Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LV - Plumbers
Chapter 3 - Licenses
Section LV-307 - Requirements to Take Exam for Gas Fitter's License
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Requirements
B. Regular quarterly examinations will be held on such days and in such locations as set by the board. Regularly scheduled examinations are subject to postponement or relocation to accommodate legal holidays or other conditions beyond the control of the board.
C. Failure to report for examination will result in the forfeiture of the applicant's fee. This forfeiture may be reversed by the board upon showing a good cause by the applicant explaining his failure to attend the scheduled examination.
D. Special examinations may be held at such times and places as the board may direct. Any person or persons may request that he be examined by the board at times and places other than the regularly scheduled examination dates, and the board shall examine such applicant or applicants as are qualified, at a reasonable time and place designated by the board after notice of such request, at the payment of a fee as established by the board.
E. The examination shall be given by one or more examiners. At least one board member shall be present. If one is not available, the executive director shall oversee examinations only after notification to all board members.
F. The chairman of the board shall appoint the examiner or examiners, who may be representatives of a private professional service provider qualified to administer a standardized, nationally recognized test duly adopted by the board. If necessary, the chairman shall appoint additional examiners to conduct any special examination required as an accommodation to a qualified disabled individual under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
G. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, any person or persons who at any time within three years of being cited by the board or its agents for engaging in the work of a gas fitter at a time when he did not possess a license or renewal thereof issued by the board, or was otherwise subject to civil or criminal prosecution for doing the work of a gas fitter without possessing a license or renewal thereof issued by the board, may request that he be examined by the board pursuant to this Section, but only after the payment of a special enforcement fee as established by the board, which shall be in addition to the regular license fee established by the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1366(D).