Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Marking
of vehicles. All service vehicles owned or operated by firms or their employees
used for regulated activities, as defined by
R.S.
40:1664.1 et seq., and these Rules shall have
the firm name, firm certificate number and firm telephone number permanently
inscribed, painted, stenciled or affixed by magnetic means on such vehicles.
Such markings shall be a minimum of two and one-half inches in height and not
less than one-forth inch in width. Letters and numbers shall be on a
contrasting background and be conspicuously seen from the outside of the
vehicle. This requirement does not prevent a firm to use an unmarked vehicle on
special occasions where covert work is required.
B. Restrictions
1. Certificate or license holders are not
agents or representatives of the State of Louisiana, the Department of Public
Safety or the Office of the State Fire Marshal. No claims or inferences of such
shall be made.
2. A certificate or
license does not authorize anyone to enforce these Rules or to enter any
building without the owner's permission or to engage in property protection
activity without the owner's permission.
3. Certificate and license holders shall not
allow the use of their certificate or licenses by other firms, persons or
employees.
4. A license holder
shall not perform any property protection activity unless employed by and
within the course and scope of that employment with a firm regulated by the
provisions of
R.S.
40:1664.1 et seq.
5. A person shall not perform any act for
which a certificate or license is required unless:
a. first being certified or licensed to
perform such acts; and
b. is
employed by a firm certified to perform those acts; and
c. is performing those acts for the certified
firm by which he is employed.
6. An apprentice, as defined in these rules,
shall not perform any activity regulated by
R.S.
40:1664.1 et seq., unless employed by a
certified firm and directly supervised by a license holder authorized to
perform such act or acts. Both the apprentice and licensee shall be employed by
the same certified firm.
7. Nothing
in these rules shall prevent an appropriately certified firm or licensed person
from certifying, inspecting, installing, integrating, maintaining, selling, or
servicing any manufacturer's system or equipment.
C. Multiple Names and Locations
1. If a firm uses multiple names (i.e. trade
or "doing business as" names), it must apply for a separate certificate of
registration for each name if the firm name has a separate state or federal tax
number. If the firm name does not have a separate state or federal tax number,
then if shall be permitted to be registered with the firm's primary name. Only
one trade or "doing business as" name shall be permitted to be registered along
with the firm's primary name. Any other name that the firm wishes to use must
have its own certificate of registration and must meet all licensing
requirements as a separate and independent firm.
2. If a firm uses multiple locations, each
location must apply for and receive its own certificate of registration. Each
location is considered a separate firm and must meet all licensing requirements
for firms.
3. If a firm advertises
telephone numbers for dispatch purposes in various locations but has no
physical office in those locations, then the advertisement must indicate "For
Dispatch Only."
D.
Special Locking System Required Certification
1. A building owner shall ensure that each
special locking system within his commercial business is certified annually.
Only the following systems as outlined in NFPA 101 shall require an annual
certification:
a. electronically controlled
egress door assemblies;
b. health
care locking systems;
c. delayed
egress systems;
d. access
controlled systems;
e. elevator
lobby exit access door assembly locking systems;
f. pedestrian gate systems; and
g. detention locking systems.
2. Special locking systems shall
be certified by a firm with the appropriate endorsement as follows:
|
Type of Endorsement
|
Type of System
|
|
Electronically Controlled Egress Door
Assemblies
|
Health Care
Locking Systems
|
Access Control
Systems
|
Delayed Egress Systems
|
Elevator Lobby Exit Access Door Assembly
Locking Systems
|
Pedestrian
Gate Systems
|
Detention Locking Systems
|
|
Security
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Locksmith
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Special Locking
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Gate Systems
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Detention Locking
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
3.
For the purpose of determining the exact date of a required certification, the
following guidelines shall apply: where only the year is known but not the
month, January shall be used for the month, where the month is known but not
the day, the first day of the month shall be used.
4. Annual certifications must be performed
between 30 days prior and 30 days after the previous year's certification
date.
5. The certified firm shall
not be responsible for more frequent inspections as required by the applicable
engineered specifications, manufacturer's specifications or per the inspection,
testing and maintenance chapters as set forth in the applicable NFPA codes and
standards unless under contract to perform such.
E. Advertising. All advertising indicating
property protection activity within Louisiana, including but not limited to
telephone advertising, bids, letter head and business cards, shall indicate a
firm's certificate of registration number, the firm's physical address and
local telephone number. Yard signs must include the firm's certificate of
registration number and may include a monitoring station telephone number. They
do not need to include the firm's local telephone or physical
address.
F. Service Invoices and
Inspection Reports. All service invoices or inspection reports shall reflect
the inspection, installation, integration, maintenance, or service performed,
all parts replaced, date of service, the firm name, the firm certificate
number, the technician's name who performed the work and the technician's
license number.
G. Locking Service
Record Keeping
1. A locksmith who bypasses,
manipulates, or originates a first key by code for a device safeguarding an
area where access is meant to be limited, whether or not for compensation,
shall document:
a. where the work was
performed;
b. the name, address,
date of birth, telephone number, and driver's license number or other
identification number of the person requesting the work to be done;
and
c. the signature of that
person.
2. A copy of the
work order form shall be kept by the licensed locksmith for a period of two
years and shall include:
a. the name and
license number of the locksmith; or
b. the name and identification number of the
registered employee who performed the services.
3. Work order forms required to be kept under
this Section shall be available for inspection upon written request made three
days in advance by the state fire marshal or his representative(s) or a law
enforcement agency.
4. A locksmith
who bypasses, manipulates, or originates a first key for a motor vehicle,
whether or not for compensation, shall document:
a. the name, address, date of birth,
telephone number, vehicle identification number, and driver's license number or
other identification number of the person requesting entry; and
b. the signature of that person.
5. A copy of the work order form
shall be kept by the licensed locksmith for a period of two years and shall
include:
a. the name and license number of the
locksmith; or
b. the name and
identification number of the registered employee who performed the
services.
6. Work order
forms required to be kept under this Section shall be available for inspection
upon written request made three days in advance by the state fire marshal or
his representative(s) or a law enforcement agency.
H. Security System Panels, Factory Default
Code Reset
1. A security system owner who
wishes to change security firms must notify the existing firm in writing of his
wishes if he desires to have the panel program code reset. All financial
obligations of the system owner to the existing firm must be met prior to firm
being required to reset the panel program code to factory default.
2. The firm shall return the panel program
code to factory default within five working days upon written notice by the
system owner.
3. Where a panel
program code cannot be reset to factory default, then the panel shall be
cleared of its memory to allow complete reprogramming or the existing firm
shall install a new control panel for the security system owner.
4. This provision does not apply to panels
which are proprietary in nature and will not work unless monitored and/or
maintained by the proprietary firm.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
40:1664.2 et
seq.
