Board Rules for Electrical Contractors

The statute (lesson cilb-01) sets the frame; the State Construction Industry Licensing Board's rules (Department 121 of the Georgia Compiled Rules and Regulations) fill in the application mechanics, the experience-credit arithmetic, continuing education and business registration. The NASCLA Georgia guide reprints these rules, so exam items quote them by number. Caution: the rules on file were written under the pre-2026 statute. Where a rule and the re-enacted O.C.G.A. 43-14 (effective July 1, 2026) disagree — the Class I ampere limit, the years of experience, the days allowed to report a severance — the statute controls; this lesson labels every number with its source so you can answer either way an item is written.

1. Applying — Rules 121-2-.01 and 121-3-.01

• The application goes on the division's form with the non-refundable application fee (set to recover processing costs and published in a fee schedule).
• Criminal history: before licensure the applicant reports any finding or plea of guilty, nolo contendere or First Offender treatment for a felony or misdemeanor other than minor traffic offences — misdemeanors more than five years old only if the board asks. Failing to disclose is a ground for discipline, and the divisions may discipline anyone guilty of a felony, a crime of moral turpitude or a Georgia Controlled Substances Act violation (121-2-.01(3)–(4)). An applicant with an ADA disability may request a testing accommodation in writing (121-2-.01(5)). Renewal and reinstatement applications disclose anything new since the last application and authorize a criminal-history check (121-4-.02(6)); the 2026 statute adds fingerprint-based background checks at the applicant's expense (43-14-8(g)).
• Rule 121-3-.01 basics: the applicant is at least 21 years of age, scores at least 70 on the appropriate examination, pays the fees, and files three references on the board's form from people who can attest to the electrical experience — at least one from a licensed electrical contractor, who writes in his or her registration number.
• Rule 121-3-.01(1) describe