License required -- License classifications -- Scope

(1) (a) A person shall obtain a license under this chapter before engaging as an alarm company or an alarm company agent unless the person is exempt from licensure under Section 58-1-307 or 58-94-306. (b) The only licenses required for the licensee to engage as an alarm company or an alarm company agent are: (i) a license issued under this chapter; and (ii) a business license from the local jurisdiction where the licensee maintains the licensee's principal place of business. (c) The state or a political subdivision may not impose additional requirements on a licensee to do business except: (i) contract prequalification procedures a state agency requires; or (ii) the payment of fees a local jurisdiction makes as a condition for doing business. (2) The division shall issue a license under this chapter to a qualified person in the following classifications: (a) alarm company; or (b) alarm company agent. (3) The installation, repair, maintenance, or replacement of a battery-charged suspended-wire system or fence requires licensure under this chapter when the battery-charged suspended-wire system or fence: (a) is part of and interfaces with an alarm system for the purposes of detecting and deterring unauthorized intrusion or entry into or onto certain premises; (b) is located on property that is not designated by a municipality or county for residential use; (c) is driven by a commercial storage battery that provides no more than 12 volts of direct current; (d) is capable of producing an electric charge on contact that does not exceed energizer characteristics set for electric fence energizers by the International Electrotechnical Commission; (e) is surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is at least five feet in height; (f) is not more than the higher of: (i) two feet higher than the height of the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall; or (ii) 10 feet in height; (g) is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on the battery-charged suspended-wire system or fence at no more than 30-foot intervals and that read "WARNING -- ELECTRIC FENCE"; and (h) meets rules related to battery-charged suspended-wire systems or fences that the division adopts with the board's concurrence and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.