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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIX. Public Safety and Morals § 227A.140.Effect of disassociation of licensee on electrical contractor or other business; interim period for use of recently deceased licensee’s master electrician’s license

Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) A master electrician who ceases to be associated with the electrical contractor and is the representative by which the licensed electrical contractor qualifies shall immediately report his or her disassociation to the department or the authorized local licensing program. The master electrician shall be responsible for all work done under his or her license until the department or the authorized local licensing program is notified by the master electrician that he or she is no longer associated with the electrical contractor.

(2) If the holder of any electrical license ceases to be a part of the business relying upon the holder's license for its right to remain in business, the business shall employ a licensed person prior to the continuance of any business activity or within thirty (30) days, whichever comes first.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, if a master electrician dies while a business was relying on his or her license for its right to remain in business, the department shall grant an interim time period of up to one hundred eighty (180) continuous calendar days to allow the business for which the master electrician worked to utilize the master electrician's license to procure electrical permits for that business, provided that the business:

1. Effectuates and documents all necessary bonding and insurance policies required by this chapter; and

2. Ensures all bonding and insurance policies remain effective for the entirety of the interim time period.

(b) A deceased master electrician's license shall be terminated by the department at the end of the interim period.

(c) Upon termination of the deceased master electrician's license, an electrical contractor shall have an employee with a current and valid Kentucky master electrician's license in order to procure permits and perform electrical work under this chapter.

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