Appliance Repair

SDCL 36-16-23 — Reciprocal licenses to electricians from other states.

To the extent that other states which provide for the licensing or registering of electricians provide for similar action, the State Electrical Commission may grant a license of the same grade or class to electricians registered or licensed by other states, upon payment by the applicant of the required fee, after being furnished with proof that the qualifications of the applicant are equal to the qualifications of the holders of a similar license in South Dakota.

SDCL 36-16-13.2 — Issuance of license to public entities.

The State Electrical Commission may issue a maintenance electrician's license to a public entity, firm, partnership or corporation. The maintenance electrician license shall be limited to electrical maintenance work, as defined by electrical commission rules, performed at the public entity, firm, partnership or corporation property. The license shall be issued according to rules adopted by the State Electrical Commission.

SDCL 36-25-19 — Application for license--Promulgation of rules--License types--Fees for application, verification, examination, and renewal.

A person may apply for a license required by this chapter to the commission, accompanied by an initial application fee established by the commission under this section. The commission shall license a person who satisfactorily passes an examination showing fitness to practice the person's trade.

The commission shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, to establish initial application fees, examination and reexamination fees, license and renewal of license fees, and license verification fees for the following licenses:

(1)    Appliance contractor;

(2)    Appliance installer;

(3)    Individual and small on-site wastewater system installer;

(4)    Manufactured and mobile home contractor;

(5)    Manufactured and mobile home installer;

(6)    Plumber;

(7)    Plumbing contractor;

(8)    Sewer and water contractor;

(9)    Sewer and water installer;

(10)    Underground irrigation contractor;

(11)    Underground irrigation installer;

(12)    Water conditioning contractor; and

(13)    Water conditioning installer.

No fee established under this section for an initial application may exceed sixty dollars. No fee established under this section for license verification may exceed thirty dollars. No fee established under this section for an examination or reexamination may exceed one hundred dollars. No fee established under this section for a license or renewal of license may exceed three hundred dollars.

SDCL 36-16-2 — Definition of terms.

(a)    Is a graduate of a recognized electrical school as approved by State Electrical Commission rules and has a total of four years of experience in electrical work, excluding school experience, or

(b)    Has at least six years of practical experience in electrical wiring.

A qualified inspector may be issued an electrical contractor's license if the qualified inspector pays the necessary fees as set forth in this chapter;

(5)    "Journeyman electrician," a person having the necessary qualifications, training, technical knowledge and at least four years of experience in wiring, installing, and repairing electrical apparatus and equipment in accordance with the standard rules established by the State Electrical Commission;

(6)    "Maintenance electrician," a person working under a maintenance electrician's license of a public entity, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation;

(7)    "501(d) electrician," a person having the necessary qualifications, training and technical knowledge in wiring, installing, and repairing electrical apparatus and equipment in accordance with the administrative rules promulgated by the State Electrical Commission, pursuant to chapter 1-26. A 501(d) licensee is restricted to wiring on 501(d) properties within the State of South Dakota. 501(d) is the reference to the federal internal revenue code that provides the exemption for a religious or apostolic association or corporation.

SDCL 36-16-14 — Contractor license required for installation of wiring or parts--Farm and residential wiring by Class B electrician.

No contract, agreement, or understanding with another for the installation of electrical wiring or the installation of electrical parts of other apparatus shall be entered into by anyone not an electrical contractor. Provided, however, that a Class B electrician, as defined in § 36-16-2, is authorized to enter into a contract, undertaking, or agreement for the installation of electrical wiring and his authority under the contract, undertaking or agreement is limited to the installation of farm electrical wiring, residential electrical wiring, the installation of electrical equipment, appliances and apparatus, in relation to said farm and residential wiring.

SDCL 36-25-14 — Administration of chapter--Promulgation of rules by commission.

The State Plumbing Commission shall administer the provisions of this chapter and may, in compliance with chapter 1-26, promulgate rules establishing the educational, training, and examination requirements required of applicants for a plumbing contractor's license, plumber's license, plumber's apprentice license, water conditioning plumbing contractor's license, water conditioning plumbing installer's license, water conditioning plumbing apprentice license, appliance plumbing contractor's license, appliance plumbing installer's license, appliance plumbing apprentice license, sewer and water plumbing contractor's license, sewer and water plumbing installer's license, sewer and water plumbing apprentice license, manufactured and mobile home contractor's license, manufactured and mobile home installer's license, manufactured and mobile home apprentice license, underground irrigation contractor's license, underground irrigation installer's license, underground irrigation installer apprentice license, and individual and small on-site wastewater system installer license.

SDCL 36-16-25 — Approval of license--Emergency farm and residential repairs exempt--Expiration and renewal of licenses.

