Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY
Part V - Fire Protection
Chapter 32 - Property Protection Licensing
Section V-3205 - Exceptions

1. firms and/or persons engaging in the activity of certifying, inspecting, installing, integrating, or servicing fire detection and alarm equipment and/or systems in commercial businesses;

2. the certifying, inspecting, installing, integrating, or servicing of security or CCTV equipment and/or systems by building owners or their direct employees;

3. public agencies and their direct employees engaging in the activity of certifying, inspecting, installing, integrating, or servicing camera systems in public vehicles;

4. law enforcement agencies or private investigation firms currently licensed by the Louisiana Board of Private Investigators installing camera systems in conjunction with an active investigation. Individual private investigators must be licensed through a private investigation firm with the Louisiana Board of Private Investigators to be exempt from this Subpart;

5. firms and/or persons who sell security, locking and/or camera systems and equipment at wholesale to contractors licensed per R.S. 40:1664.1 et seq.;

6. general contractors and their employees who are properly licensed through the Louisiana State Board of Contractors or a building owner that installs or removes complete stand alone electro-mechanical locks when doing so in the course of residential or commercial new construction or remodeling. Additionally, the general contractor can install all associated hardware specified to be installed on the door. This exemption only applies to the firm which is acting as the general contractor on the project. It does not apply to other firms which hold a General contractor's license but are only acting as a sub-contractor on the project;

7. any merchant or retail store that is in the business of recoding new locks on the retail premises. Locks must be purchased at the same location and recoded at the time of purchase;

8. firms and/or persons who only install bank locking equipment, including but not limited to, vaults, safes, automatic teller machines, and/or safety deposit boxes, while doing so in conjunction with a licensed locksmith or bank locking contractor. The licensed locksmith or bank locking contractor shall certify the installation;

9. any manufacturer, and his employee or representative, who acts as a consultant to a certified firm in the certifying, inspecting, installing, integrating, or servicing of property protection systems and/or equipment while under the direct supervision of the certified firm.