Section SPS 305.41 - Electrical contractors(1) GENERAL. (a) Pursuant to s. 101.862, Stats., no person or entity, as of April 1, 2014, may engage in the business or offer to engage in the business of installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring unless the person or entity holds a license or certification issued by the department as a licensed electrical contractor, except as provided under s. 101.862(4), Stats.(b) For the purposes of this section, unexpired electrical contractor certifications issued prior to April 1, 2014, shall be considered licenses. Note: 2007 Wisconsin Act 63 changed the nomenclature from electrical certifications to electrical licenses.
Note: Section 101.862(4), Stats., exempts the following:
(a) A residential property owner who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring on premises that the property owner owns and occupies as a residence, unless a license or registration issued by the department is required by local ordinance.(am) A person engaged in installing electrical wiring within an existing industrial facility or existing manufacturing facility owned or leased by the person or by an entity for which the person is an agent or employee.(b) A person engaged in maintaining or repairing electrical wiring within an existing facility or on premises owned or leased by the person or by an entity for which the person is an agent or employee.(c) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for elevators and escalators.(d) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining equipment or systems that operate at 100 volts or less.(e) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining an electronic system designed to monitor a premises for the presence of an emergency, to issue an alarm for an emergency, or to detect and summon aid for an emergency.(f) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring of transmission facilities that support telecommunications service, as defined in s. 182.017(1g) (cq), that is provided by a telecommunications provider, as defined in s. 196.01(8p).(g) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining manufactured equipment or utilization equipment, including ballasts, electric signs and luminaires, or any other manufactured system that is designed to provide a function that is not primarily electrical in nature if the installation, repair, or maintenance only involves the modification or installation of conductors beyond the disconnecting point or beyond the last junction, pull, or device box, whichever is nearer to the point where the person is performing the installation, repair, or maintenance that are considered part of the equipment or system under this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, any conductor going from the disconnecting point or the nearest junction, pull, or device box to the manufactured equipment or utilization equipment or the manufactured system is considered part of the equipment or system.(h) A person engaged in installing electrical wiring for components of a manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91(2), or a manufactured building, as defined in s. 101.71(6), while the manufactured home or the manufactured building is at or in the facility at which it is being manufactured.(i) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring for equipment that is installed in the normal course of providing utility services by the electricity provider.(j) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring that provides lighting or signals for public thoroughfares and for public airports.(k) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electric lines on the utility side of substations and other distribution facilities owned or operated by customers or members of electricity providers.(l) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who installs, repairs, or maintains primary voltage electric facilities that are owned by the electricity provider's customers or members and that operate at greater than 600 volts.(m) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who restores service during an emergency.(n) A person who installs a replacement for an existing switch or outlet if the replacement switch or outlet has a rating of not more than 20 amperes.(p) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining a private on-site wastewater treatment system, as defined in s. 145.01(12), if the activity only involves installing or modifying a conductor going from the system's junction, pull, or device box to the nearest disconnecting point and the conductor is buried with the system.(q) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining a pump for a well if the activity only involves installing or modifying a conductor going from the pump's junction, pull, or device box to the nearest disconnecting point and the conductor is buried with the pump. Note: As of April 1, 2014, the department will no longer issue or renew a certification for electrical contractor-restricted. The department will issue an electrical contractor license to those individuals who hold an electrical contractor-restricted certification prior to April 1, 2014. The issuance of the license will indicate the same expiration date as the current restricted-certification.
(2) APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE. A person applying for an electrical contractor license shall submit all of the following:(a) An application in accordance with s. SPS 305.01.(b) An application fee and a license fee in accordance with s. SPS 305.02, Table 305.02.(c) A statement certifying compliance with worker's compensation requirements under ch. 102, Stats., and unemployment compensation requirements under ch. 108, Stats.(3) QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. The person applying for an electrical contractor license shall be the owner of the contracting business, a partner in the contracting business applying on behalf of the partnership, or the chairman of the board or chief executive officer applying on behalf of the contracting corporation.(4) RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) A licensed electrical contractor shall utilize the appropriately licensed or registered individuals to construct, install, repair or maintain electrical wiring.(b) For any electrical installation that requires a uniform building permit under s. SPS 320.08, a person who holds an electrical contractor license may not commence installation of electrical wiring until a permit is issued for the installation. Note: Chapters SPS 320 to 325 apply to one- and 2-family dwellings and manufactured dwellings. The department's uniform building permit is issued either by the municipality in which the dwelling is located or by a UDC inspection agency where the municipality does not administer the Uniform Dwelling Code.
(d) A person or entity that holds a electrical contractor license shall include his or her license number on all construction bids and contracts.(5) RENEWAL. (a) A person may renew his or her license as an electrical contractor.(b) An electrical contractor license shall be renewed in accordance with s. SPS 305.07.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 305.41
Cr. Register, October, 1996, No. 490, eff. 11-1-96; am. (3), Register, March, 1998, No. 507, eff. 4-1-98; am. (1) (a) 2., Register, April, 2000, No. 532, eff. 5-1-00; CR 03-075: renum. (3) to be (3) (a), cr. (3) (b) Register June 2004 No, 582, eff. 8-1-04; CR 08-110: cr. (3) (c) Register September 2009 No. 645, eff. 10-1-09; CR 09-028: r. and recr. Register August 2010 No. 656, eff. 9-1-10; correction in (2) (a), (b), (4) (b), (c), (5) (b) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672.Amended by, CR 19-118: am. (1) (a), (b), r. (4) (c) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20; correction in (1) (b) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6/1/2020