La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LV-303

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LV-303 - Application for License

A. Applications for journeyman plumber license shall be completed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant. Each applicant, shall have been registered as an apprentice with the board during the time period in which they are submitting hours of manual labor of the trade of plumbing, be qualified to take the examination without assistance, and provide whatever other information is requested, on official board application form.

B. The board must satisfy itself that an indentured apprentice plumber has satisfactorily completed the approved apprenticeship program.

C. Applications for master plumber license shall be completed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant. The applicant must submit proof that he is licensed by the board at the time of application as a journeyman plumber or the applicant must submit proof that he is a professional engineer licensed by the state of Louisiana with experience in the art of plumbing as defined in R.S. 37:1377.D. He must furnish whatever other information relevant to his experience that is requested in the application form or specially requested by the board.

D. An application for medical gas piping installer shall be completed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant. The applicant must submit proof that he has completed a course of training described in §304 by an organization certified by the board pursuant to R.S. 37:1368.G. Additionally, the applicant must present proof of maintenance of performance qualification as a brazer in accordance with §304 The applicant must furnish whatever other information relevant to his experience that is requested in the application form or specially requested by the board.

E. An application for a water supply protection specialist endorsement to a master or journeyman plumber license shall be completed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant. The applicant must submit proof that he is licensed by the board at the time of application as a master or journeyman plumber. The applicant must submit proof that he has completed a course of training described in §310 He must furnish whatever other information relevant to his experience that is requested in the application form or specifically requested by the board.

F. An application for medical gas and vacuum systems verifiers license shall be completed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant. The applicant must submit proof that he has successfully completed a course of training and related certification testing described in §315 by an organization certified by the board pursuant to R.S. 37:1368(I). The applicant must furnish whatever information relevant to his experience that is requested in the application form or specifically requested by the board.

G. Applications for gas fitter license shall be completed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant. Each applicant shall have been registered as an apprentice with the board during the time in which they are submitting hours of manual labor of the trade of gas fitting, be qualified to take the examination without assistance, and provide whatever other information is requested, on official board application form.

1. Each applicant shall be qualified to take the examination without assistance, and provide whatever other information is requested, on official board application form.

H. The board must satisfy itself that an indentured apprentice gas fitter has satisfactorily completed the approved apprenticeship program.

I. Applications for master gas fitter license shall be completed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant. The applicant must submit proof that he is licensed by the board at the time of application as a gas fitter or the applicant must submit proof that he is a professional engineer licensed by the state of Louisiana with experience in the art of gas fitting as defined in R.S. 37:1377(K). He must furnish whatever other information relevant to his experience that is requested in the application form or specially requested by the board.

J. Applications for tradesman plumber limited license shall be completed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant. Each applicant must possess a current apprentice registration certificate issued by the board and must furnish references from three journeyman and/or master plumbers licensed by this board, stating the period, to the best of their knowledge, that the applicant has worked at the manual labor of the trade of plumbing and is qualified to take the examination without assistance, and provide whatever other information is requested, on official board application form.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LV-303

Adopted by the Department of Labor, Plumbing Board, 1968, amended and promulgated by the Department of Employment and Training, Plumbing Board, LR 17:50 (January 1991), amended by the Department of Labor, Plumbing Board, LR 21:1348 (December 1995), LR 26:329 (February 2000), Amended by the Workforce Commission, Plumbing Board, LR 42576 (4/1/2016), Amended by the Workforce Commission, Plumbing Board, LR 43542 (3/1/2017), Amended by the Workforce Commission, Plumbing Board, LR 43972 (5/1/2017), Amended LR 49917 (5/1/2023), Amended by the Workforce Commission, Plumbing Board, LR 5042 (1/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1366(D).