It shall be the duty of the Board to examine all applicants for a journeyman electrician's license and residential electrician’s license, upon matters relating to the ability and qualifications of the applicant to engage in the installation of electrical wiring, and to recommend the granting of licenses to qualified applicants after a satisfactory examination. It shall be the duty of the Board to hear complaints arising against any licensed electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or residential electrician work and judge all incompetent work of a licensed electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or residential electrician for a violation of the laws or the rules of the National Electrical Code. The Board shall have the power after a hearing to recommend the revocation or suspension of any license of any electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or residential electrician for a violation of the laws of the State or ordinances of the City governing electrical construction work; or for incompetency or willful negligence in any electrical work, provided that written notice of a hearing stating the grounds of complaint has been given the licensee at least 10 days before the hearing. No electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or residential electrician shall lend his license to others, or procure permits in his name for others, when he is not the electrical contractor for the work.
(Ord. 12-098. Passed 9-24-12.)