Mississippi Electrical Licensing Law

Mississippi Code · 5 sections

The following is the full text of Mississippi’s electrical licensing law statutes as published in the Mississippi Code. For the official version, see the Mississippi Legislature.

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-3

The term "engineer" as used in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean a professional engineer as hereinafter defined. The term "professional engineer" within the meaning and intent of Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean a person who has met the qualifications as required under Section 73-13-23(1) and who has been issued a certificate of registration as a professional engineer. The term "engineer intern" as used in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean a candidate for licensure as a professional engineer who has met the qualifications as required under Section 73-13-23(2) and who has been issued a certificate of enrollment as an engineer intern. The term "practice of engineering" within the meaning and intent of Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean any service or creative work the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such services or creative work as consultation, investigation, expert technical testimony, evaluation, planning, design, and design coordination of engineering works and systems, planning the use of land, air and water, performing engineering surveys and studies, and the review of construction for the purpose of monitoring compliance with drawings and specifications, any of which embraces such engineering services or work, either public or private, in connection with any utilities, water resources, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work systems, projects, communication systems, transportation systems, industrial or consumer products or equipment of control systems; or engineering services or work of a communications, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, geotechnical (including geology and geohydrology incidental to the practice of engineering), geological, environmental, or thermal nature, insofar as they involve safeguarding life, health or property, and including such other professional services as may be necessary to the planning, progress and completion of any engineering services. Design coordination includes the review and coordination of those technical submissions prepared by others, including as appropriate and without limitation, consulting engineers, surveyors, architects, landscape architects and other professionals working under direction of the engineer. The term "firm," as used in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 , shall mean a business entity that offers the professional engineering or surveying services to the public of its licensed personnel who are either employees, officers, directors, partners, members or managers. A business entity may be formed as either: (a) A professional service corporation; (b) A corporation; (c) A partnership, including limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships; or (d) A limited liability company. Prior to any contract for or the provision of professional engineering or surveying services in this jurisdiction, a firm shall obtain a certificate of authority under Section 73-13-43 or Section 73-13-105 of this chapter. A sole proprietorship, owned and operated by a licensee under this chapter is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under Section 73-13-43 or Section 73-13-105 . A professional association of licensed professional engineers or professional surveyors is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under Section 73-13-43 or Section 73-13-105 . Both the licensed sole proprietor and the licensees within a professional association shall maintain their individual licenses in active status and only offer the professional services for which they are licensed and qualified to provide. Engineering surveys include all survey activities required to support the sound conception, planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of engineered projects but exclude the practice of surveying as defined in Section 73-13-71(4) . A person or firm shall be construed to practice or offer to practice engineering within the meaning and intent of Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 , who practices any branch of the profession of engineering; or provides, by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents himself to be a professional engineer, or through the use of some other title implies that he is a professional engineer; or who holds himself out as able to perform or provide, or who does perform any engineering service or work or any other professional service designated by the practitioner or recognized by educational authorities as engineering. The term "board" as used in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean the Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors provided for by said sections. Codes, 1930, § 4659; 1942, § 8791-02; Laws, 1928, Ex. Sess. ch. 56; Laws, 1954, ch. 321, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1983, ch. 450, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1991, ch. 470, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 416, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1999, ch. 534, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2004, ch. 586, § 2, eff. 7/1/2004.

