21 NCAC 18B .0305          License requirements and exemptions

(a)  Pursuant to G.S. 87‑43.1(7), an electrical contractor's license is not required for:

(1)           the installation and servicing of electrical appliances or equipment which is being supplied through a cord connected by means of an attachment plug‑in device to a suitable permanently installed receptacle; and

(2)           the servicing of electrical appliances or equipment being supplied through wiring connected to a permanently installed junction box.

(b)  Unless exempted by a statute other than G.S. 87‑43.1(7), an electrical contractor's license is required for:

(1)           the installation of the permanently installed receptacles to which cord‑supplied electrical appliances or equipment are connected;

(2)           the installation of the permanently installed junction boxes to which electrical appliances or equipment are connected; and

(3)           any wiring connected to and supplied from the out‑put side of any electrical appliances or equipment regardless of whether such appliances or equipment are supplied through a cord connected by means of an attachment plug‑in device to a suitable permanently installed receptacle or are supplied through wiring connected to a permanently installed junction box.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87‑42; 87‑43.1;

Eff. October 1, 1988;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. February 2, 2016.