1. (1) Code of Ala. 1975, Section 34-36-3, provides for definitions of the following terms:  “licensee", "electrical contracting”, “board,” “journeyman electrician”, and “electrical contractor".
2. (2) Act.  The term “Act” as used in these rules shall mean Title 34, Chapter 36 of the Code of Ala. 1975, regulating the electrical contractor’s industry.
3. (3) Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.  The term “Alabama Administrative Procedure Act” refers to the Act codified at Title 41, Chapter 22, of the Code of Ala. 1975.

4. (4) Board.  The term “Board” as used in these Rules shall mean the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors known as the Alabama Electrical Contractors Board.  The Board shall be comprised of members appointed by the Governor, as set out in Section 34-36-4, Code of Ala. 1975.  The public may make submissions and requests to the Board in writing at the following mailing address:

   Alabama Electrical Contractors Board

   100 North Union Street

   Montgomery, Alabama  36130

5. (5) License.  The term “license” as used in these Rules shall mean a license issued to or renewed by a licensed electrical contractor, provisional electrical contractor, journeyman electrician, or continuing education provider by the Board pursuant to the Act.  The term license may also be interchanged with the term “certification”.
6. (6) Electrical Contractor.  Any person, firm, or corporation who is engaged in the business of soliciting and installing electrical power or control systems; maintaining, altering, or repairing electrical power or control systems, any electrical wiring devices, equipment or any other electrical apparatus. A person who possesses the necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge to plan, lay out and supervise the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for lighting, heating, power, or controls. The term may also be interchanged with “Master Electrician”.
7. (7) Journeyman Electrician. A person who possesses necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge to install electrical wiring, apparatus, equipment, lighting, heating, power or control, covered by this chapter. He or she shall work under a master or state certified electrical contractor, and shall be capable of doing work according to plans and specifications furnished to him or her and in accordance with standard rules and regulations governing such work.
8. (8)  Retail Seller.  The term “retail seller” shall mean any person (as defined in these rules) who sells electrical supplies and equipment, but does not provide for the service, repair or installation of said system.
9. (9) Inactive Contractor.  The term “inactive contractor” refers to any licensed contractor or journeyman who elects to obtain inactive status as a certified contractor.  To obtain status as an inactive contractor or journeyman, the licensee shall notify the Board in writing on a form prescribed by the Board of his desire to seek inactive contractor or journeyman.  The Board shall then issue the contractor an inactive contractor license.  Inactive contractors or journeyman shall not be required nor eligible or allowed to purchase local licenses or be issued any permits to perform installation, service, or repair work, or to solicit or bid to perform  installation, service or repair work, on electrical systems.  An inactive contractor or journeyman may be allowed by the Board to reactivate their license as an “electrical contractor” or "journeyman electrician" at any time by notifying the Board in writing of his desire to return to “electrical contractor” or "journeyman electrician" status.  The inactive contractor shall also submit payment to the Board of the difference in fees between “electrical contractor” and “inactive contractor” or "journeyman electrician" and "inactive journeyman" status.
10. (10) Minimum Standards.  The term “minimum standards” as used in these Rules shall mean those minimum repair and service standards adopted for electrical contractors by the Board pursuant to the Act.
11. (12) Continuing Education.  The term “continuing education” as used in these rules shall mean the required hours of continuing education required by state law for electrical contractors.
12. (13) Regularly Employed Person.  The term “regularly employed person” as used in these rules shall mean a person who is an actual employee of the business, not an independent contractor, who works at least 30 hours or more per week and receives a W 2 wage form not a 1099 form from the employer.

Author: Jeffrey M. Becraft

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, 34-36-3

History: Filed March 7, l986. Repealed and New Rule: Filed February 11, 2011; effective March 18, 2011. Amended: Published December 31, 2025; effective February 14, 2026.