2007 Minnesota Statutes

326.245 MANUFACTURED ELECTRICAL PARTS; EXEMPTION.
    Subdivision 1. Manufacturers. Electrical components, apparatus, or appliances being
manufactured within the limits of property which is owned or leased by a manufacturer and such
manufacturer's production employees are not covered by sections 326B.31 to 326B.399.
    Subd. 2. Electrical appliance units. Installation, alteration, or repair of electrical appliance
units are not covered by sections 326B.31 to 326B.399. For the purposes of this section, "electrical
appliance units" means all electrical and fossil fuel appliances that use electricity including, but
not limited to, furnaces, water heaters, stoves, clothes washers, dryers, and dishwashers. The
installation of electrical wiring to an electrical appliance unit is covered by sections 326B.31 to
326B.399.
    Subd. 3. Other units. Planning, laying out, and installation of heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, or refrigeration units are not covered by sections 326B.31 to 326B.399. For
purposes of this section, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration units include,
but are not limited to, air conditioning units, air conditioning evaporators, air conditioning
condensers, air conditioning and refrigeration chillers, boilers, furnaces, air handling units,
rooftop units, humidifiers, ice makers, and supermarket, ice arena, and bar/restaurant equipment.
The installation of electrical wiring to the unit is covered by sections 326B.31 to 326B.399.
    Subd. 4. Other equipment. Planning, laying out, alteration, replacement, or repair of
heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration equipment, and associated devices,
controls, and wiring including wiring in or on the equipment, are not covered by sections
326B.31 to 326B.399 when the work is performed by an employee of a heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, or refrigeration contractor provided that the employee performing the work has
received a certificate of completion from a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration
apprenticeship program approved by the state of Minnesota or any class of personal license issued
by the commissioner. Employees registered in an approved heating, ventilating, air conditioning,
or refrigeration program may design, plan, alter, replace, or repair heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, or refrigeration equipment, devices, and controls including wiring in or on the
equipment, under the direction of an employee who has a certificate of completion from an
approved program or any class of personal license issued by the commissioner. The installation of
electrical wiring to the unit is covered by sections 326B.31 to 326B.399.
History: 1967 c 602 s 5; 1986 c 373 s 10; 1991 c 289 s 33; 2002 c 328 s 29; 2007 c 140
art 5 s 29