(A)
The person designated by the applicant for a license shall be examined by the Electrical Examining Board to determine his knowledge of the rules and regulations for the installation of electrical equipment as set forth in this chapter and in the National Electric Code as approved by the American National Standards Institute. The Board shall determine the general qualifications and fitness of the applicant for executing the class of work covered by the license applied for, provided that a person now holding an Elkhart Master Electrician Contractor's License will be issued a Class A license without further examination.
(B) (1) Each examination shall be conducted by a person designated by the Electrical Examining Board.
(2) A record of every examination given shall be kept on file until 1 year after the date of the examination.
(3)
Any person who cheats during any examination given by the Electrical Examining Board shall be conclusively presumed unqualified and unfit for licensing pursuant to this chapter, and in addition thereto shall be guilty of a Class C infraction, punishable as provided under state statutes covering the infractions, and shall be disqualified from holding any license or applying for or taking any future examinations for licensing by the city as a licensed electrical contractor.
(C) Should an applicant fail to pass an examination at the rate established by the Electrical Examining Board for such purposes, the applicant may be reexamined upon submitting an application in writing with the requisite examination fee, if any, no less than 10 days prior to the examination date established by the Electrical Examining Board.
(1979 Code, § 157.14) (Ord. 1453, passed 6-1-1949; Am. Ord. 3295, passed 4-8-1981; Am. Ord. 3451, passed 5-2-1983; Am. Ord. 3460, passed 6-6-1983; Am. Ord. 3581, passed 10-1-1984; Am. Ord. 5070, passed 12-3-2007; Am. Ord. 5888, passed 2-7-2022)
Penalty, see § 157.999