As used in the Electrical License Act:

1. 1. "Board" means the State Board of Health;
2. 2. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health;
3. 3. "Committee" means the Committee of Electrical Examiners appointed by the State Board of Health;
4. 4. "Department" means the State Department of Health;
5. 5. "Electrical apprentice" means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older whose principal occupation is the learning of and assisting in the installation of electrical work under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman electrician or electrical contractor;
6. 6. "Journeyman electrician" means any person other than an electrical contractor who engages in the actual installation, alteration, repair or renovation of electrical facilities or electrical construction work unless specifically exempted by the provisions of the Electrical License Act;
7. 7. "Electrical contractor" means any person skilled in the planning, superintending and practical installation of electrical facilities who is familiar with the laws, rules and regulations governing such work. Electrical contractor also means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or business performing skills of an electrical contractor or an electrician or the business of contracting, or furnishing labor or labor and materials for the installation, repair, maintenance or renovation of electrical facilities or electrical construction work according to the provisions of the Electrical License Act;
8. 8. "Electrical facilities" means all wiring, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for, and in connection with, a supply of electricity within or adjacent to any building, structure or conveyance on the premises but not including the connection with a power supply meter or other power supply source;
9. 9. "Category" means the classification by which licenses and electrical work may be limited. Such categories shall include but shall not be limited to installation, maintenance, repair, alteration, residential, oilfield, and commercial;
10. 10. "Temporary journeyman electrician" means any person other than a person permanently licensed as a journeyman electrician or electrical contractor in this state who meets the temporary licensure requirements of Section 6 of this act;
11. 11. "Variance and Appeals Board" means the Oklahoma State Electrical Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board; and
12. 12. "Electrical construction work" means installation, fabrication or assembly of equipment or systems included in "premises wiring" as defined in the 1996 edition of the National Electrical Code, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. Electrical construction work includes, but is not limited to, installation of raceway systems used for any electrical purposes, and installation of field-assembled systems such as ice and snow melting, pipe-tracing, and manufactured wiring systems. Electrical construction work shall not include in-plant work performed by employees of the company owning the plant, work performed by telecommunications employees for telecommunications companies, or installation of factory-assembled appliances or machinery which is not part of the premises wiring unless wiring interconnections external to the equipment are required in the field.

Laws 1982, c. 337, § 3; Amended by Laws 1985, c. 256, § 2, eff. November 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1994, c. 155, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1994, c. 293, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1998, c. 320, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, SB 379, c. 405, § 5, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999 (superseded document available).