103.10 Class A master electrician license — qualifications — class B master electrician license.
1. An applicant for a class A master electrician license shall have at least one year’s experience, acceptable to the board, as a licensed class A or class B journeyman electrician.
2. In addition, an applicant shall meet examination criteria based upon the most recent national electrical code adopted pursuant to section 103.6 and upon electrical theory, as determined by the board.
3. a. An applicant who can provide proof acceptable to the board that the applicant has been working in the electrical business and involved in planning for, laying out, supervising, and installing electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, and power since January 1, 1998, and for a total of at least sixteen thousand hours, of which at least eight thousand hours shall have been accumulated since January 1, 1998, may be granted a class B master electrician license without taking an examination. An applicant who is issued a class B master electrician license pursuant to this section shall not be authorized to plan, lay out, or supervise the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment in a political subdivision which, prior to or after January 1, 2008, establishes licensing standards which preclude such work by class B master electricians in the political subdivision. The board shall adopt rules establishing procedures relating to the restriction of a class B master electrician license pursuant to this subsection.
b. A class B master electrician may become licensed as a class A master electrician upon successful passage of the examination prescribed in subsection 2.
4. A person licensed to plan, lay out, or supervise the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, power, and other purposes and supervise apprentice electricians by a political subdivision preceding January 1, 2008, pursuant to a supervised written examination, and who is currently engaged in the electrical contracting industry, shall be issued an applicable statewide license corresponding to that licensure as a class A master electrician or electrical contractor. The board shall adopt by rule certain criteria for city examination standards satisfactory to fulfill this requirement.
5. 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, §20, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1077, §1, 3; 2008 Acts, ch 1092, §14, 32; 2019 Acts, ch 99, §3; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §3, 31
Referred to in §103.1, 103.9
Structure Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 103 - ELECTRICIANS AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
Section 103.1A - Term “commercial” applied.
Section 103.2 - Electrical examining board created.
Section 103.3 - Terms of office — expenses — counsel.
Section 103.4 - Organization of the board.
Section 103.5 - Official seal — bylaws.
Section 103.6 - Powers and duties.
Section 103.7 - Electrician and installer licensing and inspection fund.
Section 103.8 - Activities where license required — exceptions.
Section 103.9 - Electrical contractor license.
Section 103.10A - Inactive master electrician license.
Section 103.11 - Wiring or installing — supervising apprentices — license required — qualifications.
Section 103.13 - Special electrician license — qualifications.
Section 103.14 - Alarm installations.
Section 103.15 - Apprentice electrician — unclassified person.
Section 103.16 - License examinations.
Section 103.17 - Disclosure of confidential information — criminal penalty.
Section 103.18 - License renewal — continuing education.
Section 103.19 - Licenses — expiration — application — fees.
Section 103.20 - Licensee status — employment — death.
Section 103.21 - Licenses without examination — reciprocity with other states.
Section 103.22 - Chapter inapplicability.
Section 103.23 - Electrical installations — subject to inspection.
Section 103.25 - Request for inspection — fees.
Section 103.26 - Condemnation — disconnection — opportunity to correct noncompliance.
Section 103.27 - Condemnation or disconnection order — service.
Section 103.28 - Certificate of safe operation — dismissal of condemnation or disconnection order.
Section 103.29 - Political subdivisions — inspections — authority of political subdivisions.
Section 103.30 - Inspections not required.
Section 103.31 - State inspection procedures.
Section 103.32 - State inspection fees.
Section 103.34 - Appeal procedures.
Section 103.35 - Suspension, revocation, or reprimand.