2006 Minnesota Statutes

326.243 SAFETY STANDARDS.
All electrical wiring, apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat and power, technology
circuits or systems shall comply with the rules of the Department of Commerce or the Department
of Labor and Industry, as applicable, and be installed in conformity with accepted standards
of construction for safety to life and property. For the purposes of this chapter, the rules and
safety standards stated at the time the work is done in the then most recently published edition of
the National Electrical Code as adopted by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc. and
approved by the American National Standards Institute, and the National Electrical Safety Code
as published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. and approved by the
American National Standards Institute, shall be prima facie evidence of accepted standards
of construction for safety to life and property; provided further, that in the event a Minnesota
Building Code is formulated pursuant to section 16B.61, containing approved methods of
electrical construction for safety to life and property, compliance with said methods of electrical
construction of said Minnesota Building Code shall also constitute compliance with this section,
and provided further, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit any political subdivision from
making and enforcing more stringent requirements than set forth herein and such requirements
shall be complied with by all licensed electricians working within the jurisdiction of such political
subdivisions.
History: 1967 c 602 s 3; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c
544 s 89; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1985 c 73 s 10; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 6 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 4
art 6 s 74; 2002 c 328 s 24