20:44:17:01.  Continuing education requirements. Sixteen hours of continuing education credits are required each two years for biennial renewal of a license or registration by electrical inspectors, electrical contractors, journeyman electricians, Class B electricians, and apprentice electricians.

          Electricians obtaining a license or registration in the first year of a biennium must meet the scheduled continuing education requirements for renewal of their license or registration. Electricians obtaining a license in the second year of the biennium are not required to meet the scheduled continuing education requirements until the second renewal of their license or registration.

          Inactive electrical contractors, inactive Class B electricians, and inactive journeyman electricians must provide proof of meeting the continuing education requirements when applying for an active license.

          Licensed and registered electricians called into active military service are exempt from continuing education requirements for 12 months following their release from active military service.

          Source: 13 SDR 75, 13 SDR 95, effective January 1, 1987; 14 SDR 46, effective September 28, 1987; 14 SDR 76, effective November 30, 1987; 18 SDR 83, effective November 10, 1991; requirements for counting credits transferred to § 20:44:13:01.01, 20 SDR 222, effective July 6, 1994; transferred from § 20:44:13:01, August 12, 1994; 28 SDR 178, effective July 1, 2002.

          General Authority: SDCL 36-16-12, 36-16-13.3.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 36-16-12, 36-16-13.3.