Oklahoma § 59-1682 - Definitions

§ 59-1682. Definitions

A. As used in the Electrical License Act:

1. “Board” means the Construction Industries Board;

2. “Committee” means the Committee of Electrical Examiners

appointed by the Board;

3. “Electrical apprentice” means any person sixteen (16) years

of age or older whose principal occupation is the learning of and

assisting in the installation of electrical work under the direct

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supervision of a licensed journeyman electrician or electrical

contractor;

4. “Journeyman electrician” means any person other than an

electrical contractor who engages in the actual installation,

alteration, repair or renovation of electrical facilities or

electrical construction work unless specifically exempted by the

provisions of the Electrical License Act;

5. “Electrical contractor” means any person skilled in the

planning, superintending and practical installation of electrical

facilities who is familiar with the laws, rules and regulations

governing such work. Electrical contractor also means any

individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability

company or business performing skills of an electrical contractor or

an electrician or the business of contracting, or furnishing labor

or labor and materials for the installation, repair, maintenance or

renovation of electrical facilities or electrical construction work

according to the provisions of the Electrical License Act;

6. “Electrical facilities” means all wiring, fixtures,

appurtenances and appliances for, and in connection with, a supply

of electricity within or adjacent to any building, structure or

conveyance on the premises but not including the connection with a

power supply meter or other power supply source;

7. “Category” means the classification by which licenses and

electrical work may be limited. Such categories shall include but

shall not be limited to installation, maintenance, repair,

alteration, residential, oilfield and commercial;

8. “Temporary journeyman electrician” means any person other

than a person permanently licensed as a journeyman electrician or

electrical contractor in this state who meets the temporary

licensure requirements of Section 1685.1 of this title;

9. “Variance and Appeals Board” means the Oklahoma State

Electrical Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board;

10. “Electrical construction work” means installation,

fabrication or assembly of equipment or systems included in

“premises wiring” as defined in the National Electrical Code

(reference 158:40-1-4. Standard of Installation), and which is

hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. Electrical

construction work includes but is not limited to installation of

raceway systems used for any electrical purposes, and installation

of field-assembled systems such as ice and snow melting, pipetracing and manufactured wiring systems. Electrical construction

work shall not include in-plant work performed by employees of the

company owning the plant, work performed by telecommunications

employees for telecommunications companies or installation of

factory-assembled appliances or machinery which is not part of the

premises wiring unless wiring interconnections external to the

equipment are required in the field;

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11. “Electrical work” means work consisting primarily of the

layout, installation, maintenance, repair, testing or replacement of

all or part of electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures,

appliances or equipment for transmitting, carrying, controlling or

using electricity in, on, outside or attached to a building,

structure, property or premises. Electrical work shall not mean

work that is related to or facilitates the construction,

installation or maintenance of all or part of an electrical system,

but which does not involve actual work with any of the electrical

components provided in this definition; and

12. “Student apprentice” means any person sixteen (16) years of

age or older who complies with the requirements for registration

under Section 1686 of this title.

B. Class 2 and Class 3 circuits shall be exempt from the

requirements of electrical licensing of either an electrical

contractor or a journeyman electrician, provided the work is

performed in accordance with the National Fire Protection

Association 70 requirements for Class 2 and Class 3 circuits.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 337, § 3. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 256, § 2,

eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1994, c. 155, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws

1994, c. 293, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 320, § 1, emerg.

eff. May 28, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 405, § 5, emerg. eff. June 10,

1999; Laws 2001, c. 394, § 40, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 318,

§ 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2010, c. 338, § 2, eff. July 1, 2010;

Laws 2018, c. 17, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2021, c. 175, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2024, c. 355, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.