§ 35-9-123 — Electrical installations to be performed by licensed electricians; exceptions

Wyoming § 35-9-123

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 9: FIRE PROTECTION
• Art. 1: DEPARTMENT OF FIRE PREVENTION

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(a) Licensed electrical contractors employing licensed
master or journeymen electricians, or registered apprentice
electricians supervised by a licensed master or journeyman
electrician shall install all electrical equipment. This
requirement is waived for the following, however the waiver does
not exempt the following persons from meeting all other code
requirements under this act:
(i) Property owned or leased by a person when the
person, his partner or a major stockholder of a family
corporation is installing the equipment and the property is not
for immediate resale;
(ii) Oil or gas field operations, including those
operations involving exploration, testing, drilling, production
or transporting via pipeline of oil or gas, railroads, petroleum
refineries, fertilizer manufacturing facilities, foundries,
mines and their appurtenant facilities;
(iii) Liquefied petroleum, gas, electric or
communication facilities exercising their function as public
utilities;
(iv) Cable-TV, satellite-TV and telecommunications,
including data and related services of cable-TV, satellite-TV
and telecommunications providers including its contractors and
subcontractors provided such contractors and subcontractors are
limited to the installation of low voltage cable, A.M. or F.M.
radio stations, television stations, phone services, internet
services, data services and related services;
(v) Farms or ranches of forty (40) acres or more on
deeded land;
(vi) Buildings constructed by a school or community
college district as part of an industrial arts curriculum, under
the direct supervision of a qualified industrial arts
instructor. The school or community college district shall have
the installations inspected by the state electrical inspector's
office or the local enforcement authority, whichever has
jurisdiction, to ensure compliance with W.S. 35-9-120;
(vii) Licensed low voltage electrical contractors
employing licensed low voltage technicians or registered low
voltage apprentice technicians who may install electrical
equipment which falls under the scope of their low voltage
license or registration. No low voltage contractor may work on
electrical systems which exceed ninety (90) volts unless allowed
pursuant to this subsection. The chief electrical inspector may
issue a low voltage electrical contractor's license to
contractors not qualified for an electrical contractor's license
but qualified for their low voltage area of expertise for the
installation, repair or remodel of:
(A) All electrical systems under ninety (90)
volts;
(B) Alarm systems under ninety (90) volts;
(C) Communication systems under ninety (90)
volts or current limited communication systems of higher
voltage;
(D) Sound systems under ninety (90) volts;
(E) Television systems under ninety (90) volts;
(F) Control systems under ninety (90) volts;
(G) Lawn sprinkler systems under ninety (90)
volts.
(viii) Licensed limited electrical contractors
employing licensed limited technicians or registered limited
apprentice technicians who may install electrical equipment
which falls under the scope of their limited license or
registration. The electrical work shall only include the
electrical system on the load side of the disconnect which
supplies power to the electrical equipment that they are
licensed to work on. The chief electrical inspector may issue a
limited electrical contractor's license to a contractor not
qualified for an electrical contractor's license but qualified
in his limited area of expertise for the:
(A) Installation, repair or remodel of heating,
ventilating and air conditioning systems limited to wiring on
the load side of the equipment disconnect;
(B) Installation, repair or remodel of elevator
systems limited to wiring on the load side of the equipment
disconnect;
(C) Installation, repair or remodel of sign
systems limited to wiring on the load side of the equipment
disconnect;
(D) Installation, repair or remodel of water
well and irrigation systems limited to wiring on the load side
of the equipment disconnect;
(E) Routine repair or maintenance of light
fixtures limited to replacement of ballasts and fixture parts.
(ix) Employees of rural electric cooperatives, as
defined in W.S. 37-17-101(a)(i), when performing the following
work:
(A) Installation of new or upgraded service
connections or attachments of secondary service wires to any
utility point of attachment on all overhead connections of the
cooperative's equipment to the cooperative's customer's
connections and all underground connections that are in close
proximity to conductors in excess of six hundred (600) volts; or
(B) Making repairs on secondary service wires or
reattachments of secondary service wires to any utility point of
attachment in emergency or outage situations.
(b) Exceptions shall not apply to anyone who contracts or
subcontracts to or for any exempt person, partnership or
corporation.