Michigan Laws 339.5729 – Sign specialist’s license; issuance; failure to pass examination; condition of renewal; license not required
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 339.5729
- Apprentice electrician: means an individual other than an electrical contractor, master electrician, or electrical journeyman, who is engaged in learning about and assisting in the installation or alteration of electrical wiring and equipment under the direct personal supervision of an electrical journeyman or master electrician. See Michigan Laws 339.5701
- Board: means the electrical administrative board described in section 705. See Michigan Laws 339.5701
- Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
- License: includes the whole or part of a governmental permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required under a specific article of this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
- Master electrician: means an individual who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to supervise the installation of electrical wiring and equipment in accordance with the standard rules and regulations governing that work. See Michigan Laws 339.5703
- Michigan electrical code: means part 8 of the state construction code, R 408. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
- Related wiring: means any of the following:
(i) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), that portion of the electric sign wiring that originates at the load-side terminals of a disconnecting means located in the vicinity of the electric sign involved but does not include the installation of the disconnecting means, complete with line-side connections. See Michigan Laws 339.5703Sign specialist: means an individual who, as his or her principal occupation, is engaged in the installation, alteration, or repair of electric signs. See Michigan Laws 339.5703 state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o State construction code: means the rules promulgated by the state construction code commission under section 4 of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
(1) The department shall issue a sign specialist‘s license to an individual who meets all of the following:
(a) Is at least 18 years old.
(b) Meets the requirements described in article 2.
(c) Has at least 4,000 hours of experience, obtained over a period of at least 2 years, related to the manufacture, installation, maintenance, connection, or repair of electric signs and related wiring, as verified by a contractor that is licensed under this article that is the current employer of the applicant. The individual may obtain the hours of experience required under this subdivision from multiple employers; and if the board determines that he or she has completed education that is equivalent to the work experience described in this subdivision, the department shall credit the number of hours of equivalent education that the individual completed, as determined by the board, toward the hours of experience required under this subdivision.
(d) Demonstrates the successful completion of a course concerning the installation, maintenance, connection, or repair of electric signs and related wiring as contained in the sign electrician’s workbook published by the American Technical Publishers, Inc. or any other course designed to address the installation, maintenance, connection, or repair of electric signs and related wiring, as approved by the board.
(2) If an applicant fails to pass the sign specialist examination 2 times within a period of 2 years, the applicant is ineligible to sit for another examination until he or she presents to the board proof of the successful completion of a course on the Michigan electrical code and electrical fundamentals approved by the board.
(3) As a condition of renewal of a sign specialist’s license, the sign specialist must demonstrate the successful completion of a course, approved by the board, concerning any update or change in applicable sections of the state construction code within 12 months after the update or change in that code. This requirement applies only during or after those years that the state construction code is updated or changed.
(4) A licensed master electrician, journeyman electrician, or apprentice electrician is not required to hold a sign specialist’s license to perform those work activities.