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-59-3

(1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 73-59-15 or Section 33-1-39 , the following persons or entities shall be licensed by the board annually as an active licensee or inactive licensee, as appropriate: (a) Persons or entities acting in the capacity as a residential builder; (b) Persons or entities acting in the capacity as a residential remodeler; (c) Persons or entities acting in the capacity as a construction manager through a contract or an agreement with the owner of the property being improved or constructed upon; (d) Any subcontractor, of any tier, performing the following work or within the following trade, on any residential construction or residential improvement project, no matter the dollar amount of the construction or improvements: (i) Electrical; (ii) Plumbing; (iii) Mechanical; and/or (iv) Heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning; and (e) Persons or entities acting in the capacity as a residential solar contractor. (2) As a prerequisite to obtaining a license or renewal thereof, each of the persons or entities in subsection (1) of this section shall submit to the board: (a) Proof of workers' compensation insurance, if required by applicable law; however, workers' compensation insurance shall not be required for inactive licensees; (b) A federal employment identification number or social security number. (3) The board may require liability insurance to be licensed under this chapter and it shall be reflected on the certificate of licensure; however, liability insurance shall not be required for inactive licensees. (4) The board shall issue or renew a license to persons or entities required by subsection (1) of this section to be licensed, upon payment to the board of the license fee. The initial license fee shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00). The license fee may thereafter be increased or decreased by the board and cannot exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); however, the receipts from fees collected by the board shall be no greater than the amount required to pay all costs and expenses incurred by the board in enforcing the provisions of this chapter. Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) of the fee required by this section which is assessed to residential builders licensed under the provisions of Section 73-59-1 et seq. shall be deposited to the Construction Education Fund created pursuant to Section 31-3-14 and shall be distributed to the Mississippi Housing Institute. The remaining fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the special fund in the State Treasury known as the "State Board of Contractors Fund" created pursuant to Section 31-3-17 and shall be used for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and as provided in Section 31-3-14 . Amounts in such fund shall not lapse into the State General Fund at the end of a fiscal year. Interest accrued to such fund shall remain in the fund. All expenditures from the special fund shall be by requisition to the Department of Finance and Administration, signed by the executive director of the board and countersigned by the chairman or vice chairman of the board. (5) Except as provided in Section 33-1-39 , the license shall expire on the last day of the twelfth month following its issuance or renewal and shall become invalid unless renewed. The board may notify by mail or email every licensee under this chapter of the date of the expiration of his license and the amount of the fee required for renewal of the license for one (1) year. To receive notification by email, a licensee must notify the board of his desire to receive notification by email and provide an email address. Such notice may be mailed or emailed within thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the license. The failure on the part of any licensee to renew his license annually in such twelfth month shall not deprive such licensee of the right of renewal, provided that renewal is effected within one hundred eighty (180) days after the expiration date of the license by payment of the license fee plus a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the license fee. A new license required to replace a revoked, lost, mutilated or destroyed license may be issued, subject to the rules of the board, for a charge of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00). An inactive licensee may become an active licensee upon application meeting all the requirements of this section. (6) Any person who is not a resident of the State of Mississippi who desires to perform residential construction or residential improvement shall be licensed to perform such construction or improvement as provided by this chapter. Laws, 1993, ch. 534, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1995, ch. 431, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 535, § 1; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2000, ch. 345, § 2; Laws, 2002, ch. 396, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 368, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 375, § 2; Laws, 2007, ch. 309, § 37; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2009, ch. 556, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 433, § 2; Laws, 2012, ch. 416, § 2, eff. 7/1/2012. Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 502, HB 1163,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2022. Reenacted and amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 410, SB 2508, 12, eff. 7/1/2015.

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-67-7

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings stated in this section, unless otherwise stated: (a) "Approved massage therapy school" means a facility that is licensed by this board and meets the curriculum and instruction requirements as stated in this chapter. (b) "Board" means the State Board of Massage Therapy as created in this chapter. (c) "Board-accepted hours" means hours of education accepted by the board to meet requirements of exemption and/or continuing education for pre-act practitioners and is different from "board-approved programs" and/or "board-approved school hours." (d) "Classroom hour" means no less than fifty (50) minutes of any one (1) clock hour during which the student participates in a learning activity under the supervision of a board licensed instructor. (e) "Examination" means the State Board of Massage Therapy approved examination for licensure. (f) "License" means a State Board of Massage Therapy approved form of credential indicating that the license holder has met the requirements of this chapter for the practice of massage therapy. (g) "Massage" means touch, stroking, kneading, stretching, friction, percussion and vibration, and includes holding, positioning, causing movement of the soft tissues and applying manual touch and pressure to the body (excluding an osseous tissue manipulation or adjustment). "Therapy" means action aimed at achieving or increasing health and wellness. "Massage therapy" means the profession in which the practitioner applies massage techniques with the intent of positively affecting the health and well-being of the client, and may adjunctively (i) apply allied modalities, heat, cold, water and topical preparations not classified as prescription drugs, (ii) use hand held tools such as electric hand massagers used adjunctively to the application of hand massage or devices designed as t-bars or knobbies, and (iii) instruct self-care and stress management. "Manual" means by use of hand or body. (h) "Massage establishment" means a place of business where massage is being conducted. (i) "Massage therapist" means a person who practices massage therapy. (j) "MPMTA" means the "Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act." (k) "Mississippi State Law Examination" means the comprehensive examination on the Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act and the associated relevant Board Rules and Regulations that is given by the board or its representative. (l) "Pre-act practitioner" means an individual who has practiced professional massage therapy before January 1, 2001. (m) "Professional" means requiring minimum standards of conduct, ethics and education. (n) "Provisional permit" means a temporary permit approved by the board when all requirements, other than board-approved national or state examinations, have been met, not to exceed ninety (90) days. Laws, 2001, ch. 549, § 4; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2004, ch. 476, § 4; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2008, ch. 451, § 4, eff. 7/1/2008. Reenacted without change by Laws, 2018, ch. 339, HB 905,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2018. Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 477, SB 2737, 4, eff. 7/1/2013.

