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SECTION 5-6-2

   § 5-6-2  Work for which license required.– (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall enter into, engage in, solicit,advertise, bid for, or work at the business of installing wires, conduits,apparatus, fixtures, electrical signs, lightning protection equipment asdefined in § 5-6-1, and other appliances for carrying or using orgenerating electricity for light, heat, fire alarms, as defined in chapter28.25 of title 23, entitled "Fire Alarm Systems", or power purposes, exclusiveof low voltage wiring for heating/refrigeration equipment, or work at thebusiness of removing and reattaching existing electrical meters, unless thatperson, firm, or corporation shall have received a license and a certificatefor the business, issued by the state board of examiners of electricians of thedivision of professional regulation of the department of labor and training inaccordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter.

   (2) That person shall carry this license on his or her personat all times while so engaged, and shall affix his or her contractor's licensenumber to any advertisement and/or contract he or she executes and/or to anybid he or she files with any consumer for his or her professional services andto any applicable permit required for the performance of those services.

   (b) Any person, firm or corporation which is required toapply for a permit from a local building official for any work required to beperformed by a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall causethe work to be performed by a person licensed under the provisions of thischapter; provided, that the provisions of this section, except the provisionregarding removing and reattaching existing electrical meters, shall not applyto owner-occupied single family homes.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-5 > Chapter-5-6 > 5-6-2

SECTION 5-6-2

   § 5-6-2  Work for which license required.– (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall enter into, engage in, solicit,advertise, bid for, or work at the business of installing wires, conduits,apparatus, fixtures, electrical signs, lightning protection equipment asdefined in § 5-6-1, and other appliances for carrying or using orgenerating electricity for light, heat, fire alarms, as defined in chapter28.25 of title 23, entitled "Fire Alarm Systems", or power purposes, exclusiveof low voltage wiring for heating/refrigeration equipment, or work at thebusiness of removing and reattaching existing electrical meters, unless thatperson, firm, or corporation shall have received a license and a certificatefor the business, issued by the state board of examiners of electricians of thedivision of professional regulation of the department of labor and training inaccordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter.

   (2) That person shall carry this license on his or her personat all times while so engaged, and shall affix his or her contractor's licensenumber to any advertisement and/or contract he or she executes and/or to anybid he or she files with any consumer for his or her professional services andto any applicable permit required for the performance of those services.

   (b) Any person, firm or corporation which is required toapply for a permit from a local building official for any work required to beperformed by a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall causethe work to be performed by a person licensed under the provisions of thischapter; provided, that the provisions of this section, except the provisionregarding removing and reattaching existing electrical meters, shall not applyto owner-occupied single family homes.


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State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-5 > Chapter-5-6 > 5-6-2

SECTION 5-6-2

   § 5-6-2  Work for which license required.– (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall enter into, engage in, solicit,advertise, bid for, or work at the business of installing wires, conduits,apparatus, fixtures, electrical signs, lightning protection equipment asdefined in § 5-6-1, and other appliances for carrying or using orgenerating electricity for light, heat, fire alarms, as defined in chapter28.25 of title 23, entitled "Fire Alarm Systems", or power purposes, exclusiveof low voltage wiring for heating/refrigeration equipment, or work at thebusiness of removing and reattaching existing electrical meters, unless thatperson, firm, or corporation shall have received a license and a certificatefor the business, issued by the state board of examiners of electricians of thedivision of professional regulation of the department of labor and training inaccordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter.

   (2) That person shall carry this license on his or her personat all times while so engaged, and shall affix his or her contractor's licensenumber to any advertisement and/or contract he or she executes and/or to anybid he or she files with any consumer for his or her professional services andto any applicable permit required for the performance of those services.

   (b) Any person, firm or corporation which is required toapply for a permit from a local building official for any work required to beperformed by a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall causethe work to be performed by a person licensed under the provisions of thischapter; provided, that the provisions of this section, except the provisionregarding removing and reattaching existing electrical meters, shall not applyto owner-occupied single family homes.