Section 27-3017. Electrical work by unauthorized persons; false representations

a.   Work   without   appropriate   license,    false  representation  prohibited. 1. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
  two of this subdivision, it shall be unlawful for any person to  perform
  electrical work except under a license issued to a master electrician or
  special  electrician  as  provided in this chapter. It shall be unlawful
  for any person to advertise or to hold himself, herself or itself out as
  authorized to engage in  the  business  of  performing  electrical  work
  unless  such  person is authorized to perform such work pursuant to this
  chapter  under  an   appropriate   master   electrician's   or   special
  electrician's license. No person shall cause any such work to be done by
  any  person  unless  he  or  she is an employee of and working under the
  direct supervision of a person authorized to perform such work  pursuant
  to this chapter and the rules of the department. No person shall falsely
  represent  that  he,  she or it is authorized to perform electrical work
  under a master electrician's or special electrician's license  or  shall
  use  in  any  advertising  the  words  "master electrician" or the words
  "licensed electrician" or the words "electrical contractor" or any words
  of similar meaning or import on any sign, card,  letterhead  or  in  any
  other  manner  unless  such  person  is  so  authorized pursuant to this
  chapter and the rules of the department.
    2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of paragraph one of this
  subdivision, the commissioner may authorize business entities engaged in
  the business of  installing,  maintaining  or  repairing  communication,
  signaling,  alarm  or  data  transmission systems to perform low voltage
  electrical work under a certification issued to a low voltage  installer
  as provided in this chapter and the rules of the department.
    b.  False  statement.  No  person  shall,  with  intent  to defraud or
  deceive, knowingly make a false statement, or cause  or  procure  to  be
  made  or  aid  and  assist  in  the  making  of  a false statement in an
  application for a master electrician's or special electrician's  license
  or for certification as a low voltage installer or in an application for
  approval of a master electrician business or the renewal of a license or
  certificate  or  in  an  application for a permit and approval or in any
  application provided for in this chapter, or in any proof or  instrument
  in  writing  in  connection  therewith, or in any examination hereunder,
  deceive or substitute or cause another to deceive or substitute.
    c. Penalty. Any person, partnership or corporation who  shall  violate
  any  of  the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
  punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than
  five thousand dollars for the first offense, not less than one  thousand
  dollars  nor more than five thousand dollars for the second offense, and
  not less than fifteen  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  five  thousand
  dollars for the third offense or any successive offense thereafter or by
  six months imprisonment or by both such fine and imprisonment.