A license issued under this chapter shall be approved by the State Electrical Commission. However, this chapter does not apply to emergency repairs to farmstead and residential wiring. Each license shall be for a term of two years and shall expire at midnight on June thirtieth following the date of issuance of each even-numbered year commencing in 1986, and may be renewed by the commission upon application of the holder of the license, payment of the fee, filing a valid liability insurance policy and payment of the required deposit to the special fund at any time within thirty days from the date of such expiration.

SDCL 36-16-2 — Definition of terms.

Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1)    "Apprentice electrician," a person learning the trade under the supervision and employment of an electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or Class B electrician, or a person learning the trade under the supervision of a 501(d) electrician, or a person employed by a public entity or private corporation, firm or partnership who is learning the trade under the supervision of an electrical contractor or Class B electrician who is employed by the same public entity or private corporation, limited liability company, firm, or partnership;

(2)    "Class B electrician," a person having the necessary qualifications, training, technical knowledge and at least thirty-six months' experience in wiring, installing and repairing electrical apparatus and equipment in accordance with the standard rules established by the State Electrical Commission;

(3)    "Electrical contractor," a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to plan, lay out, and supervise the installation and repair of electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment for electric light, heat and power in accordance with the standard rules governing such work; and who undertakes or offers to undertake with another to plan for, lay out, supervise and install or to make additions, alterations and repairs in the installation of such work;

(4)    "Electrical inspector," a person experienced in all classes of electrical work and either:

SDCL 36-25-17 — License required for plumbing work on property connected to public water or sewer system--Exceptions.

No person may engage in plumbing for which a license is required pursuant to § 36-25-19 on any property which is in connection with a public system of waterworks or sewerage unless that person is licensed by the commission. However, no license is required of a person who does the following work in compliance with the provisions of the minimum standards prescribed by the commission:

(1)    Plumbing on premises owned and actually occupied by the person as the person's residence;

(2)    Plumbing on premises of a single-family dwelling unit that is in the process of being constructed, if the person owns the premises and intends to actually occupy the premises as the person's residence when construction is complete;

(3)    Plumbing repair work on premises where the person is employed and performing the plumbing repair work; or

(4)    Plumbing repair work on the person's own property.

SDCL 36-25-19.2 — Plumbing permit not required in certain situations.

No plumbing permit is required if the plumbing repair work or plumbing fixture replacement:

(1)    Does not involve cutting into or extending existing water and waste systems;

(2)    Is done on buildings that are not connected to a public system of waterworks or sewerage; or

(3)    Is conducted by full-time maintenance personnel on the business premises of an employer.

No plumbing permit is required in any political subdivision where a local plumbing permit has been issued, unless a state-conducted inspection is requested in addition to the local inspection. Any person requesting such inspection is responsible for paying any plumbing permit fee for the requested inspection.

SDCL 36-16-20 — Undertaking and insurance required of contractor or Class B electrician--Initial and renewal deposit--Disbursement from fund--Waiver.

Before receiving a license as an electrical contractor or as a Class B electrician, an applicant shall execute and deposit with the State Electrical Commission an undertaking in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and a public liability insurance policy in a sum of not less than one hundred thousand dollars per occurrence and three hundred thousand dollars aggregate limit for bodily injury and property damage insurance with limits of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars per occurrence or a combined single limit of three hundred thousand dollars, or security approved by the commission in a sum equal to that amount, conditioned for the faithful performance of all electrical work undertaken by the electrician and the strict compliance with all the provisions of this chapter and the requirements of the commission. The required undertaking and liability insurance shall be in force at all times with certificates of insurance on file in the commission office. No electrical contractor or Class B electrician licensed under the provisions of this chapter need furnish any additional undertaking for municipal license as such contractor or electrician. In the case of a partnership or corporation, the licensed person is exempt from insurance or undertaking requirements if the employer satisfies the requirements. In addition, a deposit shall be made with the commission in the amount of fifty dollars at the time of the execution of the undertaking and biennially at the time of renewal of the applicant's license. Deposits shall be accumulated by the commission in a special fund to be used for the correction or completion of installations which the contractor or Class B electrician refuses or is unable to correct or complete, for uncollectable inspection fees or administrative fees, administrative costs of maintaining the fund and costs of enforcing provisions of this section. Disbursement from the fund may not exceed ten thousand dollars per occurrence. The commission shall waive the deposit at the time of renewal of the license for electricians who have made an initial deposit under this section if at the time of renewal the fund exceeds fifty thousand dollars. The commission may prescribe forms for the undertaking and may promulgate rules in accordance with chapter 1-26 as necessary to carry out the intent of this section.