1. 1. An applicant for a class A master electrician license shall have at least one year’s experience, acceptable to the board, as a licensed class A or class B journeyman electrician.
2. 2. In addition, an applicant shall meet examination criteria based upon the most recent national electrical code adopted pursuant to section 103.6 and upon electrical theory, as determined by the board.

3. 3.

   1. a. An applicant who can provide proof acceptable to the board that the applicant has been working in the electrical business and involved in planning for, laying out, supervising, and installing electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, and power since January 1, 1998, and for a total of at least sixteen thousand hours, of which at least eight thousand hours shall have been accumulated since January 1, 1998, may be granted a class B master electrician license without taking an examination. An applicant who is issued a class B master electrician license pursuant to this section shall not be authorized to plan, lay out, or supervise the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment in a political subdivision which, prior to or after January 1, 2008, establishes licensing standards which preclude such work by class B master electricians in the political subdivision. The board shall adopt rules establishing procedures relating to the restriction of a class B master electrician license pursuant to this subsection.
   2. b. A class B master electrician may become licensed as a class A master electrician upon successful passage of the examination prescribed in subsection 2.
4. 4. A person licensed to plan, lay out, or supervise the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, power, and other purposes and supervise apprentice electricians by a political subdivision preceding January 1, 2008, pursuant to a supervised written examination, and who is currently engaged in the electrical contracting industry, shall be issued an applicable statewide license corresponding to that licensure as a class A master electrician or electrical contractor. The board shall adopt by rule certain criteria for city examination standards satisfactory to fulfill this requirement.
5. 5. The board may reject an application for licensure under this section from an applicant who would be subject to suspension, revocation, or reprimand pursuant to section 103.35.
6. 6. Conviction of a felony in Iowa that is sexual abuse in violation of section 709.4, a sexually violent offense as defined in section 229A.2, the offense of dependent adult abuse in violation of section 235B.20, a forcible felony as defined in section 702.11, or the offense of domestic abuse assault in violation of section 708.2A, shall be grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of a license. Conviction for any other felony shall not be grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension. A conviction of a crime in violation of federal law or in violation of the law of another state shall be given the same effect as it would if such conviction had been under Iowa law. If federal law or the laws of another state do not provide for offenses or violations denominated or described in precisely the same words as Iowa law, the department shall determine whether those offenses or violations are substantially similar in nature to Iowa law and apply those offenses or violations accordingly.

NEW subsection 6

2007 Acts, ch 197, §20, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1077, §1, 3; 2008 Acts, ch 1092, §14, 32; 2019 Acts, ch 99, §3

Referred to in §103.1, 103.9