Sec. 20-340. Exemptions from licensing requirements. The provisions of this
chapter shall not apply to: (1) Persons employed by any federal, state or municipal
agency; (2) employees of any public service company regulated by the Department of
Public Utility Control or of any corporate affiliate of any such company when the work
performed by such affiliate is on behalf of a public service company, but in either case
only if the work performed is in connection with the rendition of public utility service,
including the installation or maintenance of wire for community antenna television
service, or is in connection with the installation or maintenance of wire or telephone
sets for single-line telephone service located inside the premises of a consumer; (3)
employees of any municipal corporation specially chartered by this state; (4) employees
of any contractor while such contractor is performing electrical-line or emergency work
for any public service company; (5) persons engaged in the installation, maintenance,
repair and service of electrical or other appliances of a size customarily used for domestic
use where such installation commences at an outlet receptacle or connection previously
installed by persons licensed to do the same and maintenance, repair and service is
confined to the appliance itself and its internal operation; (6) employees of industrial
firms whose main duties concern the maintenance of the electrical work, plumbing
and piping work, solar work, heating, piping, cooling work, sheet metal work, elevator
installation, repair and maintenance work, automotive glass work or flat glass work of
such firm on its own premises or on premises leased by it for its own use; (7) employees
of industrial firms when such employees' main duties concern the fabrication of glass
products or electrical, plumbing and piping, fire protection sprinkler systems, solar,
heating, piping, cooling, sheet metal or elevator installation, repair and maintenance
equipment used in the production of goods sold by industrial firms, except for products,
electrical, plumbing and piping systems and repair and maintenance equipment used
directly in the production of a product for human consumption; (8) persons performing
work necessary to the manufacture or repair of any apparatus, appliances, fixtures,
equipment or devices produced by it for sale or lease; (9) employees of stage and theatrical companies performing the operation, installation and maintenance of electrical
equipment if such installation commences at an outlet receptacle or connection previously installed by persons licensed to make such installation; (10) employees of carnivals, circuses or similar transient amusement shows who install electrical work, provided
such installation shall be subject to the approval of the State Fire Marshal prior to use
as otherwise provided by law and shall comply with applicable municipal ordinances
and regulations; (11) persons engaged in the installation, maintenance, repair and service
of glass or electrical, plumbing, fire protection sprinkler systems, solar, heating, piping,
cooling and sheet metal equipment in and about single-family residences owned and
occupied or to be occupied by such persons; provided any such installation, maintenance
and repair shall be subject to inspection and approval by the building official of the
municipality in which such residence is located and shall conform to the requirements
of the State Building Code; (12) persons who install, maintain or repair glass in a motor
vehicle owned or leased by such persons; (13) persons or entities holding themselves
out to be retail sellers of glass products, but not such persons or entities that also engage
in automotive glass work or flat glass work; (14) persons who install preglazed or preassembled windows or doors in residential or commercial buildings; (15) persons registered under chapter 400 who install safety-backed mirror products or repair or replace
flat glass in sizes not greater than thirty square feet in residential buildings; and (16)
sheet metal work performed in residential buildings consisting of six units or less by
new home construction contractors registered pursuant to chapter 399a, by home improvement contractors registered pursuant to chapter 400 or by persons licensed pursuant to this chapter, when such work is limited to exhaust systems installed for hoods and
fans in kitchens and baths, clothes dryer exhaust systems, radon vent systems, fireplaces,
fireplace flues, masonry chimneys or prefabricated metal chimneys rated by the Underwriter's Laboratory or installation of stand-alone appliances including wood, pellet or
other stand-alone stoves that are installed in residential buildings by such contractors
or persons.
(February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 9; 1967, P.A. 199, S. 1; 789, S. 12; 1972, P.A. 7; P.A. 75-464; 75-486, S. 1, 52, 69; P.A.
77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 176, 348; P.A. 82-439, S. 5, 7; P.A. 83-426, S. 5; P.A. 87-588, S. 6, 8; P.A. 88-178,
S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-21, S. 1, 3; P.A. 98-3, S. 34; P.A. 99-170, S. 5; 99-253, S. 6; P.A. 03-59, S. 1; 03-83, S. 3; 03-261, S. 2.)
