(a) The licensing requirements of this Article apply only to electrical work covered by this Chapter, as specified in Section 17-1. Each licensee must perform all electrical work as required by this Chapter and the code and regulations adopted under it.
(b) Any person who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical equipment, in a detached single- family residence which that person or a member of the person’s immediate family owns, for the person’s or immediate family’s use, need not obtain a license under this Article. Before any electrical work is performed under this subsection, the owner of the residence must apply to the Director for a permit if a permit is otherwise required by this Chapter.
(c) Before issuing a permit under this subsection, the Director must require the person who will perform the work to show that he or she is qualified to perform the proposed electrical work in a capable manner so as not to endanger the life and property of occupants or neighbors, or property belonging to any public utility. If the Director finds that the designated person is qualified to perform the proposed electrical work, the Director must issue a permit for that work, subject to compliance with all otherwise applicable requirements of this Chapter.
(d) A permit is not required for any minor repair, as defined in this Chapter. (1974 L.M.C., ch. 15, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 55, § 1; , § 1.)
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