As used in this article 115, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Apprentice means a person who is required to be registered as such
under section 12-115-115 (3)(a), who is in compliance with the provisions of this
article 115, and who is working at the trade in the employment of a registered
electrical contractor and is under the direct supervision of a licensed master
electrician, journeyman electrician, or residential wireman.
(2) Board means the state electrical board created in section 12-115-104.
(2.5) Direct supervision means that the supervising licensed master
electrician, journeyman electrician, residential wireman, or photovoltaic installer is
physically present at the same physical address where the apprentice is working.
(3) Electric light, heat, and power means the standard types of electricity
that are regulated in accordance with the national electrical code, excluding
chapter 8, communications systems.
(4) Electrical contractor means any person, firm, copartnership,
corporation, association, or combination thereof that undertakes or offers to
undertake for another the planning, laying out, supervising, and installing or the
making of additions, alterations, and repairs in the installation of wiring apparatus
and equipment for electric light, heat, and power. A licensed professional engineer
who plans or designs electrical installation shall not be classed as an electrical
contractor.
(5) Electrical work means wiring for, installing, and repairing electrical
apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat, and power.
(6) Journeyman electrician means a person having the necessary
qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to wire for, install, and
repair electrical apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat, and power, and
for other purposes, in accordance with standard rules governing the work.
(7) Master electrician means a person having the necessary qualifications,
training, experience, and technical knowledge to properly plan, lay out, and
supervise the installation and repair of wiring apparatus and equipment for electric
light, heat, and power, and for other purposes, in accordance with standard rules
governing the work, such as the national electrical code.
(7.5) NABCEP means the North American Board of Certified Energy
Practitioners.
(7.7) NABCEP PV installation professional means an individual who is
certified by the NABCEP to install photovoltaic systems.
(8) National electrical code means the code for the safe installation of
electrical wiring and equipment, as amended, published by the National Fire
Protection Association and approved by the American National Standards Institute,
or successor organizations.
(9) Permanent state highway tunnel facilities means all permanent state
highway tunnels, shafts, ventilation systems, and structures and includes all
structures, materials, and equipment appurtenant to the facilities. The term
includes all electrical equipment, materials, and systems to be constructed,
furnished, and installed as part of the final construction features specified by the
applicable contract plans and specifications or by the national electrical code. For
the purposes of this article 115 and article 20 of title 34, permanent state highway
tunnel facilities shall be deemed to be mines during the construction of the
facilities.
(9.3) Photovoltaic installer has the meaning set forth in section 40-2-128
(2)(a.5).
(9.5) PV installation training means training concerning photovoltaic
systems installation practices described in the PV Installation Professional Job
Task Analysis document published by the NABCEP.
(10) Qualified state institution of higher education means:
(a) One of the state institutions of higher education established under,
specified in, and located upon the campuses described in sections 23-20-101 (1)(a)
and 23-31-101, limited to the buildings owned or leased by those institutions on the
campuses;
(b) The institution whose campus is established under and specified in
section 23-20-101 (1)(b), but limited to the buildings located in Denver at 1380
Lawrence street, 1250 Fourteenth street, and 1475 Lawrence street; and
(c) The institution whose campus is established under and specified in
section 23-20-101 (1)(d), but limited to current and future buildings owned, leased,
or built on land owned on or before January 1, 2015, by the university of Colorado on
the campus described in section 23-20-101 (1)(d).
(11) Residential wireman means a person having the necessary
qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to wire for, and install,
electrical apparatus and equipment for wiring one-, two-, three-, and four-family
dwellings.
(12) Supervision means the management of a project to ensure that work
on the project is done correctly and according to the law.
(13) Tiny home has the meaning set forth in section 24-32-3302 (35).