History: 1967 acts updated statute to conform with Sec. 20-330, substituted title public service company for public
utilities, added as exemption corporate affiliates of public service companies and added exemptions for employees of
municipal corporations, employees of contractors performing work subject to government inspection, persons performing
electrical work in connection with domestic use, persons manufacturing or repairing mechanisms produced for sale or
lease, employees of stage and theatrical companies doing electrical work and employees of carnivals, circuses, etc. doing
electrical work; 1972 act provided exemption for persons doing electrical work in single-family residences; P.A. 75-464
amended Subdiv. (4) to specify "electrical-line or emergency" work and to delete reference to work "subject to inspection
by any federal, state or municipal agency or corporation other than a municipal building department"; P.A. 75-486 replaced
public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority
with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482
made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business
regulation; P.A. 82-439 applied exemptions under Subdivs. (6), (7) and (11) to solar work, effective April 1, 1984; P.A.
83-426 changed effective date of P.A. 82-439 with respect to this section from April 1, 1984, to July 1, 1984; P.A. 87-588
amended Subdivs. (7) and (11) by extending the provisions of said Subdivs. to fire protection sprinkler systems, effective
July 1, 1988; P.A. 88-178 amended Subdiv. (2) to expand the exemption to include the installation and maintenance of
single-line telephone equipment; P.A. 96-21 added reference to installation or maintenance of wire for community antenna
television service in Subdiv. (2), effective April 29, 1996; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; P.A. 99-170 amended Subdiv.
(6) to exempt employees of industrial firms primarily involved in maintaining automotive glass work or flat glass work,
amended Subdiv. (7) to exempt the fabrication of glass products, amended Subdiv. (11) to exempt persons engaged in
installing, maintaining, repairing and servicing glass equipment in and about single-family residences and added new
Subdivs. (12) to (15) to exempt automotive glass workers who perform such work on vehicles owned or leased by such
persons, retail sellers of glass products, installers of preglazed or preassembled windows or doors for residential or commercial buildings and registered home improvement contractors who install safety-backed mirror products or repair or replace
flat glass of less than thirty square feet in size in residential buildings; P.A. 99-253 amended Subdivs. (6), (7) and (11) to
replace references to heating, piping and cooling with references to heating, piping, cooling and sheet metal; P.A. 03-59
added Subdiv. (16) re exemptions for sheet metal work performed in residential buildings of six units or less by new
home construction contractors, home improvement contractors and new home construction contractors, subject to certain
limitations; P.A. 03-83 amended Subdiv. (7) to specify that fabrication of products, electrical, plumbing and piping systems
and repair and maintenance equipment used directly in the production of a product for human consumption are not exempt
from the provisions of Ch. 393; P.A. 03-261 amended Subdiv. (7) to specify that provisions thereof apply to employees
of industrial firms when such employees' main duties are concerned with specified activities.
Cited. 12 CA 251, 253-256. Cited. 43 CA 196.
Subdiv. (1):
Does not provide exemption for independent contractors. 12 CA 251, 253-255, 257.
Subdiv. (2):
Gas companies' service employees are not exempt from licensing requirements of Ch. 393. "Public utility service"
used in statutory sense does not include repair and maintenance of gas appliances. 43 CA 196.
Subdiv. (3):
Cited. 12 CA 251, 254.
Subdiv. (6):
Hospital not "industrial firm" within meaning of subdiv.; such broad application of exemption would be contrary to
remedial purpose of licensing statutes. 243 C. 709.
Sec. 20-340a. Telephone electrical workers. (a) On and after such date as the
Department of Public Utility Control no longer regulates a telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, a corporate affiliate of such telephone company, or a service
provided by such company or corporate affiliate, the Department of Consumer Protection shall furnish an appropriate license, as provided in section 20-334a, to any person
who is an employee of such telephone company or such corporate affiliate on such date
who, as a result of such deregulation becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter
and who applies for any such license in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
not later than one year after such date, provided any such employee shall not be required
to pass any examination in order to qualify for any such license.
