§37:1380. Insurance requirements for master plumbers
RS 37:1380 – Insurance requirements for master plumbers A. No master plumber license shall be issued, renewed, or revived until the applicant has provided proof acceptable to the board that insurance has been issued to the employing entity which is designated in accordance with R.S. 37:1367 by an insurer authorized to do business in this […]
§37:1371. Fees
RS 37:1371 – Fees A.(1) The board may fix and charge reasonable examination, licensing, and renewal fees for tradesman, journeyman, and master plumbers, temporary permit fees for journeyman plumbers, and renewal fees for inactive master plumbers. The board may fix and charge reasonable examination, licensing, and renewal fees for persons engaged in the work or […]
§37:1372. Inspections
RS 37:1372 – Inspections The board shall at reasonable times and hours inspect plumbing work, medical gas piping installation, gas fitting work, and the work of water supply protection specialists under its jurisdiction to assure compliance with this Chapter. The board may appoint and compensate special enforcement officers for this purpose. Acts 1990, No. 752, […]
§37:1373. Injunctions
RS 37:1373 – Injunctions A. The board may enjoin any person from engaging in doing the work of a tradesman plumber, journeyman plumber, master plumber, medical gas piping installer, medical gas and vacuum systems verifier, gas fitter, master gas fitter, or water supply protection specialist wherever it appears that a person is violating or is […]
§37:1374. Penalty
RS 37:1374 – Penalty A. Whoever violates the provisions of this Chapter shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. B.(1) Upon receipt of a complaint from a consumer for whom the work was performed, the Louisiana State […]
§37:1375. Applicability of Chapter
RS 37:1375 – Applicability of Chapter This Chapter shall apply to: A. All cities, towns, villages, communities and public sewerage and/or water districts in the State of Louisiana. B. All areas within one mile of the boundary of any city or sewer or water districts, referred to above; and all areas within one mile of […]
§37:1376. Exceptions
RS 37:1376 – Exceptions A. Any journeyman who has not been licensed and does his work in a place not previously under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Plumbing Board shall, upon payment of the regular examination fee, be issued a permit to continue the art of plumbing, limited to the area in which he […]
§37:1377. Definitions; exceptions
RS 37:1377 – Definitions; exceptions A. Master plumber. A “master plumber” is a natural person who possesses the necessary qualifications and knowledge to plan and lay out plumbing systems; who supervises journeyman plumbers in the installation, alteration, and/or repair of plumbing systems; and who is licensed as such by the board. B.(1) Journeyman plumber. A […]
§37:1378. Revocation of licenses; other disciplinary actions
RS 37:1378 – Revocation of licenses; other disciplinary actions A. The board may, pursuant to the procedures provided in the Administrative Procedure Act, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license or endorsement issued by the board to any natural person. Grounds for revocation, or lesser disciplinary action, include but are not limited to the […]
§37:1379. Advisory committee
RS 37:1379 – Advisory committee There shall be an advisory committee appointed by the Louisiana Pipe Trades Association and the Louisiana Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors, Inc., with each organization appointing five members to the committee. The committee shall have access to all meetings and records of the board and shall have the […]