(a) If upon inspection any installation for which a permit is required under this Chapter is found to be in violation of the provisions of this Chapter, the Department must notify the holder of the permit of the nature of such violation in writing and the same must be corrected within ten (10) days after such notice or such other period of time as may be specified by the Department.
(b) If the Director finds that any electrical equipment installed before or after the enactment of this Chapter is dangerous to persons or property because defective or improperly used or installed, the Director must notify the owner or lessee of the property in writing, setting forth the nature of such dangerous condition; and such person must make such changes or repairs as are necessary to put such equipment in a safe condition within such period as may be specified by the Director.
(c) Upon failure of any person to comply with a notice issued pursuant to this section, the Director must revoke any permit which has been issued for the installation of such equipment, must not authorize the electrical light or power company to supply electricity, or must revoke any such authorization which previously has been issued.
(d) If the equipment or installation is connected to a supply of electricity or power, the Director must have the authority to disconnect the same and must send notice to the electric light or power companies to discontinue its supply or electricity or power to such equipment or installation, and such supply of electricity or power must be terminated within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt of such notice, without liability therefor on the part of such electric light or power company. (1974 L.M.C., ch. 15, §1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 55, §1; 2022 L.M.C., ch. 32, §1.)
Editor’s note—Formerly Section 17-36.
Former Section 17-23, Same [Eligibility for examination]—Journeyman electrician, derived from 1974 L.M.C., ch. 15, §1 and 1982 L.M.C., ch. 55, §1, was repealed by 2022 L.M.C., ch. 32, §1.