman electrician pursuant to OAC 158:40-7-2 and limited to performing residential electrical construction work.

"Temporary electrical journeyman" means an electrician temporarily licensed by the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board as a journeyman electrician and is limited to electrical construction per the equivalent temporary journeyman classification determined by the Board.

"Variance" means the use of an alternative material or method of construction from that prescribed in the standard of installation as described in OAC 158:40-1-4 for use at a particular location or project specified in the variance application; and

"Variance and Appeals Board" means the Oklahoma State Electrical Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board.

[Source: Added at 19 Ok Reg 726, eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1269, eff 5-28-02; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 3039, eff 8-13-02 through 7-14-03 (emergency); Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2655, eff 7-26-03; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2341, eff 8-25-11; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 907, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1625, eff 9-11-15; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 879, eff 10-1-17; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1412, eff 10-1-19; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 1052, eff 10-1-20]