No person, firm or corporation shall contract to perform, hold themselves out to the public to perform (except those who qualify under Section 6-504 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland) or physically perform any electrical work without first having acquired a license as required by this Part
2, except that a homeowner may perform such work himself in his own home after having satisfactorily completed the homeowner's examination.
The Board of Electrical Examiners may, upon
at least fifteen (15) days' notice to the licensee by certified mail
and after a full hearing of all parties in interest, revoke or suspend
the license of any found guilty of:
A. The practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining said
license.
B. Permitting any unlicensed person, firm or corporation
to apply for inspection of or to perform electrical work under the
authority of a license.
C. Performing or permitting the performance of grossly
defective or dangerous work.
D. Failure to file application for inspection of such
work with the recognized electrical inspection authority for work
performed.
E. Failure to make corrections required by a notice issued
by the authorized electrical inspector within a reasonable time as
interpreted by the Electrical Board.
F. Failure to obtain certification of work performed
from the authorized inspection agency.
G. Violations of any of the provisions of this Part 2
or of any regulations adopted pursuant to this Part 2.
All electrical work performed by a licensee
shall be in accordance with the then-approved current edition of the
National Electrical Code (NFPA No. 70) or approved revisions thereof
as may be amended by the Board of Electrical Examiners.
The currently recognized inspection authority
shall be the Middle Department Inspection Agency or its successor,
subject to the continued authority of the Board of Electrical Examiners
to change, add or delete the recognized inspection authority.
The County Commissioners shall have the authority
to appoint representatives with specialized expertise to assist the
Board of Electrical Examiners in an advisory capacity where circumstances
so warrant.
No electric light or power company shall attach its power lines or electric meters to any consumer's property within the borders of Kent County unless the work has been installed by an electrician licensed under this Part
2 or the homeowner himself [as defined in §
192-34B(5)] and until a temporary or permanent meter cut-in certificate has been issued by the inspector or an appropriate fifteen-day card issued in accordance with the guidelines of the local utilities.