Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LV - Plumbers › Chapter 3 - Licenses › Section LV-304 - Medical Gas Piping Installer License

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No natural person shall engage in the work
				or business of medical gas piping installation unless he possesses a license or
				renewal thereof issued by this board. The board shall issue a medical gas
				piping installer license to any person who qualifies under the board's
				regulations and who desires to engage in the work or business of a medical gas
				piping installer if he passes a written and manual examination given by the
				board for this purpose and pays the fees established by the board. No person
				shall qualify for examination as a medical gas piping installer unless he
				completes a course of training provided by an organization recognized by the
				board pursuant to this Section.
B.
				As authorized by
				R.S.
				37:1368.G, the board shall recognize and
				certify certain programs of education and training of medical gas piping
				installation offered by private or public organizations or institutions. A
				natural person's satisfactory completion of any such program shall qualify him
				for admission to an examination offered under
				§304.
				A of these regulations. Any such organization
				must satisfy the board that its program or programs meets the following
				criteria.
1. The program is open to those
				members of the public that meet the requirements of American Society of
				Sanitary Engineering International (ASSE)
Professional Qualifications
				Standard for Medical Gas Systems Personnel Series 6000, Standard 6010
,
				latest edition.
2. The program
				meets criteria prescribed by the board and compliant with the guidelines of the
ASSE International Series 6000, Standard 6010
, latest edition.
a. - q. Repealed.
3. The program must employ or utilize
				certified welding inspectors (CWI) to witness brazing exercises and the
				certification of brazers in accordance with American Welding Society (AWS),
				Standard for Brazing Procedures and Performance Qualification.
4. The program must be conducted at a
				facility capable of housing brazing qualification procedures administered to
				trainees in accordance with either section IX, "Welding and Brazing
				Qualifications" of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Boiler and Pressure Code
or AWS B2.2, standard for brazing
				procedure and performance qualification, as modified by National Fire
				Protection Association (NFPA)
NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities
				Code
, latest edition. Such brazing training must be performed and
				qualified on 1 1/2 inch nominal type "L" copper tubing in compliance with
				section IX of the
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
, latest
				edition,
NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code
, latest edition
				and
ASSE International Series 6000, Standard 6010
, latest
				edition.
5. Courses of instruction
				defined in this Section must be provided by a person or persons possessing a
				current medical gas system instructor certification compliant with the
				guidelines of
ASSE Series International Series 6000, Standard
				6050
, pursuant to
				R.S.
				37:1368(G).