Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - Architects
Chapter 23 - Application of Rules
Section I-2305 - Declaratory Orders and Rulings

A. The board may issue, upon request, a declaratory order or ruling as to the applicability of any statutory provision or of any rule or order of the board. Declaratory orders and rulings shall have the same status as board decisions or orders in disciplinary and enforcement proceedings.

B. A request for a declaratory order or ruling shall be made in the form of a written petition to the board on a form provided by the board. To be considered, the form must be completed in full.

C. A petition properly made shall be considered by the board.

D. In its consideration of the petition, the board may request further information from the person or persons who filed the petition. Any such request for further information must be answered promptly and fully.

E. The declaratory order or ruling of the board on said petition shall be in writing and mailed to the petitioner at the last address furnished to the board.

F. If the request for declaratory order or ruling concerns or is related to pending or anticipated litigation, administrative action, or other adjudication, the board may defer issuing a declaratory order or ruling until the litigation, administrative action, or other adjudication is final.

G. The board will presume that its current rules are valid unless this presumption is rebutted by persuasive evidence offered by the petitioner for the declaratory ruling. When the board determines that a rule is invalid, the board shall initiate rule-making proceedings, sending written notice of the proceedings to the person who submitted the petition.