Personal license renewals Renewal notices To encourage timely license renewals, the department mails license renewal notices at least 60 days before a license expires. Renewal notices are mailed to the address in our license records for each individual licensee. For the U.S. Postal Service to deliver license renewal notices, the department must have an accurate mailing address. It is essential because the Postal Service considers the State of Minnesota to be a mass mailer and returns all mail undeliverable as addressed, including mail where the Postal Service has a forwarding address. Individual license holders are responsible for notifying the department when they change their physical and mailing addresses. A license update form is available online at www.dli.mn.gov/ccld/forms.asp. Continuing education Requirements: Minnesota Rules 3800.3602 prohibits DLI from renewing a license that has been held for at least 24 months unless the license holder has credit for the required hours of continuing education instruction. Individuals must complete 16 hours continuing education before they may renew a license held for at least 24 months. Min. Hours Max. Hours License / NEC Code / Other Related Master A and B Elect. / 12 / 4 Master Elevator Const. / 12 / 4 Journeyman A & B Elect. / 12 / 4 Journeyman Elevator Const. / 12 / 4 Maintenance Elect. / 12 / 4 Installer A & B Elect. / 12 / 4 Power Limited Technician / 4 / 12 Unlicensed Individuals / 2 / 0 Lineman / 0 / 0 Exceptions: Licensed linemen are exempt from needing continuing education hours to renew their license. Masters are not required to complete the continuing education hours to renew the license unless the license has been held for more than 24 months. Licensee continuing education status: Licensees may check the status of their continuing education at www.dli.mn.gov/CCLD/LicElectricalEducation.asp. The CE status check is unavailable for unlicensed individuals because the department does not yet have the ability to record and track their continuing education hours. However, this capability, will be implemented for registrations that expire in 2012. Late fees State law prohibits the department from renewing a license or registration unless the individual meets the statutory requirements. For individuals holding electrical licenses, this means receipt of the license fee by the department and completion of 16 hours of continuing education by the expiration date of the license. For registered unlicensed individuals, this means receipt of the registration fee by the department and completion of two hours of continuing education by the expiration date of the registration. A late fee, however, is required if either the license/ registration fee is not received by the department, or the continuing education is not completed within 30 days of the expiration date. Individuals failing to complete their continuing education obligation within 30 days of the license/ registration expiration date are required to pay a late fee, even if they paid their license fee to the department before the license expired. Follow these steps for a smooth and timely renewal An electrical contractor license is valid only when all of the statutory requirements are met, including designation of a responsible master electrician who holds a current active license. Licensed electrical contractors must make sure their responsible master electrician renews his or her personal license. Holders of an electrical contractor license, whose responsible master electrician fails to renew their personal license will have an invalid license March 1, 2011, and thereafter until the responsible master electrician renews their personal license; or the contractor replaces the responsible master electrician. A renewed personal license means the department has issued a license after verifying the payment of the correct license fees and verifying the completion of the required 16 hours of continuing education. Verification of the correct license fee occurs on the date the department actually receives and records payment, not the date the payment was placed in the mail and post marked. Verification of continuing education hours occurs upon department receipt of the continuing education provider’s attendance roster, which is then entered into the department’s licensing computer system, and confirmation that license fee has been paid. Licensed master electricians attending continuing education in January and February 2011 may cause delays in the renewal of their licenses, thereby causing electrical contractor licenses to become invalid on March 1, 2011, and remain so until their licenses are renewed. Licensed electrical contractors should ensure their responsible licensed master electricians complete the required continuing education to prevent any risks to the validity of their contractor license. A master electrician’s continuing education status may be checked online at www.dli.mn.gov/CCLD/ LicElectricalEducation.asp. A status listed as “MET” indicates the master electrician’s license is ready for renewal. Responsible master electrician License and registration reinstatement Individuals have the length of a license or registration period to renew the license or registration. Reinstatement of a license or registration requires the payment of the license or registration fee necessary to bring it up-to-date and a late fee equal to one year’s license or registration fee. For license holders, they have up to two years after the license expires to renew their license by paying the license and late fees. Individuals failing to reinstate the license during this two-year window must pass the license examination to become licensed again. Unless these individuals have a license that permits them to perform electrical work, it also means they must register as unlicensed individuals until they pass the license examination. A generic license renewal form is available online at www.dli.mn.gov/CCLD/LicElectricalPersonal.asp. For registered unlicensed individuals, they have up to one year after the registration expires to renew their registration by paying the registration and late fees. Individuals failing to reinstate the registration during this one-year period must submit a new registration. All electrical work performed during the inactive registration period is disregarded when evaluating work experience necessary to qualify for a license examination. A generic license renewal form is available online at www.dli.mn.gov/CCLD/LicElectricalPersonal.asp |
|
|