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-69-15

(1) No person or company shall engage in alarm contracting without holding a current and valid license issued by the State Fire Marshal as provided in this chapter. However, this requirement for licensure shall not apply to: (a) Any company or natural person licensed to perform electrical work by the Mississippi State Board of Contractors. This exception from licensure shall apply to the installation of wire, conduit, or other wire raceways, its associated boxes or fittings. This exception from licensure shall also apply to the employees of a company or natural person excepted by this paragraph, but only as to work performed by them on behalf of the excepted employer. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no person licensed under this chapter may install primary power sources of sixty (60) volts or greater when such power source is being installed to operate low-voltage systems. (b) Any owner, management company or public institution and such person's or entity's employees while such person or entity is designing, installing, inspecting, repairing, servicing, recoding, adjusting or testing closed-circuit television alarm systems on the premises of the owner or public institution during the normal course and scope of his duties. (c) Any owner, management company or public institution and such person's or entity's employees while such person or entity is designing, installing, inspecting, repairing, servicing or testing a burglar alarm system only on the premises of the owner or public institution during the normal course and scope of his duties. (d) Any retailer that sells alarm systems as part of a multiproduct offering including any company and its affiliates, contractors, agents and employees that only sell alarm systems over the Internet or via a website, by telephone or in retail settings. This exception to licensure shall not apply to sales that take place door-to-door or physically inside or at or on a consumer's premises. (e) Any retailer or installer of smoke alarm warning systems, or single-station heat detectors, sold and installed to detect or warn of smoke or fire and intended for use in a residential one- or two-family dwelling or wholly within the confines of an individual living unit in a residential multifamily structure. (f) Any company, or its agents that monitor burglar alarm systems, intrusion detection systems, or electronic protection systems but that does not directly install such systems. (g) Any professional engineer licensed by the Mississippi Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. (h) Any owner, management company or public institution and such person's or entity's employees while such person or entity is designing, installing, inspecting, repairing, servicing, recoding, adjusting or testing telemedicine, store-and-forward telemedicine services, remote patient-monitoring services or mediation adherence-management services during the normal course and scope of his duties. (2) No person or company shall aid, abet, facilitate or otherwise assist any unlicensed person or company in engaging in alarm contracting, including, but not limited to, the sale of an electronic protective system as defined in this chapter when such person or company knew or should have known that the person or company thus assisted was unlicensed. (3) No person or company shall engage in alarm system contracting without holding a current and valid license issued by the State Fire Marshal as provided in this chapter. However, this requirement shall not apply to: An officer or employee of the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of either, while engaged in the performance of his official duties within the course and scope of his employment with the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of either. Laws, 2006, ch. 528, § 8, eff. 7/1/2006. Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 525, SB 2697, 8, eff. 7/1/2014.