(b) The Department of Consumer Protection shall also furnish an appropriate license, as provided in said section 20-334a, to any person who (1) is an employee of any
corporation which on January 1, 1984, was a corporate affiliate of a telephone company,
as so defined, and which, on or before October 1, 1986, terminates such corporate affiliation, (2) has been exempt from the provisions of this chapter pursuant to the provisions
of subdivision (2) of section 20-340 as a result of being employed by such a corporation
at the time of such affiliation, (3) becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter as
a result of the termination of such affiliation and (4) applies for any such license in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter not later than July 18, 1988, provided
any such employee shall not be required to pass any examination in order to qualify for
any such license.
(P.A. 86-149; P.A. 88-178, S. 2, 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-178 amended Subsec. (b) to change the application closure date from October 1, 1987, to July 18,
1988; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 20-340b. Exemption from licensing for certain telecommunications companies' employees. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Telecommunications electrical work" means work permitted to be performed
by holders of a limited electrical contractor's license (T-1) as provided by regulation
adopted under this chapter.
(2) "Public service technician" means an employee of a public service company or
certified telecommunications provider, as defined in section 16-1, or any affiliate of any
such company or provider, who is engaged in telecommunications electrical work and
who is not otherwise exempt from licensing pursuant to section 20-340.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a public service
technician may be issued a certificate of registration by the Department of Consumer
Protection, upon authorization of the Electrical Work Board, in lieu of any license which
otherwise might be required under this chapter, which shall entitle the holder of such
certificate to perform telecommunications electrical work only as provided in this section, provided the public service company, certified telecommunications provider or
affiliate which employs the public service technician certifies to the Electrical Work
Board that the employee has obtained such training and experience deemed necessary
by the public service company, certified telecommunications provider or affiliate to
perform telecommunications electrical work included in such employee's job functions.
(c) The content and duration of the training and experience programs provided by
the public service company, certified telecommunications provider or affiliate must be
relevant to the duties of the employee and must be approved biennially by the Labor
Department. In reviewing the programs and training provided by a public service company, certified telecommunications provider or affiliate, the Labor Department shall
consider the specialization of the employees of the company or provider, the employee's
previous company or provider training, the service record of the company or provider,
the experience of the company or provider in training employees to perform telecommunications electrical work, and the quality assurance measures used by the company or
provider.
(d) An employee enrolled in the training programs of the public service company
or certified telecommunications provider shall be issued a trainee's certificate by such
company or provider, valid for the duration of the training program, and may perform
telecommunications electrical work only under the supervision of an employee of the
public service company, certified telecommunications provider or affiliate who is a
registered public service technician or holds a journeyman's license.
(e) A public service company or certified telecommunications provider employing
a public service technician shall inform the Electrical Work Board upon the change in
job description or termination of any registered public service technician previously
certified to the board pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and upon the issuance
or termination of a trainee's certificate provided to an employee pursuant to subsection
(d) of this section.
(f) A registered public service technician or employee of a public service company,
certified telecommunications provider or affiliate issued a trainee's certificate by such
company or provider may only perform such work on behalf of such public service
company, certified telecommunications provider or affiliate and only while in the direct
employment of such public service company, certified telecommunications provider or
affiliate. Such registration or trainee's certificate will be immediately relinquished upon
termination of employment from such public service company, certified telecommunications provider or affiliate.
(g) A registered public service technician may not supervise any duly registered
apprentice performing work under a permit issued pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 20-334a.
(h) The public service technician's registration shall expire annually. The fee for
registration as a public service technician shall be the same fee as that charged for a
journeyman's license under section 20-335.
(i) Registered public service technicians shall be subject to the same disciplinary
actions as journeymen, including, but not limited to, actions authorized under sections
20-334, 20-341 and 21a-9.
(j) Supervisory personnel of a public service company, certified telecommunications provider or affiliate authorized to employ registered public service technicians
pursuant to this section may act as an agent of such company or provider for the purpose
of taking out a permit pursuant to section 20-332-16(b) of the regulations of Connecticut
state agencies.
(k) In lieu of displaying a contractor's license number pursuant to section 20-334,
each public service company, certified telecommunications provider or affiliate authorized pursuant to this section to employ registered public service technicians shall display
its name, logo or other trademark which clearly identifies the company or provider on
all commercial vehicles used in its business and in a conspicuous manner on all printed
advertisements, bid proposals, contracts and invoices and on all stationery used in its
business.
