Caroline County board approves two‑year electrician registration, $75 fee; staff to bring draft to commissioners

Caroline County — The Caroline County advisory board voted unanimously to establish a two‑year electrician registration requiring a valid state license, a valid driver’s license and a certificate of insurance and set the proposed registration fee at $75.

The action, moved and seconded during the meeting, passed on a voice vote. Board members also directed staff to prepare a draft regulation and supporting materials for presentation to the county commissioners, and asked staff to gather nearby counties’ registration rules for comparison.

The registration requirement is intended to reduce so‑called “license farming” and unlicensed or uninsured contracting activity that board members said has been reported in and around the county. Several speakers described cases where individuals holding journeyman or master licenses were listed on…