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103.24 STATE INSPECTION -- INAPPLICABILITY IN CERTAIN
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS -- ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS -- CERTIFICATE OF
QUALIFICATION.
1. The board shall establish by rule standards for the
certification and decertification of electrical inspectors appointed
by the state or a political subdivision to enforce this chapter or
any applicable resolution or ordinance within the inspector's
jurisdiction, and for certified electrical inspector continuing
education requirements.
a. On and after January 1, 2009, a person appointed to act as
an electrical inspector for the state shall obtain an inspector's
certificate of qualification within one year of such appointment and
shall maintain the certificate thereafter for the duration of the
inspector's service as an electrical inspector.
b. On and after January 1, 2014, a person appointed to act as
an electrical inspector for a political subdivision shall obtain an
inspector's certificate of qualification within one year of such
appointment and shall maintain the certificate thereafter for the
duration of the inspector's service as an electrical inspector.
2. State inspection shall not apply within the jurisdiction of
any political subdivision which, pursuant to section 103.29, provides
by resolution or ordinance standards of electrical wiring and its
installation that are not less stringent than those prescribed by the
board or by this chapter and which further provides by resolution or
ordinance for the inspection of electrical installations within the
limits of such subdivision by a certified electrical inspector. A
copy of the certificate of each electrical inspector shall be
provided to the board by the political subdivision issuing the
certificate.
3. State inspection shall not apply to routine maintenance. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 197, §34, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §95, 202; 2008
Acts, ch 1092, §26, 32
Referred to in § 103.30
