As used in this Subtitle, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BOARD
The Worcester County Board of Electrical Examiners.
CUT-IN CARD
The written authorization from the electrical inspector or
authorized inspection agency to the power company in order to connect
power to an electrical system.
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSES AND PERMITS
The Worcester County Department of Licenses and Permits or
such other county department as the County Commissioners designate
by resolution.
ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEMS
Includes all electrical apparatus, electrical wiring, electrical
fixtures and electrical supplies used as a part of any installation
for the transmission or utilization of electrical energy. This shall
include all equipment necessary to operate the physical plant and
ventilating, heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration and water-heating
systems, provided that said term shall not include portable lamps,
electrical appliances and special manufacturing equipment separable
from permanently fixed plug-in receptacles.
ELECTRICAL WORK
Any work performed on electrical wiring systems, including
low-voltage wiring systems, such as but not limited to lighting, controls,
communications, burglar and fire alarms.
[Amended 5-19-2015 by
Bill No. 15-2]
ELECTRICIAN GENERAL
A person authorized hereby by license to engage in electrical
work on single phase electrical services and circuits of two hundred
forty volts or less in non-hazardous locations in residential, commercial
and agricultural structures and having a sufficient knowledge of such
type or types as determined by the Board.
[Amended 5-19-2015 by
Bill No. 15-2]
ELECTRICIAN LIMITED
A person authorized hereby by license to engage in electrical
work of the following types and having a sufficient knowledge of such
type or types as determined by the Board: (1) electrically operated
heating or air-conditioning equipment; (2) electrically operated refrigeration
equipment; (3) electrically operated display signs; (4) electrically
operated home appliances; (5) electrically operated fire alarm or
detection systems; (6) other electrical apparatuses of a similar nature
as the Board may determine by written regulation. An "electrician
limited" may not work on multiphase electrical wiring systems or appliances
unless he is specifically licensed therefor by the Board.
ELECTRICIAN'S ASSISTANT
A person licensed by the Department of Licenses and Permits
as an electrician's assistant pursuant to the terms hereof and authorized
to perform electrical work as herein contemplated.
LICENSE CLERK
The Clerk of the Department of Licenses and Permits or such
other person as the County Commissioners designate by resolution.
MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR
Electrical work not including new installation (except by
replacement of existing installations with the same as those replaced)
and without additional installations or fixtures, an increase in electrical
power consumption, change of phase, increase in service capacity or
change in electrical characteristics.
MASTER ELECTRICIAN
A person authorized hereby by license to engage in or hold
himself out to the public as engaged in the business of installing,
erecting and repairing or contracting to install, erect or repair
electric wire or conductors to be used for the transmission of electric
current for electric light, heat or power purposes, mouldings, ducts,
raceways or conduits for the reception of such wires or conductors
or to electrical machinery, apparatus, devices or fixtures to be used
for electric light, heat or power purposes, elevators or escalators,
including multiphase electrical work, or planning, laying out and
supervising such electrical work. A "master electrician" is also authorized
to perform any work which an electrician general or electrician limited
may perform.
MINOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION
An electrical installation which is single phase, of twenty
amperes/one hundred twenty volts AC or less and installed in an existing
structure, the installation of decorative outdoor lighting operating
at a nominal 48 volts DC or less and associated cabling and luminaries
or electrical wiring systems operating at a nominal 48 volts DC or
less such as but not limited to controls, communications, burglar
alarms, audio, video and information technology systems when installed
in one- and two-family dwelling units.
[Amended 5-19-2015 by
Bill No. 15-2]
NON-HAZARDOUS LOCATION
Any location not determined to be a hazardous (Classified)
location pursuant to Article 500 of the National Electrical Code,
as from time to time amended, duly adopted pursuant to § BR
2-201(a) hereof.
[Added 5-19-2015 by Bill
No. 15-2]
PERSON
Corporations, companies and partnerships, as well as individuals.
SHELVING
The temporary placing of a license with the Board in an inactive
status.
