Except as otherwise provided in § 113.01 or exempted below, no person, firm or corporation shall in any manner undertake to execute or perform any work of installing, maintaining, altering or repairing any electrical equipment unless the work is performed or supervised by a holder of a Class A electrical contractor’s license, and has a certificate therefore as provided in § 113.07. Nor shall any person, firm or corporation execute or perform work otherwise than as specifically permitted under the license held by the person performing or supervising the work for a firm or corporation except that the provisions shall not apply to any person employed by and working under the direction of a person holding a Class A electrical license; provided, however, that no license shall be required in order to execute or perform any of the following electrical work:
(A) The replacement of switches, receptacles and lamps or the connection of portable electrical equipment to suitable permanently installed receptacles;
(B) Electrical wiring expressly declared to be not covered by the provisions of this chapter by any provisions of the rules adopted in § 113.04;
(C) The installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment for the operation of signals or the transporting of intelligence by wire;
(D) Any work involved in the manufacturing, testing, servicing, altering or repairing of electrical equipment or apparatus except that this exemption shall not include any permanent wiring other than that required for testing purposes;
(E) The assembly, erection and connection of electrical equipment by the manufacturer of the equipment, but not including any electrical wiring other than that involved in making electrical connections on the equipment itself or between two or more parts of the equipment;
(F) All work involved in repairing and maintenance of elevators, dumb waiters and escalators; and
(G) The undertaking of electrical work in or upon single-family dwellings, including the usual accessory buildings located on the same property, provided the electrical work in the dwelling or accessory buildings is performed by the owner of the property (or by an occupant thereof with the written permission of the owner); the dwelling is at the time or in the immediately foreseeable future intended to be occupied by the person doing the work; and the single-family dwelling is a detached building containing no other dwelling unit or other occupancy apart from the owner or the members of the immediate family of the owner, or an occupant doing the work.
(Prior Code, § 36-7-8-3) (Ord. 03-119, passed 3-3-2003, 2003 COM REC 119–129)