1. All division action regarding licensure shall be governed by Ark. Code Ann.§§ 17-28-201 et seq. and Ark. Code Ann. §§ 20-31-101 et seq. and these Rules.

2. The Board is required to oversee electrician examination and licensure, conduct examinations of persons who apply for an electrician's license, grant licenses to qualifying applicants who have paid the prescribed fee, and revoke or suspend the license of any licensee or the certification of any electrical apprentice for cause.

1. All persons holding a license or permit issued by the Board are required to provide the Board with information so that the Board can remain in contact and provide notice of complaints and/or hearings. The licensee is required to provide written notice to the Board of any change in business and/or residence address within ten (10) working days of the change. Service of notices of hearing sent by mail will be addressed to latest address on file with the Board.

2. The license number of the responsible master electrician and the company name shall be displayed on a sign at all job sites that do not have a permit issued by a city or county building code enforcement authority. The sign shall be a minimum of 12 inches by 12 inches and include the name of the electrical contractor, license number of the responsible master, and telephone number, in contrasting colors to the sign color with a minimum letter size of 1.5 inches.

3. All licensed electricians and apprentices shall have on their person or immediately available, their license and a form of identification with a photo at all times during which the licensee is performing electrical work. The license and photo identification shall be provided to any state or local government electrical inspector or building inspector or fire marshal upon request.

1. Licenses shall expire on the date indicated on the license. Licenses shall expire on the last day of the month, one year following the date of issue. Such licenses may be renewed as provided herein. All licenses originally issued prior to the adoption of this rule shall continue to expire as indicated on the license.

2. Licenses may be renewed for one (1) year in the last year of an NEC cycle, two (2) years in the second year of an NEC cycle, or three (3) years in the first year of an NEC cycle upon a payment of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a master electrician's license; fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a residential master electrician's license; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for a journeyman electrician's license; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for a residential journeyman electrician's license; twenty-five ($25.00) per year for an air conditioning electrician's license; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for an industrial maintenance electrician's license; and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for a specialist sign electrician's license.

3. A license may be renewed within thirty-six (36) months of the expiration date by paying the renewal fees stated in Rule 010.13-013(D)(2), a late fee equal to one (1) year of the renewal fee plus ten dollars ($10.00) for each calendar month between the expiration date indicated on the license and the date of the application for renewal, and any outstanding monetary civil penalty.

4. A license may be renewed after thirty-six (36) months from the expiration date, by paying the renewal fee stated in Rule 010.13-013(D)(2) plus a penalty of one thousand dollars($1,000).

5. The Board may, after hearing, deny renewal or reinstatement of a license for cause. An applicant for renewal or reinstatement of a license may obtain a temporary license to expire on the date of his or her hearing before the Board.

6. Reinstatement

1. an application on a form approved by the Board; and

2. proof that the applicant is a licensed master electrician or employs a licensed master electrician; and

3. if the applicant is not a master electrician, a statement from the master electrician, under oath, disclosing the master electrician's affiliation with any other electrical contractor and verifying that the master electrician is employed as the superintendent or manager of the applicant contractor.

1. Upon employing an electrical apprentice to work at the trade, the electrical contractor/master electrician shall within thirty (30) days register such apprentice with the Board, the Arkansas Office of Skills Development, Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship (OAT). The apprentice must begin school no later than the first full semester following the date of hire. In the event that school begins more than ninety (90) days from the hire date, the employer shall, in the interim, provide the apprentice with technically related instruction pursuant to the guidelines of the U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship (OAT).

2. An applicant for registration as an electrical apprentice shall submit the following:

3. Apprentice registration certificates shall be valid for one (1) year. They shall expire on the last day of the month, one (1) year from the date of issue.

4. Apprentice registration certification may be renewed by payment of a ten dollar ($10.00) renewal fee and submission of satisfactory proof of current enrollment in and attendance of a training program approved by the OAT.

5. An apprentice who has successfully completed a certified school or training program and has been released for testing may continue to renew his or her apprentice registration card, if otherwise qualified, without enrolling in a school or training program. Such an apprentice may work as a fourth year apprentice for the purpose of Rule 010.13-013(H)(6) for a period of six (6) months. If an apprentice has not passed the journeyman electrician examination within six (6) months of completing apprenticeship school, the apprentice shall be subject to the same supervision as a third year apprentice pursuant to Rule 010.13-013(H)(6).

6. Ratios and Supervision

7. Classroom Study

The Career Education and Workforce Development Board, through the Arkansas Office of Skills Development, shall oversee related classroom study of apprentices.

8. A certificate of registration may be revoked by the Board for cause. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

9. A licensed electrician shall verify the work hours of any apprentice who has been in his/her employ the previous four (4) years at the request of the Department of Labor and Licensing; the Arkansas Office of Skills Development, Department of Commerce,; the Office of Apprenticeship; and any local apprenticeship committee. Failure to comply with such a request may result in the assessment of civil money penalties and the revocation or suspension of a license.

1. The Board shall issue a temporary license as a master electrician or journeyman electrician for a period of six (6) months, upon submission by the applicant of the following:

2. A temporary license may be renewed one (1) time only for industrial projects, upon submission by the applicant of the items listed in Rule 010.13-013(1)(a) above.

3. The Director of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions may renew a temporary license as a master electrician or journeyman electrician issued by the Board for more than one (1) additional period of six (6) months, if;

4. The Board may issue and renew a temporary license as a master electrician or journeyman electrician for regularly scheduled or emergency maintenance work or shut-downs of not longer than six (6) weeks on industry projects as defined by Ark. Code Ann. § 17-28-102(f).