One Prov exam of 100 questions in 4 hours, open book, and you need 75%. Since August 1, 2025 it combines code and theory in one exam. Grounding and bonding is the largest area at 10 questions, the theory areas add up to 30, and Utah laws and rules are 4.

The 2023 NEC, the edition Utah adopts. No move to the 2026 NEC has been announced: the version of the code-adoption statute that takes effect January 1, 2027 still names the 2023 edition.

Yes. The references are the 2023 NEC, Ugly's Electrical References (2023) and the Utah licensing laws and rules; the master exam adds NFPA 70E (2024) and Utah Labor Commission and OSHA rules. You may bring the current or an older edition of the code. Permanent tabs, highlighting and underlining are allowed. Post-its, repositionable tabs, handwritten notes, formula sheets and add-on indexes are not, and you cannot mark your books during the test. The only calculator allowed is Prov's on-screen one.

Prov, at its test centers in Layton, Provo, Sandy and St. George, or remotely through Examroom. The bulletin lists an $85 fee for each combined theory and code exam; it does not state the master law and rule exam's fee separately. You need 75%, and results are given on site. If you fail, you wait 30 days to retest; after six failed attempts, you wait 120 days before each later attempt.

Yes. Journeyman candidates take the Utah Electrician Practical (6 tasks in 130 minutes), and residential candidates take the Residential Electrician Practical (4 tasks in 95 minutes). Master and residential master candidates take the practical too unless they already passed it for a journeyman license. No books are allowed at the practical.

Every two years. You need 16 hours of continuing education per term, at least 12 of them core: 8 hours on the NEC and 4 on NFPA 70E.

Utah licenses by endorsement. DOPL publishes which other states' licenses it accepts for each license type; if your state has no equivalent license, you must meet Utah's requirements.

You can sit the exam after completing an approved 576-hour program and 6,000 hours as a licensed apprentice; the license itself needs 8,000 hours. Without a program, you need 16,000 hours as a licensed apprentice. The bulletin says that from January 1, 2026, your training school must approve your first registration before you can schedule.