Colorado § 12-115-103 - Definitions.

§ 12-115-103. Definitions.

As used in this article 115, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Apprentice" means a person who is required to be registered as such under section 12-115-115 (3)(a), who is in compliance with the provisions of this article 115, and who is working at the trade in the employment of a registered electrical contractor and is under the direct supervision of a licensed master electrician, journeyman electrician, or residential wireman.

(2) "Board" means the state electrical board created in section 12-115-104.

(2.5) "Direct supervision" means that the supervising licensed master electrician, journeyman electrician, residential wireman, or photovoltaic installer is physically present at the same physical address where the apprentice is working.

(3) "Electric light, heat, and power" means the standard types of electricity that are regulated in accordance with the national electrical code, excluding chapter 8, "communications systems".

(4) "Electrical contractor" means any person, firm, copartnership, corporation, association, or combination thereof that undertakes or offers to undertake for another the planning, laying out, supervising, and installing or the making of additions, alterations, and repairs in the installation of wiring apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat, and power. A licensed professional engineer who plans or designs electrical installation shall not be classed as an electrical contractor.

(5) "Electrical work" means wiring for, installing, and repairing electrical apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat, and power.

(6) "Journeyman electrician" means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to wire for, install, and repair electrical apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat, and power, and for other purposes, in accordance with standard rules governing the work.

(7) "Master electrician" means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to properly plan, lay out, and supervise the installation and repair of wiring apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat, and power, and for other purposes, in accordance with standard rules governing the work, such as the national electrical code.

(7.5) "NABCEP" means the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners.

(7.7) "NABCEP PV installation professional" means an individual who is certified by the NABCEP to install photovoltaic systems.

(8) "National electrical code" means the code for the safe installation of electrical wiring and equipment, as amended, published by the National Fire Protection Association and approved by the American National Standards Institute, or successor organizations.

(9) "Permanent state highway tunnel facilities" means all permanent state highway tunnels, shafts, ventilation systems, and structures and includes all structures, materials, and equipment appurtenant to the facilities. The term includes all electrical equipment, materials, and systems to be constructed, furnished, and installed as part of the final construction features specified by the applicable contract plans and specifications or by the national electrical code. For the purposes of this article 115 and article 20 of title 34, permanent state highway tunnel facilities shall be deemed to be mines during the construction of the facilities.

(9.3) "Photovoltaic installer" has the meaning set forth in section 40-2-128 (2)(a.5).

(9.5) "PV installation training" means training concerning photovoltaic systems installation practices described in the "PV Installation Professional Job Task Analysis" document published by the NABCEP.

(10) "Qualified state institution of higher education" means:

(a) One of the state institutions of higher education established under, specified in, and located upon the campuses described in sections 23-20-101 (1)(a) and (1)(d) and 23-31-101, limited to the buildings owned or leased by those institutions on the campuses; and

(b) The institution whose campus is established under and specified in section 23-20-101 (1)(b); except that, for buildings located within the grounds of the Auraria higher education center created in article 70 of title 23, "qualified state institution of higher education" means only those buildings that are constructed or wholly renovated from money held by the university of Colorado at Denver and that are currently owned, operated, and maintained by the university of Colorado at Denver, including the buildings located in Denver at 1191 Larimer street, 1201 Larimer street, and 1355 Twelfth street.

(11) "Residential wireman" means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to wire for, and install, electrical apparatus and equipment for wiring one-, two-, three-, and four-family dwellings.

(12) "Supervision" means the management of a project to ensure that work on the project is done correctly and according to the law.

(13) "Tiny home" has the meaning set forth in section 24-32-3302 (35).

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 843, § 1, effective October 1; (2.5) and (12) added and (3) amended, (SB 19-156), ch. 346, p. 3203, § 10, effective October 1. L. 2022: (13) added, (HB 22-1242), ch. 172, p. 1136, § 27, effective August 10. L. 2025: (2.5) and (3) amended and (7.5), (7.7), (9.3), and (9.5) added, (SB 25-165), ch. 370, p. 1996, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2026: (10) amended, (SB 26-078), ch. 144, p. 808, § 2, effective May 26.

Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 12-23-101 as it existed prior to 2019.

(2) Before its relocation in 2019, this section was amended in SB 19-156. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal and reenactment of this title 12, effective October 1, 2019. For those amendments to the former section in effect from July 1, 2019, to October 1, 2019, see SB 19-156, chapter 346, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.