Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Board members and advisory committee
members shall be given photo ID cards so that they can act as special
enforcement officers for the board.
B. The board may employ special enforcement
officers as is necessary for the conduct of the board's affairs, as directed by
the board. These enforcement officers shall receive a salary fixed by the
board, plus travel expenses.
C. The
special enforcement officer's duties shall be as follows:
1. visit job sites and check for licenses in
areas as designated by the board;
2. conduct inspections and investigations of
plumbing work and activities of employing entities as instructed by the
board;
3. document his enforcement
activities and any violations of the plumbing law investigated by
him;
4. all reports of field work
shall be reported in writing to the board's office;
5. provide evidence in any administrative or
legal proceeding initiated under the plumbing law by the board.
D. Examiners
1. Examiners employed to conduct any
examination for a journeyman plumber license must be licensed journeyman
plumbers or possess such skill and knowledge relating to the pipe trades as the
board may deem appropriate. Examiners employed to conduct any examination for a
master plumber license shall conform with
§306 They shall be notified two weeks
prior to date of examination, and shall notify the board if they are unable to
attend. They shall receive for their wages a fee fixed by the board. The
journeyman plumber examiner shall report at least 15 minutes prior to time of
the examination, to the board member presiding over examination, and his duties
shall be as follows:
a. administer the
examination under the supervision of the board members in attendance;
b. correct any papers pertaining to the
examination and tabulate for final grades, before leaving, unless the
examination is administered by a representative of a private professional
service provider as described in §305;
c. sign each project of examination which is
assigned to and graded by him;
d.
sign master grade sheet.
2. The master plumber examiner shall report
to the board member present and shall assist the board member as
directed.
E. Custodians.
The duties of the custodians shall include the care of all tools and materials
pertaining to the examination and to assure that examination site is prepared
for the examination to commence at the scheduled time. Wherever and whenever a
person acts as both a custodian and an examiner at an examination given by this
board, he shall be paid fees due for each task.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Adopted in accordance with
R.S.
37:1377 and
R.S.
37:1366.