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-69-5

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this section: (a) "Alarm contracting" means providing an electronic protective system to another, including, but not limited to, the design, planning with the intent to pre-wire, pre-wiring, installation, maintenance, repair, testing, modification, improvement, alteration, inspection or servicing of an electronic protective system; holding one's self or one's company out for hire to perform any such task; or otherwise offering to perform any such task for compensation directly. (b) "Alarm contracting company" means an entity that holds a Class A license issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter. (c) "Alarm verification" means an attempt by a monitoring company or its representative to contact a burglar alarm location or a burglar alarm user by telephone or other electronic means to determine whether a burglar alarm signal is valid in an attempt to avoid unnecessary police response before requesting law enforcement to be dispatched to the location. Alarm verification further means that at least a second call shall be made to a different number if the first attempt fails to reach an alarm user. All persons licensed to monitor alarms in Mississippi shall employ alarm verification standards as defined in the latest version of ANSI/CSAA CS-V-01, for all burglar alarm signals except for hold-up alarms. (d) "Board" means the Electronic Protection Advisory Licensing Board. (e) "Burglar alarm" or "burglar alarm system" or "intrusion detection system" or "electronic protective system" means an alarm, alarm system or portion of such an alarm or system that is intended to detect or warn of an intrusion or other emergency in a structure. Such systems shall be certified per the latest version of ANSI/SIA CP01. (f) "Company" means a proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or any other entity. (g) "Designated agent" means an owner or employee who holds a Class B license of an alarm contracting company who has been assigned the responsibility of submitting any notice required by this chapter to the State Fire Marshal. (h) "Supervision" means direct on-site supervision by a qualified license holder for the duties being performed. (i) "Electronic protective system" means a device or a series or assembly of interconnected devices which, when activated by automatic or manual means, produces an audible, visual or electronic signal intended to detect or warn of a threat to a structure or emergency to or from its occupants. This term shall include a battery-charged security fence, burglar alarm system, intrusion detection system, closed-circuit video system or electronic access control system, all as defined in this chapter, or a portion or combination of such alarms or systems. However, the term "electronic protective system" shall not include the following: (i) an alarm system installed in a motor vehicle; (ii) a burglar alarm system, or household fire warning system sold at retail to an individual end user for self-installation; (iii) a single-station fire alarm system sold at retail to an individual end user for self-installation or installed by a fire department, the State Fire Marshal Office, a public agency, a volunteer fire association or their designated representatives. (j) "Employee" means a person who performs services for wages or salary. (k) "Employer" means a person or entity who hires another to perform services for a wage or salary. (l) "Individual license" means a Class B, C, D or H license issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter. (m) "Licensee" means a person or entity to which a license is granted pursuant to this chapter. (n) "Officer" means the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, comptroller or any other person who performs functions for an alarm contracting company, corresponding to those performed by those officers. (o) "Operating location" means a physical address that houses or maintains records of clients. (p) "Person" means a natural person or individual. (q) "Principal" means a person or entity that owns at least twenty percent (20%) of an alarm contracting company regardless of the form of organization. (r) "Salesperson" means a person who solicits another on behalf of an alarm contracting company by door-to-door personal interaction, or a person who participates in the design, planning, specification or layout of an electronic protective system on behalf of an alarm contracting company. (s) "Closed-circuit video system" means an electronic protective system that provides video surveillance of events, primarily by means of transmission, recording, or transmission and recording of visual signals through the use of cameras, receivers, monitors and other visual imaging systems. (t) "Electronic access control system" means an electronic protective system that is powered by the building's primary power source and is used as a process to grant or deny an individual access to a specific area or object based upon their possession of an item (which requires a decoder), a code or physical characteristic (biometrics). (u) "Smoke alarm" means a single- or multiple-station alarm responsive to smoke. (v) "Single-station alarm" means a detector comprising an assembly that incorporates sensor, control components and an alarm notification appliance in one (1) unit operated from a power source either located in the unit or obtained at the point of installation. (w) "Multiple-station alarm" means two (2) or more single-station alarm devices that can be interconnected so that actuation of one causes all integral or separate audible alarms to operate; or one (1) single-station alarm device having connections to other detectors or to a manual fire alarm box. (x) "Heat detector" means a fire detector that detects either abnormally high temperature or rate-of-temperature rise, or both. (y) "Battery-charged security fence" means an alarm system and ancillary components, or equipment attached to such a system, including, but not limited to: a fence, a battery-operated energizer which is intended to periodically deliver voltage impulses to the fence connected to it, and a battery charging device used exclusively to charge the battery. The battery-charged security fence shall meet all the following requirements: (i) Interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon the business and/or law enforcement in response to an intrusion or burglary; (ii) Is located on property that is not designated by a municipality or county exclusively for residential use; (iii) Has an energizer that is powered by a commercial storage battery that is not more than twelve (12) volts of direct current; (iv) Has an energizer that meets the standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-2-76, current edition; (v) Is surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is not less than five (5) feet in height; (vi) Does not exceed ten (10) feet in height or two (2) feet higher than the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall described in subparagraph (v) of this paragraph, whichever is higher; (vii) Is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on the battery-charged security fence at not more than 30-feet intervals and that reads: "WARNING-ELECTRIC FENCE". Laws, 2006, ch. 528, § 3, eff. 7/1/2006. Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 313, HB 823,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022. Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 525, SB 2697, 3, eff. 7/1/2014.

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