Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to revise the qualifications of inspectors.

ThisproposalwouldallowtheDivisionofBuildingSafetytoself-certifyinspectorswithouthavingtopayan outside agency to do so. Inspectors are already required to be licensed as a journeyman or master electrician, and as such maintain continuing education (CEUs) to keep their journeyman or master electrician licenses. The organizations currently providing the inspector certification do not require anything of the inspector in addition to that, but do require the payment of a fee.

Amends existing law to revise licensing and registration requirements for electrical contractors and journeymen.

Amends existing law to change the names of specialty contractors, specialty journeymen and specialty trainees to limited electrical contractors, limited electrical installers and limited electrical installer trainees.

Thisstatutoryamendmentproposalchangesthenameof"specialtycontractors,""specialtyjourneyman,"and "specialty trainees" to "limited electrical contractors," "limited electrical installers," and "limited electrical trainees." It also allows Limited Energy contractors to make connections to their equipment. This clarifies that the work being performed by the holders of these licenses are limited and restricted in nature. The DivisionofBuildingSafety(DBS)hasrealizedthatmanypeoplegenerallybelievethataholderofa"special" license is allowed to perform work beyond the scope of the traditional journeyman electrician and master electrician. In reality, a "special" license holder is actually limited in the scope of electrical work they may perform to only those specific types of installations for which they hold the specialty license. This makes it clear to persons hiring these license holders that the installations they are able to perform are limited in nature. It would also allow Limited Energy license holders to make connections to their equipment.