Electrical Contractors Requirements - North Dakota

Listed below are the current state requirements for a(n) Electrical Contractors in the state of North Dakota.

Completion Requirements
Attention North Dakota Electrical Contractors:
6 hours of continuing education annually. Three hours must be code related. The remaining credits must be subjects related to the electrical industry.

The State of North Dakota does not allow electrical contractors to obtain continuing education through online courses.

Renewal Dates
Renewal occurs March 31 annually.

Renewal letters are sent to all electricians on February 1 each year.

Renewal must be postmarked on or before March 31, or the license will have to be reinstated. (Reinstatement fee is double the license fee).

Contracting Masters and Class Bs must sign their renewal letters and have them notarized as to liability insurance coverage.

Statute:
North Dakota Century Code section 43-09-15.1

Special Designations or Stipulations:
Continuing education credits are valid for a period up to 2 license renewal periods.

Audit Potential:
Random

Allowed Carry-Over Hours:
None

Applicable Course of Study:
Electrical continuing education programs will be accepted from technical or trade schools or colleges, electrical trade associations, or individual commercial providers.

Courses, seminars, and instructors must have prior approval by the North Dakota state electrical board to receive credit. Request for approval of courses, seminars, and instructors must be made no later than ten days prior to the board meeting. Board approval of courses, seminars, and instructors accepted expires when the state electrical board adopts updated edition of the National Electrical Code.

Continuing education programs held in other states and not granted prior approval according to this section, may be considered for credit if the board is provided with evidence that the educational programs meet the requirements of the state electrical board and are approved for required continuing education credits by the public authority for licensing electricians in that state. Continuing education credit for correspondence courses approved by other states is not accepted.

Proof of Compliance:
The provider of the presentation shall forward an attendance list to the board on a form supplied by the board within 15 days following the presentation but no later than March 31 of that year. A certificate of completion must also be provided to each licensee in attendance. Each certificate of completion and attendance list must include the name of provider, name of the instructor, course identification number, the date and location of presentation, the number of code and non-code hours of instruction for continuing education units, the electrician’s name, electrician’s license number or social security number.

It is the responsibility of the licensee to have a copy of this certificate of completion.

The certificates must be sent to the board only if requested to do so by the board.

Non-Compliance Penalties:
Each master, journeyman, and class B electrician license shall not be renewed unless the continued education requirements of North Dakota Century Code section 43-09-15.1 are met.

If a licensee fails to renew his license for a period of the proper consecutive years or more, the licensee is required to appear for reexamination.

The state electrical board may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any license issued or applied for under the provisions of this chapter for any of the following reasons:
(1) Failure or refusal to maintain or adhere to the minimum standards set forth in the electrical code referred to in section 43-09-21.
(2) Any cause for which the issuance of the license could have been refused had it then existed and been known to the board.
(3) Commitment of any act of gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of a master journeyman electrician or the business of an electrical contractor.
(4) Material misstatement, misrepresentation, or fraud in obtaining the license.
(5) After due notice, failed or refused to correct. Within the specified time, any electrical installation not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(6) Failure or refusal to make deposit or acquire public liability insurance as required by sections 43-09-14 and 43-09-20.
(7) Failure to repay or enter into a written contract for repayment under a payment schedule acceptable to the board of money disbursed from the fund as provided under section 43-09-14, or failure to make timely payments under a payment contract entered into under the board’s policy for administering the undertaking fund.
(8) Failure to furnish certification of completion of continuing education as required under section 2 of this act.

Any person whose license is denied or whose license is suspended or revoked by the board or who is refused a license by the board, may appeal to the appropriate court.

Disallowed Credits:
Approval of the course curriculum is at the discretion of the North Dakota state electrical board.

The board shall withdraw approval of any educational program not in compliance with this section.

Exceptions or exemptions:
N/A

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