Subpart 1.
License renewal.
The department shall not renew the electrician license of an
applicant for renewal who has held the license for at least 24 months unless
the applicant has credit for the hours of instruction required by this
part.
Subp. 2.
Hours
of instruction.
A. Within the term and
prior to the renewal of an individual license identified in this subpart and
subpart
5, each holder of a license
shall receive credit for instruction through one or more educational programs
as required by this part. Credit for an educational program may only be used
once for a specific renewal of a license. Where a licensee holds more than one
type of license, the same credits for hours of instruction may be applied to
each license.
B. The following
license types are required to earn 16
hours of instruction through one or more
educational programs:
(1) Class A master
electrician;
(2) Class B master
electrician;
(3) Class A journeyman
electrician;
(4) Class B journeyman
electrician;
(5) [Repealed,
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2013 c 85 art 2
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(6) [Repealed,
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2013 c 85 art 2
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(7) maintenance electrician;
(8) Class A installer;
(9) Class B installer; and
(10) power limited technician.
Subp. 3.
Acceptable subjects.
For the license types listed in subpart
2, item B, subitems (1) to
(9), at least 12 hours of instruction must be on the NEC and the remainder on
the statutes and rules governing electrical installations, this chapter,
chapter 3801, and Minnesota Statutes, sections
326B.31 to
326B.399, or technical
topics related to electrical installations and equipment. For the license type
in subpart
2, item B, subitem (10), at
least four hours of instruction must be on the NEC with the remainder on the
statutes and rules governing electrical installations, this chapter, chapter
3801, Minnesota Statutes, sections
326B.31 to
326B.399, or technical
topics related to electrical installations and equipment.
Subp. 4.
Registration renewal.
The department shall not renew the registration of a registered
unlicensed individual unless the applicant received credit for two hours of
instruction on the NEC through one or more educational programs as required by
this part. Credit for an educational program may only be used once for renewal
of registration.
Subp. 5.
Satellite system installer renewal.
The department shall not renew the license of a satellite
system installer unless the applicant received credit for four hours of
instruction on the NEC through one or more educational programs as required by
this part.
