Iowa Code § 103.13
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Special electrician license — qualifications.
Official statutory text
(1) The board shall by rule provide for the issuance of special electrician licenses authorizing the licensee to engage in a limited class or classes of electrical work, which class or classes shall be specified on the license. Each licensee shall have experience, acceptable to the board, in each such limited class of work for which the person is licensed.
(2) Notwithstanding section 103.8, a person who holds a special electrician license is not required to obtain an electrical contractor license to engage in the business of providing new electrical installations or any other electrical services if such installations or services fall within the limited class of special electrical work for which the person holds the special electrician license.
(3) The board may reject an application for licensure under this section from an applicant who would be subject to suspension, revocation, or reprimand pursuant to section 103.35.
2007 Acts, ch 197, §23, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1092, §19, 32; 2009 Acts, ch 39, §4; 2019 Acts, ch 99, §6; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §6, 31
(2) Notwithstanding section 103.8, a person who holds a special electrician license is not required to obtain an electrical contractor license to engage in the business of providing new electrical installations or any other electrical services if such installations or services fall within the limited class of special electrical work for which the person holds the special electrician license.
(3) The board may reject an application for licensure under this section from an applicant who would be subject to suspension, revocation, or reprimand pursuant to section 103.35.
2007 Acts, ch 197, §23, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1092, §19, 32; 2009 Acts, ch 39, §4; 2019 Acts, ch 99, §6; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §6, 31
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