North Dakota Code 43-09-15 – Renewal of license – Denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses
1. An electrician’s license may be issued for a term of only one year, but may be renewed without examination upon the payment of the proper fee. If the licensee fails to renew the license for a period of three consecutive years or more, the licensee is required to appear for re-examination. The state electrical board may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any license issued or applied for under this chapter for any of the following reasons:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 43-09-15
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
a. Failure or refusal to maintain or adhere to the minimum standards set forth in the electrical code referred to in section 43-09-21.
b. Any cause for which the issuance of the license could have been refused had that information then existed and been known to the board.
c. Commitment of any act of gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of the profession regulated under this chapter.
d. Material misstatement, misrepresentation, or fraud in obtaining the license.
e. After due notice, failed or refused to correct, within the specified time, any installation not in compliance with this chapter.
f. Failure or refusal to make a deposit or acquire public liability insurance as required by section 43-09-20.
g. Failure to pay or enter a written contract for repayment, under a payment schedule acceptable to the board, any financial obligation to the board.
h. Failure to furnish certification of completion of education as required under section 43-09-15.1.
2. If an individual‘s license is denied, suspended, or revoked by the board, or that individual is refused a license by the board, that individual may appeal to the appropriate court.