The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them under this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) “Apprentice electrician” means a person who is licensed by the Board and whose principal occupation is the learning and assisting in the performance of electrical services.
(2) “Board” means the State Board of Electrical Examiners established in this chapter.
(3) “Cut-in-card” means the approval certificate sent to the power company by the inspection agency after an inspection has been completed, which authorizes the power company to turn on the electricity at the property.
(4) “Division” means the State Division of Professional Regulation.
(5) “Dwelling” means, for purposes of this chapter, any enclosure that affords habitable living space for a human being or human beings.
(6) “Electrical inspection agency” means the agency responsible for the oversight and the issuing of certificates of inspection for all electrical work performed in this State.
(7) “Excessive use or abuse of drugs” means any use of narcotics, controlled substances or illegal drugs without a prescription from a licensed physician, or the abuse of alcoholic beverage such that it impairs that person’s ability to perform the work of an electrician.
(8) “Full-time employee” means an individual, who is added to the company payroll and who has on file with the employer a W-4 form authorizing the employer to withhold taxes and who receives a wage or salary and who is under the supervision of a licensed electrician.
(9) “Homeowner” means, for purposes of this chapter, an individual who both owns and lives in that person’s home or dwelling.
(10) “Journeyperson electrician” means a person who is qualified and skilled to perform electrical work and who has met the requirements of § 1408 of this title to be licensed as a journeyperson electrician.
(11) “License” means the certificate issued by the Board that is evidence that the holder has met the requirements of this chapter.
(12) “Limited electrician” means a person licensed by the Board to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture, for the purpose of lighting, heating or power, in any structure which contains 4 or fewer dwelling units, as determined by the applicable building code.
(13) “Limited electrician special” means a person licensed by the Board to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture, for any of the following purposes: swimming pools, air conditioning, heating and oil burners, in any structure which contains 4 or fewer dwelling units, as determined by the applicable building code.
(14) “Master electrician” means a person, licensed by the Board, to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture for the purpose of lighting, heating or power in any structure.
(15) “Master electrician special” means a person, licensed by the Board, to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture for any 1 of the following purposes: swimming pools, electric signs, air conditioning, heating, refrigeration and oil burners, and overhead and underground primary distribution systems.
(16) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company and any other legal entity and includes a legal successor of those entities.
(17) “Residential electrician” means a person who is qualified and skilled to perform residential electric work and who has met the requirements of § 1408 of this title to be licensed as a residential electrician and who is subject to the restrictions imposed by § 1422A of this title.
(18) “School apprentice electrician” means an individual who is licensed by the Board and who is currently enrolled at a board-approved vocational school and who is engaged in learning and assisting the performance of electrical services.
(19) “Service” means, for purposes of this chapter, to repair or replace in kind.
(20) “State” means the State of Delaware.
(21) “Substantially related” means the nature of the criminal conduct, for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the work of an electrician.
(22) “Supervision” means that a licensed electrician shall be fully responsible for all electrical work performed under that licensed electrician’s license.
(23) “Unlicensed practitioner” means any person, who engages in the occupational practices as defined in paragraph (12), (13), (14) or (15) of this section, and who has not been granted a license or a homeowner’s permit by the Board.