Iowa Code r. 661-502.1 - License categories and authority
(1) The following license categories are
established:
a. Electrical
contractor.
b. Residential
electrical contractor.
c. Master
electrician, class A.
d. Master
electrician, class B.
e.
Residential master electrician.
f.
Journeyman electrician, class A.
g.
Journeyman electrician, class B.
h.
Residential electrician.
i.
Apprentice electrician.
j. Special
electrician.
k. Unclassified
person.
l. Inactive master
electrician.
(2) A person
who holds any class of license issued by the board, other than a class B
license, a residential electrical contractor license, a residential master
electrician license, or a residential electrician license, may perform the work
authorized by that license anywhere within the state of Iowa. A class B license
can be subject to limitations imposed by a political subdivision through a
local ordinance pursuant to Iowa Code section
103.29(4). A
person who holds a residential electrical contractor license, a residential
master electrician license, or a residential electrician license may perform
the work authorized by that license anywhere within the state of Iowa except
within a political subdivision which has, by local ordinance, limited the use
of such a license.
(3) Except as
otherwise provided by Iowa Code chapter 103, a person who does not have a
current valid license cannot perform work as an electrician or as an
unclassified person. A person cannot perform work which requires licensing and
which is not specifically authorized under the license issued.
(4) An apprentice electrician or an
unclassified person, while performing electrical work, shall be directly
supervised at all times by a master electrician or a journeyman electrician or,
while performing residential electrical work only, by a residential master
electrician, a residential electrician, or a special residential electrician. A
master electrician, a journeyman electrician, a residential master electrician,
or a residential electrician is not permitted to directly supervise more than
three apprentice electricians or unclassified persons, or both, at
once.
(5) A journeyman electrician
or a residential electrician may only work under the general direction of a
master electrician or, while performing residential electrical work only, under
the general direction of a residential master electrician.
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