Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LV - Plumbers › Chapter 3 - Licenses › Section LV-310 - Renewals

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All plumbing and
				medical gas piping installer licenses, medical gas and vacuums systems verifier
				licenses, as well as water supply protection endorsements, expire December 31
				of each year. Applications for renewal will be mailed out by the end of
				October. The issuance of renewals will commence November 1 of each year. The
				term "renewal application" as used in this Section shall refer to all licenses
				and endorsements issued by the board.
B. All renewal applications received at the
				board's office later than midnight the last day of December will be delinquent
				and will require a revival fee in addition to the renewal fee. Any license not
				renewed by the last day of December will pay a revival fee, in addition to the
				renewal fee, if renewed between January 1 and March 31. Any license renewed
				after March 31, will require an increased revival fee, in addition to the
				renewal fee. The fees are set forth in
				§312 Any person
				performing the work of a tradesman plumber, journeyman plumber or a master
				plumber without the appropriate license issued by the board after March 31 of
				any year without having renewed his license from the immediately preceding year
				shall be subject to the special enforcement fee established in
				§305 or
				§306 or
				§309
C. A person who has
				allowed his previously issued tradesman plumber or journeyman plumber license
				to expire may be afforded the option, in lieu of re-examination, of paying a
				special revival fee of $50 per year for each year the license was not renewed
				up to a limit of four consecutive years. However, any such person who performs
				the work of a journeyman plumber without possessing a license issued by the
				board during this period shall be subject to the special enforcement fee
				established in
				§305 or
				§309
D. A person who has
				allowed his previously issued master plumber license, inactive master plumber
				license or restricted master plumber license to expire may be afforded the
				option, in lieu of re-examination, of paying a special revival fee of $250 per
				year for each year the license was not renewed up to a limit of four
				consecutive years. A person who qualifies for issuance of a restricted master
				plumber license by virtue of
				R.S.
				37:1368(C) or (D), as
				amended by Act 752 of the 1990 Regular Session, must apply for such license on
				or before December 31, 1991. A first time application by any such person after
				December 31, 1991 will be subject to the revival fee provisions. Any person who
				performs the work of a master plumber without possessing a license issued by
				the board during any period of lapsed license or prior to applying for a
				restricted master plumber license as provided herein shall be subject to the
				special enforcement fee established in
				§306 G
D. A person who has allowed his previously
				issued master plumber license, or inactive master plumber license to expire may
				be afforded the option, in lieu of re-examination, of paying a special revival
				fee of $250 per year for each year the license was not renewed up to a limit of
				four consecutive years. Any person who performs the work of a master plumber
				without possessing a license issued by the board during any period of lapsed
				license shall be subject to the special enforcement fee established in
				§306
F.
1. As authorized by
				R.S.
				37:1366(J)(3) the board may
				waive the examination required for the issuance of a gas fitter or master gas
				fitter license to any person who meets and provides verifiable proof that he
				met at least one of the following requirements:
a. that prior to July 1, 2016, he held a
				journeyman plumber license issued by the board and was employed by an employing
				entity performing gas fitting work verifiable by any such employing
				entity;
b. that prior to July 1,
				2016 he held a journeyman gas fitter license issued by a municipality or other
				local governmental authority;
c.
				that prior to July 1, 2016 he held a master gas fitter license issued by a
				municipality or other local governmental authority;
d. that prior to July 1, 2016 he held a state
				License Board for Contractors mechanical work (statewide) license; or
e. that prior to July 1, 2016 he held a
				master plumber license issued by the board and performed gas fitter work
				verified by at least three invoices or building permits as proof of work
				performance.