NYS Residental Electrical Code? (New York, York: house, inspections, live)

[NDL]

I am almost embarrassed to ask, but with NYS you can never tell:

My Father recently hired a "reputable" licensed electrician, to do some work in his home.

According to this electrician, NYS code now requires that each bedroom have an outlet controlled by a switch - supposedly to prevent people groping around in the dark (to turn on) the lights.

Is business that slow, that this electrician is concocting fables to bolster his business, or is New York State giving my Father (and everyone else) one more reason to leave (because of undue regulations)?

[twingles]

If your father has a CO on his house he doesn't need to worry about the current code. Otherwise people would be calling in the trades every year to do this, that and the other thing. Nice of your electrician to be concerned, though.

I do know when we renovated in 2005, our electrician installed two switches by the door - one to control the overhead light and one which didn't seem to control anything - in all the rooms - possibly a safeguard against this type of future change???

[NDL]

Thanks for your thoughtful reply, Twingles.

I dunno. I can't find anything online about this...I can't imagine that NYS went so far as to mandate light switches, but you never know.

[twingles]

You're right with NYS you never know.

I'll tell you what you can do - find out who does electrical inspections for the town/village your dad lives in and call them and ask. Many use this company:

Certified Electrical Inspections

or they might be able to help you access the proper code.

[NDL]

Thank you very, very, much for the link .

[kevink1955]

Switched fixture outlets (ceiling) or switched recepticals (wall) have been in the national elec code since at least 1980. There is nothing that requires upgrades to meet current codes so as long as the installation met code when it was installed there is no reason to change anything.

Does Dad have Underwriters certificates from the original inspection?, if not the town should have copys as they were needed when the original CO was issued.

[NDL]

Thanks Kevin. I don't know if my Father has the underwriters certificates. I do know that the house is wired properly; aside from a loose outlet or two, there's nothing to be concerned about.

Sounds more and more to me like the electrician he hired is having a slow season, and needs the work.