TITLE XXX
OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 319-C
ELECTRICIANS

Section 319-C:5

    319-C:5 Inspectors. –
I. The state fire marshal shall be empowered to appoint such inspectors as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and RSA 319-C. Any person so employed shall be under the administration and supervisory direction of the state fire marshal.
II. An inspector appointed under this section shall have authority to enter any premises in which an electrical installation subject to rules adopted under RSA 319-C:6-a is being installed, replaced or repaired for the purpose of making such inspection as is necessary to carry out his responsibilities under this section.
III. The inspector may order the removal or correction of any violation of any rule adopted under RSA 319-C:6-a, and may order any public utility furnishing electricity to such installation to disconnect the same until the violations are corrected.
IV. Whenever an inspector orders the removal or correction of a violation under paragraph III, he shall immediately notify the local building inspection department or administrative authority of the town where the violation is located, and further order that all work related to correction of the violation be discontinued. The local building authority shall approve the continuation of work on the installation upon being satisfied that any violations have been corrected and shall notify the inspector of such approval.
IV-a. In furtherance of assisting the appointed inspectors with their duties under this section, the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification, or its designees, shall share with the state fire marshal, or its designees, a data export for current licensees and past licensees of the electricians' board from the official record of the office and the board. The data export shall be sent at such intervals and only include such information as the state fire marshal and executive director agree is necessary for the inspectors to perform their daily responsibilities. Such information shall not include personal information as that term is defined in RSA 359-I, except it may include contact information for current and past licensees of the board. For any shared information that the office is required to hold confidential and exempt from the disclosure requirements of RSA 91-A, the state fire marshal shall also be required to hold confidential and exempt from the requirements of RSA 91-A.
V. A state, city, or town building official or code enforcement officer appointed by the administrative authority of the state, city, or town, who performs electrical inspections authorized in accordance with RSA 155-A:2, IV, RSA 155-A:2, VI, or RSA 155-A:3 shall have the authority to check the license or identification card issued under this chapter.

Source. 1975, 485:1. 1981, 356:7. 2005, 122:3; 177:107. 2012, 237:3, eff. June 4, 2013. 2017, 201:1, eff. Sept. 3, 2017. 2023, 79:292, eff. Sept. 1, 2023. 2025, 141:145, eff. July 1, 2025. 2026, 104:6, eff. July 27, 2026; 318:19, eff. July 1, 2026 at 12:01 a.m.