(P.A. 90-48, S. 1-3; P.A. 96-259, S. 3; P.A. 98-3, S. 35; P.A. 01-164, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-19, S. 51, 52; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference in Subsec. (b) to "Department of Labor" was changed editorially by the
Revisors to "Labor Department" for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 96-259 amended Subsec. (h) to
make the registration expire annually rather than after two years; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; P.A. 01-164 added
references to certified telecommunications providers and made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) to (f), (j) and (k), effective
January 1, 2002; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (k), effective May 12, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the
merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
See Sec. 20-334a(i) re installation, service and repair of residential security systems.
Sec. 20-341. Penalties for violations. (a) Any person who engages in or practices
the work or occupation for which a license is required by this chapter without having
first obtained an apprentice permit or a certificate and license for such work, or who
wilfully employs or supplies for employment a person who does not have a certificate
and license for such work or who wilfully and falsely pretends to qualify to engage in
or practice such work or occupation, or who engages in or practices any of the work or
occupations for which a license is required by this chapter after the expiration of his
license, or who violates any other provision of this chapter, unless the penalty is otherwise specifically prescribed, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each
such violation.
(b) The appropriate examining board may, after notice and hearing, impose a civil
penalty on any person who engages in or practices the work or occupation for which a
license or apprentice registration certificate is required by this chapter, chapter 394 or
chapter 482 without having first obtained such a certificate or license, or who wilfully
employs or supplies for employment a person who does not have such a license or
certificate or who wilfully and falsely pretends to qualify to engage in or practice such
work or occupation, or who engages in or practices any of the work or occupations for
which a license or certificate is required by this chapter, chapter 394 or chapter 482 after
the expiration of the license or certificate or who violates any of the provisions of this
chapter, chapter 394 or chapter 482 or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Such
penalty shall be in an amount not more than one thousand dollars for a first violation
of this subsection, not more than one thousand five hundred dollars for a second violation
and not more than three thousand dollars for each violation of this subsection occurring
less than three years after a second or subsequent violation of this subsection, except
that any individual employed as an apprentice but improperly registered shall not be
penalized for a first offense.
(c) If an examining board imposes a fine or civil penalty under the provisions of
this section as a result of a violation initially reported by a municipal official, the commissioner shall, not less than sixty days after collecting such fine or penalty, remit one-half
of the amount collected to such municipality.
(February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 10; 1967, P.A. 789, S. 13; P.A. 80-420, S. 3; P.A. 83-487, S. 16; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-22, S. 2, 4; P.A. 86-146; P.A. 89-309; P.A. 91-407, S. 24, 42; P.A. 97-263, S. 6; P.A. 99-73, S. 3.)
History: 1967 act deleted provision for forfeiture of right to be licensed by licensee failing to comply with regulations,
substituted "certificate" for "certificate of registration" and updated statute to refer to holders of licenses as well as certificates; P.A. 80-420 distinguished between penalties for person working without license or employing unlicensed person
and for person pretending to be qualified for work or performing work after his license has expired, imposing civil penalty
for the former and retaining previous penalty provision for the latter; P.A. 83-487 amended section to include reference
to apprentice permit; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-22 deleted civil penalty of five hundred dollars for first offense and one
thousand dollars for subsequent offenses previously applicable to those who work without proper permit or certificate and
license and to those who wilfully employ unlicensed workers; P.A. 86-146 added Subsec. (b) authorizing examining boards
to impose civil penalties; P.A. 89-309 added persons who supply persons for employment and increased the penalty from
thirty-five dollars to two hundred fifty dollars for a first violation, from fifty dollars to five hundred dollars for a second
violation and from one hundred dollars to one thousand dollars for subsequent violations; P.A. 91-407 amended Subsec.
(b) by applying provisions to those "who violate any of the provisions of chapter or the relevant regulations pursuant
thereto" and increased penalties from two hundred fifty to not more than five hundred dollars for a first violation, from
five hundred to not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for a second violation and from one thousand to not more than
one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation occurring less than three years after second or subsequent violation,
and exempted improperly registered apprentice from penalty; P.A. 97-263 doubled the fines in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and
added Subsec. (c) requiring the examining board to remit one-half the fine to reporting municipality; P.A. 99-73 amended
Subsec. (b) to include references to "chapter 394 or chapter 482", and made a technical change.
Cited. 3 CA 707, 708, 710, 711.
Cited. 26 CS 329.