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

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

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