Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A.
General
1. A third party provider shall
register with the council. Third party providers shall meet the requirements of
the general or specialty classification(s) whichever applicable and as
contracted with the parish or municipality. Furthermore, any individual
employed by a third party provider who is also performing work for the parish
or municipality, shall also be registered with this council.
B. Insurance. All third party
providers shall carry at least $500,000 in professional liability insurance.
Proof of valid and current insurance coverage must be provided to the council
upon registration and renewal of registration in the form of an insurance
certificate listing the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council as
the certificate holder.
1. Exceptions
a. Wind mitigation surveyors shall carry at
least $300,000 in professional liability insurance.
C. Restrictions
1. Third party providers shall not provide
plan review or inspections on projects of their own design and/or
construction.
D. Code
Enforcement Services for Non-Governmental Entities
1. Third party providers providing plan
review services for non-governmental entities shall provide written copies of
the plan review to the code enforcement officer of the municipality or parish
prior to issuance of construction permits and in accordance with the
administrative procedures of the authority having jurisdiction.
2. Where a third party provider provides
services in a jurisdiction which has a building department, third party
providers shall adhere to the permitting and inspection procedures of said
jurisdiction in accordance with the administrative procedures of the authority
having jurisdiction.
3. Third party
providers providing inspection services for non-governmental entities shall
provide written copies of the approved inspection reports to the code
enforcement officer of the jurisdiction prior to the issuance of the
certificate of occupancy in accordance with the administrative procedures of
the authority having jurisdiction.
E. A wind mitigation surveyor classification
of third party provider may specialize as a wind mitigation surveyor upon
meeting the following qualifications:
1.
possession of a home inspector license through the Louisiana State Board of
Home Inspectors; and
2. possession
of a certificate of completion for the 2006 IRC Hurricane Resistant Residential
Construction Program, or other equivalent program approved by the
LSUCCC.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
40:1730.22(C) and
(D).
