661—502.1(103) License categories and authority.
	502.1(1) The following license categories are established:
	a. 	Electrical contractor.
	b. 	Residential electrical contractor.
	c. 	Master electrician, class A.
	d. 	Master electrician, class B.
	e. 	Residential master electrician.
	f. 	Journeyman electrician, class A.
	g. 	Journeyman electrician, class B.
	h. 	Residential electrician.
	i. 	Apprentice electrician.
	j. 	Special electrician.
	k. 	Unclassified person.
	l. 	Inactive master electrician.
	502.1(2) A person who holds any class of license issued by the board, other than a class B license, a residential electrical contractor license, a residential master electrician license, or a residential electrician license, may perform the work authorized by that license anywhere within the state of Iowa. A class B license can be subject to limitations imposed by a political subdivision through a local ordinance pursuant to Iowa Code section 103.29(4). A person who holds a residential electrical contractor license, a residential master electrician license, or a residential electrician license may perform the work authorized by that license anywhere within the state of Iowa except within a political subdivision which has, by local ordinance, limited the use of such a license.
	502.1(3) Except as otherwise provided by Iowa Code chapter 103, a person who does not have a current valid license cannot perform work as an electrician or as an unclassified person. A person cannot perform work which requires licensing and which is not specifically authorized under the license issued.
	502.1(4) An apprentice electrician or an unclassified person, while performing electrical work, shall be directly supervised at all times by a master electrician or a journeyman electrician or, while performing residential electrical work only, by a residential master electrician, a residential electrician, or a special residential electrician. A master electrician, a journeyman electrician, a residential master electrician, or a residential electrician is not permitted to directly supervise more than three apprentice electricians or unclassified persons, or both, at once.
	502.1(5) A journeyman electrician or a residential electrician may only work under the general direction of a master electrician or, while performing residential electrical work only, under the general direction of a residential master electrician.
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