Article 15.--LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS
12-1526.Rules and regulations relating to
examination and licensure;
certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where licenses valid;
continuing education; field experience.
(a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of
electricians practicing within the county or city may conduct examinations
designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and amendments
thereto, for the purpose of determining the
competency of applicants for such licensure and shall not be allowed to
ask further questions not designated on such examination. The board of
county commissioners of such county or the governing body of such city shall
adopt rules and regulations: (1) Governing the conduct and grading of such
examinations; (2) prescribing a minimum score of 75%
for passage of examinations;
(3) fixing a uniform fee to be charged all applicants taking each such
examination; and (4) requiring all persons receiving such license
to obtain not less than 12 hours biennially or six hours annually of
continuing education approved
by such local governing body.
Not less than six hours
biennially or three hours annually shall consist of code education.
Continuing education may be provided by the local
governing body, a nationally recognized trade
association, community college, technical school,
technical college or other provider approved by the local
governing body. All hours of
education shall consist of
training relative to construction, maintenance and code update training.
Neither the county commission nor the governing body of such city shall impose
any restriction on the number of providers of such continuing education.
(b) The certificate of competency received by any person who
successfully passes an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and amendments
thereto,
shall be valid
proof of competency for licensure, without additional examination, in any
county or city of the state which requires licensure of electricians practicing
within such county or city. The county or city shall issue the appropriate
license to any applicant therefor who presents such a certificate of
competency. The county or city shall fix a uniform fee to be charged all
such applicants for licensure.
(c) All new licenses issued by a county or city upon the basis of
successful passage of an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and
amendments thereto, shall bear a
distinctive notation identifying the testing agency and
the specific test by name. All licenses renewed upon the basis of completed
continuing education as provided by subsection (a) shall bear a distinctive
notation to verify such completion. All such licenses shall be valid in any
other county or city which requires examination and licensure of
electricians for practice in such county or city.
(d) No person who was certified or licensed prior to July 1, 1989,
upon the basis of passage of a standard examination designated as such
under the provisions of article 15 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes
Annotated, and whose certificate or license was issued by a political
subdivision which prescribed a minimum score of not less than 70% for
passage of such examination, shall be required to be reexamined for renewal
of certification or licensure.
(e) Before sitting for the standard examination designated by K.S.A.
12-1525, and amendments thereto, an applicant for a journeyman or residential
certificate
shall demonstrate documented proof of a minimum of two years field experience.
"Field experience" means working under the direct supervision of a person
having a valid journeyman certificate, residential certificate or master
certificate or attending trade
related schooling. No more than one year of the requirement may be satisfied by
trade related schooling. Schooling shall consist of a minimum of 240 hours
classroom training.
(f) Before sitting for the standard examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525,
and amendments thereto, an applicant for a master certificate shall demonstrate
documented proof of having a valid journeyman certificate for a minimum of two
years.
History: L. 1986, ch. 65, § 2;
L. 1989, ch. 59, § 12;
L. 2006, ch. 185, § 1;
L. 2009, ch. 16, § 2; July 1.
Article 15.--LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS
12-1526.Rules and regulations relating to
examination and licensure;
certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where licenses valid;
continuing education; field experience.
(a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of
electricians practicing within the county or city may conduct examinations
designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and amendments
thereto, for the purpose of determining the
competency of applicants for such licensure and shall not be allowed to
ask further questions not designated on such examination. The board of
county commissioners of such county or the governing body of such city shall
adopt rules and regulations: (1) Governing the conduct and grading of such
examinations; (2) prescribing a minimum score of 75%
for passage of examinations;
(3) fixing a uniform fee to be charged all applicants taking each such
examination; and (4) requiring all persons receiving such license
to obtain not less than 12 hours biennially or six hours annually of
continuing education approved
by such local governing body.
Not less than six hours
biennially or three hours annually shall consist of code education.
Continuing education may be provided by the local
governing body, a nationally recognized trade
association, community college, technical school,
technical college or other provider approved by the local
governing body. All hours of
education shall consist of
training relative to construction, maintenance and code update training.
Neither the county commission nor the governing body of such city shall impose
any restriction on the number of providers of such continuing education.
(b) The certificate of competency received by any person who
successfully passes an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and amendments
thereto,
shall be valid
proof of competency for licensure, without additional examination, in any
county or city of the state which requires licensure of electricians practicing
within such county or city. The county or city shall issue the appropriate
license to any applicant therefor who presents such a certificate of
competency. The county or city shall fix a uniform fee to be charged all
such applicants for licensure.
