Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LV - Plumbers › Chapter 3 - Licenses › Section LV-313 - Water Supply Protection Specialist Endorsement

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No natural person shall engage in the work
				of a water supply protection specialist unless he possesses an endorsement to
				either a master plumber license or a journeyman plumber license or renewals
				thereof issued by the board. The board shall issue such an endorsement to
				either form of license to any person who qualifies under the board's
				regulations and who desires to engage in doing the work of a water supply
				protection specialist, if he passes an examination given by the board and pays
				the fees established by the board.
B. As authorized by
				R.S.
				37:1368(H), the board shall
				recognize and certify certain programs of education and training of water
				supply protection specialist offered by private or public organizations or
				institutions compliant with
ASSE International, Cross-Connection
				Control Professional Qualifications Standard ASSE Series 5000
or a
				nationally recognized, board-approved program. A journeyman or master plumber
				licensed by this board who successfully completes any such program shall
				qualify for admission to an examination offered under
				§313.A of these
				regulations. Any such organization must satisfy the board that its program or
				programs includes training and testing as specified in the
ASSE
				International, Cross-Connection Control Professional Qualifications Standard
				ASSE Series 5000,
or a nationally-recognized, board-approved
				program.
C. Courses of instruction
				defined in this Section must be provided by a person or persons meeting the
				credentials and requirements of
ASSE Series 5000,
or a
				nationally-recognized board-approved program.
D. To be eligible for board certification
				pursuant to
				R.S.
				37:1368(H), an interested
				organization providing water supply protection specialist training and
				education must complete a written application on a form or forms supplied by
				the board. The board shall be entitled to receive timely information on the
				program or programs administered by such organization and background of
				instructors upon request at any time. The board, acting through its
				representatives, may also inspect the facility and observe the actual training
				and education programs used and offered by such organization. Failure to
				cooperate with the board and its representatives may be grounds for denial or
				withdrawal of board certification of any such organization. The board may
				investigate complaints concerning such programs. Adverse administrative action
				affecting an organization's application for certification or its continued
				status as an organization certified by the board pursuant to
				R.S.
				37:1368(H) will be subject
				to the Administrative Procedure Act.
E. The board may accept, in lieu of an
				examination directly administered by the board to any applicant, the verifiable
				results of an examination administered by an organization certified pursuant to
				R.S.
				37:1368(H) as evidence of
				successful completion of the examination referred to in
				R.S.
				37:1368(H). Any papers from
				such examinations must be available for inspection and the board may require
				notarized affidavits from the applicant and the administering organization
				representative attesting to the accuracy of the examination results and the
				scope of any such examination, which must minimally include the subject areas
				described in this Section.
F. An
				applicant for a water supply protection specialist endorsement must attach to
				his application a money order or check for the appropriate fee established in
				§312
G. Regular quarterly
				examinations for water supply protection specialist endorsements may be held in
				conjunction with examinations for journeyman or master plumber license
				applications, or on such days specially set by the board. Interested persons
				shall be notified of the examination schedule.
H. A water supply protection specialist
				endorsement application must be submitted to the office of the state Plumbing
				Board of Louisiana not less than 30 days before any scheduled
				examination.
I. The chairman of the
				board shall appoint an examiner or examiners to conduct water supply protection
				specialist endorsement examinations. An examiner may be a representative of a
				private or public professional service provider qualified to administer a
				standardized, nationally recognized test duly adopted by the board.
J. Any person, who at any time is cited by
				the board for working as a water supply protection specialist without
				possessing an endorsement to that effect, shall be subject to a special
				enforcement fee as a precondition to any subsequent examination or licensing of
				any nature. This fee shall be in addition to the regular fees assessed by the
				board.
K. Any person, who at any
				time is cited by the board for working as a water supply protection specialist
				without possessing an endorsement to that effect, shall be subject to a special
				enforcement fee as a precondition to any subsequent examination or licensing of
				any nature. This fee shall be in addition to the regular fees assessed by the
				board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:1366(D) and
				  R.S.
				  37:1368(H).