Section 34-36-3

Definitions.

The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them used in this chapter, for the purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:

(1) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors.

(2) ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING. Any job or project in the State of Alabama wherein the electrical contractor proposes to bid, install, maintain, alter or repair any electric wiring devices, or equipment.

(3) ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. Any person, firm, or corporation who is engaged in the business of installing electrical power or control systems; maintaining, altering or repairing any electrical wiring devices, equipment or any other electrical apparatus.

(4) JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN. A person who possesses necessary qualifications, training and technical knowledge to install electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment light, heat or power, as covered by the terms and provisions of this chapter, must work under master or state certified electrical contractor, also he shall be capable of doing said work according to plans and specifications furnished to him and in accordance with standard rules and regulations governing such work.

(5) MASTER ELECTRICIAN. A person who possesses the necessary qualifications, training and technical knowledge to plan, lay out and supervise the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment for lighting, heating, power or controls, and who possesses any of the following:

a. Has obtained four years of practical experience as a journeyman electrician in charge of jobs;

b. Has a professional electrical engineering degree; or

c. Has five years experience in the design and construction of electrical systems.

(6) SECRETARY. The Executive Secretary of the State Board of Electrical Contractors.

(7) LICENSE. A valid and current certificate of registration issued by the secretary on behalf of the board which shall give the named person to whom it is issued authority to engage in the activity prescribed thereon.

(8) LICENSEE. Any person holding a license.

(9) PERSON. A human person, not a legal entity.

(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §3; Acts 1988, No. 88-129, p. 184, §1.)