2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 — Professions and occupations
RS 37:1361 — State plumbing board, appointments; qualifications; legislative intent

CHAPTER 16. PLUMBERS

§1361. State Plumbing Board, appointments; qualifications; legislative intent

A. The purpose of the legislature in enacting this Chapter is the protection of the health, safety, environment, and general welfare of all those persons who use and rely upon plumbing, and medical gas and vacuum systems for their personal or commercial needs, and the affording to such persons of an effective and practical protection against incompetent, inexperienced, or unlawful acts by persons who perform plumbing and medical gas and vacuum systems work. Further, the legislative intent is that the State Plumbing Board shall be the sole and exclusive agency in this state empowered to license natural persons and regulated business entities engaged or seeking to engage in the business of plumbing and medical gas and vacuum systems installation and verification and to ensure compliance with the licensing requirements of this Chapter. Nothing herein shall preclude any current authority of the State Licensing Board for Contractors.

B. The State Plumbing Board is created. The board, which shall be appointed by the governor, shall consist of one registered engineer, one plumbing inspector, three master plumbers, and three journeyman plumbers. Each appointment shall be made from a list of three names, one of which shall be an individual as defined by R.S. 51:2347(B)(5), for each appointment submitted by the following:

(1) The registered engineer and the plumbing inspector by the president of the Louisiana State Board of Health;

(2) Master plumbers by the Louisiana Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors of Louisiana or its successors;

(3) Journeymen plumbers by the Louisiana Pipe Trades Association or its successor.

C. The board shall be a corporate body, may sue and be sued, and shall possess in addition to the powers herein granted, all the usual powers incident to corporation.

D. All members shall be qualified electors of this state and licensed by the board except the first board members who shall be licensed within one year.

E. Four members shall constitute a quorum.

Acts 1964, No. 498, §1; Acts 1990, No. 752, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 1020, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.