14b NCAC 17 .0210          ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

(a)  Each firm, association, corporation, department, division, or branch office required to be licensed pursuant to G.S. 74D-2(a) shall employ on a full-time basis a licensee or registered employee who holds a license for either a SP-LV, limited, intermediate or unlimited examination as administered by the North Carolina Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors. Pursuant to Rule .0206 of this Section, each firm, association, corporation, department, division, or branch office shall maintain in its records a copy of the licensee's or registered employee's Electrical Contractors License.

(b)  In the event the licensee holding the electrical contractor's license ceases to perform his duties, the business entity shall notify the Board in writing within 10 working days. The business entity shall employ a substitute electrical contractor licensee within 30 days after the original electrical licensee ceases to serve.

(c)  If a company provides only alarm systems monitoring services and submits a written request to the Board certifying that they provide only monitoring services and do not sell, install, service, or respond to burglar alarms, the Board shall exempt the company from compliance with this rule. If the company later elects to sell, install, service, or respond to burglar alarms, then the company shall be required to fulfill the requirements of this rule.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 74D-2(a); 74D-5;

Eff. January 1, 1995;

Temporary Adoption Eff. May 18, 1995;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2008; May 1, 1999; October 1, 1995;

Transferred and Recodified from 12 NCAC 11 .0210 Eff. July 1, 2015;

Readopted Eff. June 1, 2018.