The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 26 : Professions and Occupations

Chapter 015 : Electricians and Electrical Installations

Subchapter 003 : LICENSING ELECTRICIANS

• § 906. Examinations not required

  (a) Generally. A license for an individual who is licensed by another state or who has received designation by the U.S. Armed Forces as a 12R electrician or equivalent shall be issued without examination as provided pursuant to this section on payment of the required fee.

  (b)(1) Reciprocity. A master’s or journeyman’s license, as the case may be, shall be issued to a person to whom a master electrician’s license or a journeyman electrician’s license has been previously issued by another state, whose standards are equivalent to those of this State, if under the laws or regulations of the state issuing the license a similar privilege is granted to electricians licensed under the laws of this State.

  (2) Uniform process for endorsement from other states.

  (A) The Board shall issue a license to master and journeyman electricians who have been licensed in good standing in another jurisdiction within the United States for at least three years, regardless of whether that jurisdiction meets the reciprocity requirements of subdivision (1) of this subsection.

  (B) If the Board determines that three years of demonstrated practice in another specific jurisdiction is not adequately protective of the public, it shall provide its rationale to the Commissioner, who may propose any necessary statutory or rule amendments in order to implement more restrictive requirements for endorsement for that jurisdiction.

  (C) The Commissioner may issue to an endorsement applicant a waiver of the practice requirement if there is a showing that the waiver follows State policy and the public is adequately protected.

  (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, a journeyman’s license shall be issued to a service member or veteran who:

  (1) submits a complete application and any documentation required by the Board;

  (2) has received designation by the U.S. Armed Forces as a 12R electrician or equivalent; and

  (3) has completed a minimum of 8,000 hours and four years of active duty field work as a 12R electrician or equivalent.

  (d) As used in this section:

  (1) “Service member” means an individual who is an active member of:

  (A) the U.S. Armed Forces;

  (B) a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces;

  (C) the U.S. Coast Guard; or

  (D) the National Guard of any state.

  (2) “Veteran” means a former service member who received an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions from active duty not more than two years prior to submitting an application for licensure. (Added 1969, No. 284 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1987, No. 274 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2017, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2019, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. April 1, 2021.)