- (1) An active provisional license allows an applicant to perform work while employed by a licensed electrical contractor.
- (2) A provisional license issued to an applicant for an electrician license shall expire 90 days from the date of issuance or upon receipt of licensure examination results. If an applicant's provisional license expires before the date of the applicant's scheduled examination, the department may, on a case-by-case basis, extend an applicant's provisional license.
- (3) A provisional license does not allow an individual to act as a responsible electrician for a licensed electrical contractor.
- (4) A second provisional license may be issued to a person who fails the first license examination as provided in 37-68-311, MCA. Applicants who fail a residential or journeyman-level exam with a score of 64 percent or less are not eligible for a second provisional license. Applicants who fail a master-level examination with a score of 69 percent or less are not eligible for a second provisional license.
Authorizing statute(s): 37-1-319, 37-68-201, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 37-1-144, 37-1-305, 37-68-311, MCA
History: Eff. 12/31/72; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic., Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 951, Eff. 4/15/94; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3039, Eff. 11/22/96; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 2418, Eff. 12/7/01; TRANS, from Commerce, 2002 MAR p. 1755; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 2458, Eff. 12/9/05; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 1665, Eff. 9/25/09; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 1194, Eff. 5/25/24; AMD, 2026 MAR, Notice No. 2025-136, Eff. 2/7/26.