(c) All new licenses issued by a county or city upon the basis of
successful passage of an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and
amendments thereto, shall bear a
distinctive notation identifying the testing agency and
the specific test by name. All licenses renewed upon the basis of completed
continuing education as provided by subsection (a) shall bear a distinctive
notation to verify such completion. All such licenses shall be valid in any
other county or city which requires examination and licensure of
electricians for practice in such county or city.
(d) No person who was certified or licensed prior to July 1, 1989,
upon the basis of passage of a standard examination designated as such
under the provisions of article 15 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes
Annotated, and whose certificate or license was issued by a political
subdivision which prescribed a minimum score of not less than 70% for
passage of such examination, shall be required to be reexamined for renewal
of certification or licensure.
(e) Before sitting for the standard examination designated by K.S.A.
12-1525, and amendments thereto, an applicant for a journeyman or residential
certificate
shall demonstrate documented proof of a minimum of two years field experience.
"Field experience" means working under the direct supervision of a person
having a valid journeyman certificate, residential certificate or master
certificate or attending trade
related schooling. No more than one year of the requirement may be satisfied by
trade related schooling. Schooling shall consist of a minimum of 240 hours
classroom training.
(f) Before sitting for the standard examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525,
and amendments thereto, an applicant for a master certificate shall demonstrate
documented proof of having a valid journeyman certificate for a minimum of two
years.
History: L. 1986, ch. 65, § 2;
L. 1989, ch. 59, § 12;
L. 2006, ch. 185, § 1;
L. 2009, ch. 16, § 2; July 1.
Article 15.--LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS
12-1526.Rules and regulations relating to
examination and licensure;
certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where licenses valid;
continuing education; field experience.
(a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of
electricians practicing within the county or city may conduct examinations
designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and amendments
thereto, for the purpose of determining the
competency of applicants for such licensure and shall not be allowed to
ask further questions not designated on such examination. The board of
county commissioners of such county or the governing body of such city shall
adopt rules and regulations: (1) Governing the conduct and grading of such
examinations; (2) prescribing a minimum score of 75%
for passage of examinations;
(3) fixing a uniform fee to be charged all applicants taking each such
examination; and (4) requiring all persons receiving such license
to obtain not less than 12 hours biennially or six hours annually of
continuing education approved
by such local governing body.
Not less than six hours
biennially or three hours annually shall consist of code education.
Continuing education may be provided by the local
governing body, a nationally recognized trade
association, community college, technical school,
technical college or other provider approved by the local
governing body. All hours of
education shall consist of
training relative to construction, maintenance and code update training.
Neither the county commission nor the governing body of such city shall impose
any restriction on the number of providers of such continuing education.
(b) The certificate of competency received by any person who
successfully passes an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and amendments
thereto,
shall be valid
proof of competency for licensure, without additional examination, in any
county or city of the state which requires licensure of electricians practicing
within such county or city. The county or city shall issue the appropriate
license to any applicant therefor who presents such a certificate of
competency. The county or city shall fix a uniform fee to be charged all
such applicants for licensure.
(c) All new licenses issued by a county or city upon the basis of
successful passage of an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and
amendments thereto, shall bear a
distinctive notation identifying the testing agency and
the specific test by name. All licenses renewed upon the basis of completed
continuing education as provided by subsection (a) shall bear a distinctive
notation to verify such completion. All such licenses shall be valid in any
other county or city which requires examination and licensure of
electricians for practice in such county or city.
(d) No person who was certified or licensed prior to July 1, 1989,
upon the basis of passage of a standard examination designated as such
under the provisions of article 15 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes
Annotated, and whose certificate or license was issued by a political
subdivision which prescribed a minimum score of not less than 70% for
passage of such examination, shall be required to be reexamined for renewal
of certification or licensure.
(e) Before sitting for the standard examination designated by K.S.A.
12-1525, and amendments thereto, an applicant for a journeyman or residential
certificate
shall demonstrate documented proof of a minimum of two years field experience.
"Field experience" means working under the direct supervision of a person
having a valid journeyman certificate, residential certificate or master
certificate or attending trade
related schooling. No more than one year of the requirement may be satisfied by
trade related schooling. Schooling shall consist of a minimum of 240 hours
classroom training.
(f) Before sitting for the standard examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1525,
and amendments thereto, an applicant for a master certificate shall demonstrate
documented proof of having a valid journeyman certificate for a minimum of two
years.
History: L. 1986, ch. 65, § 2;
L. 1989, ch. 59, § 12;
L. 2006, ch. 185, § 1;
L. 2009, ch. 16, § 2; July 1.