WORKING UNDER SUPERVISION
Under the direction of and subject to the inspection of the
supervising party (be the party a master electrician, electrician
general or electrician limited) and to the end that the supervising
party shall be responsible for the work of one who works under him
as though such work had been done by such supervising party and further
subject to the licensing provisions herein.
The Worcester County Commissioners may remove any member of
the Board from office upon written charges after an opportunity to
be held by such member to be removed for misconduct, incompetency,
neglect of duty or other sufficient cause.
Members of the Board shall receive such allowance for expenses
and such compensation as the County Commissioners shall from time
to time determine.
The Board shall hold an organizational meeting and annually
elect a Chairman and two Vice Chairmen. The Board shall adopt rules
of procedure to govern meetings of the Board and shall hold such meetings
as the Chairman shall determine necessary and proper for the Board
to carry out its prescribed duties.
Applications for licenses must: (1) be on forms prescribed and
furnished by the Department of Licenses and Permits; and (2) contain
a statement made under oath showing the applicant's education and
a detailed summary of his work experience and qualifications.
In order to be certified by the Board for licensing (other than
for electrician's assistants), applicants meeting the qualifications
herein set forth shall be tested from their knowledge of those areas
of electricity required by this Subtitle for the type of license sought.
The test shall be administered by the Board and may be written, practical,
oral or by any method which the Board sees fit which will properly
test the applicant's abilities and knowledge. The Board shall set
standards for passage and failure of the test.
[Added 11-16-1999 by Bill No. 99-6]
(a) Scope. The provisions of this section do not
apply to a licensee on inactive status.
(b) Insurance required. All persons holding an
active electrical license in Worcester County under the provisions
of this Title shall:
(1)
Maintain general liability insurance in the amount of at least
$300,000.00.
(2)
Maintain property damage insurance in the amount of at least
$100,000.00.
(3)
Submit proof of the required insurance to the Board of Electrical
Examiners of Worcester County.
(c) Renewal. Each applicant requesting renewal
of an electrical license in Worcester County pursuant to the requirements
of this Title shall submit proof of the required insurance with their
application for renewal. Unless the applicant meets the insurance
requirements of this section, the Board of Electrical Examiners of
Worcester County shall not renew the license to perform electrical
work within Worcester County.
(d) Notice of cancellation. If the insurance required
under this section is canceled, the insured shall notify the Board
of Electrical Examiners of Worcester County within 10 days after the
date of cancellation and at the discretion of the Board of Electrical
Examiners of Worcester County, the electrician's license shall be
revoked or shelved in accordance with the provisions of § BR
2-214(c) and § BR 2-215 hereof.
Upon authorization of the Board, the Department of Licenses
and Permits shall, upon application therefor and the payment of the
regular fee and without examination, issue a license as master electrician,
electrician general or electrician limited to any person who holds
such a license or its equivalent issued to him by the proper authorities
of any county, state or territory or district of the United States
or of any country, provided that the requirements where the aforesaid
registration was issued do not conflict with the provisions of this
Subtitle and are of a standard not lower than that specified in this
Subtitle for the classification to be issued by this Board and further
provided that the same rights are given to duly licensed electricians
of this county within such jurisdiction.
The Board shall set qualifications for electrical inspectors.
In the case of individual inspectors, each proposed inspector shall
be qualified individually by the Board. In the case of an inspection
agency, each individual inspector within Worcester County shall be
duly qualified by the Board. The Board shall issue a license to each
individual electrical inspector and may charge an annual fee therefor.
In the event that the electrical inspector is in the employ of an
approved agency, the agency's name shall also appear on the license.
Electrical inspectors shall be bonded or insured to the satisfaction
of the Board. It shall be unlawful for any person to perform electrical
inspections or hold himself out to the public as a qualified electrical
inspector under the terms of this Subtitle unless duly licensed hereunder.
Electrical inspectors and members of the Board shall have all
such rights of entry as are necessary and proper to ensure compliance
herewith.
[Amended 11-10-1987 by Bill No. 87-5]
Any person who violates the provisions of this Subtitle shall
be guilty of a civil infraction.