NEW LEGISLATION AND PROPOSED REGULATIONS: As a result of enactment of House Bill 180, anyone providing electrical services in Delaware must hold a Delaware professional license as an electrician starting June 30, 2012.  After that date, it will be illegal for unlicensed persons to provide electrical services. To read the new law, click 24 Del. C. §§1407-1409 and scroll to the sections marked “effective June 30, 2012.”

The Board of Electrical Examiners has proposed regulations for the new law. The proposed rules define electrical work more broadly to include any work covered by the National Electrical Code and specifically add solar, generators and windmills to the list of work considered to be electrical services or electrical work. The proposed rules also add the continuing education credits required for licensed Journeypersons and Apprentices and exempt Journeypersons and Apprentices from rules that do not apply to them. For a transcript of the proposed rules and information about the public hearing, click Register of Regulations.

Applications for licensure as a Journeyperson or Apprentice Electrician are now being accepted.  Please apply as soon as possible to allow time for processing before the effective date of the law.

BOARD FUNCTION:
The Board of Electrical Examiners regulates the practice of electrical services and issues licenses to electricians and inspection agencies who meet minimum standards of competency. Among its functions, the Board promulgates rules and regulations; issues and renews licenses, and disciplines licensees, when necessary. (24 Del. C., Chapter 14, § 1401-1422)

FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS: The Board meets the first Wednesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. except August and December. All meetings are open to the general public and are held at 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Cannon Building Conference Room A, Dover Delaware.

To assure consideration of your license application at the next meeting, the Board office must receive all of these items no later than 4:30 PM ten full working days before the meeting date:

• Completed, signed and notarized application form
• Fee payment, and
• All required supporting documentation (see “License Requirements” on the menu to your left).