§ 37:1367 — License required; residential, journeyman, and master plumber; medical gas piping

Louisiana § 37:1367

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 37: Professions and Occupations

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§1367. License required; residential, journeyman, and master plumber; medical gas piping
installer; medical gas and vacuum systems verifier; water supply protection specialist
endorsement; gas fitter and master gas fitter; local examination preempted
A.(1) No natural person shall engage in doing the work of a residential plumber
limited unless the person possesses a residential plumber limited license or renewal thereof
issued by the board. At the direction of a master plumber, a residential plumber limited may
independently install, alter, repair, and maintain plumbing in one- and two-family dwellings
without the supervision of a journeyman plumber.
(2) No natural person shall engage in doing the work of a journeyman plumber
unless the person possesses a license or renewal thereof issued by the board. A journeyman
plumber may engage in the art of plumbing only when the journeyman plumber is under the
employment of a master plumber licensed by this board. Any journeyman plumber that
repaired plumbing independently and without the supervision of a master plumber prior to
January 1, 2024, may continue to operate in such a manner for a period of five years and shall
within that five-year period pass the master plumber examination to obtain a master plumber
license. Apprentices may engage in the art of plumbing only when they are under the direct,
constant, on-the-job supervision of a licensed journeyman plumber. Direct, constant,
on-the-job supervision means that a licensed journeyman plumber will supervise apprentices
as governed by Louisiana Works.
B. No natural person shall engage in the work of a master plumber unless he
possesses a master plumber's license or renewal thereof issued by the board. A master
plumber shall not engage in the work of a journeyman plumber unless he currently possesses
or previously possessed a journeyman plumber's license issued by the board. A person issued
a master plumber's license shall designate to the board, as required by the regulations of the
board, an employing entity, which may be a corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship.
A licensed master plumber shall notify the board of any change of employment status with
an employing entity. A master plumber shall designate no more than one employing entity
at any time.
C. No employing entity shall hold itself out as engaging in the business or art of
plumbing unless it employs a master plumber. For purposes of this Section, employment of
a master plumber means employment on a regular paid basis for actual services performed
supervising journeyman plumbers.
D. The board shall adopt regulations to implement this Section.
E. This Section shall preempt municipal or other local regulatory examination
authority over master plumbers, notwithstanding any contrary provision of any home rule
charter. Municipal or other local regulatory authorities may assess and collect locally
adopted fees and charges relative to plumbing work as defined in R.S. 37:1377 performed
in their respective jurisdictions, but only to persons licensed under R.S. 37:1368.
F. No natural person shall engage in doing the work of a medical gas piping installer
unless he possesses a license or renewal thereof issued by the board.
G. No natural person shall engage in the work of a water supply protection specialist
unless he possesses a license or renewal thereof issued by the board as a journeyman plumber
or master plumber and also possesses a special endorsement issued by the board pertaining
to his work as a water supply protection specialist.
H. No natural person shall engage in doing the work of a medical gas and vacuum
systems verifier unless he possesses a license or renewal thereof issued by the board.
Inspection and verification work performed by such person shall be conducted in person and
at the physical site of the medical gas and vacuum systems subject to his verification.
I.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any person or firm who is not
licensed by the State Plumbing Board, but who is properly licensed for municipal and public
works utility construction pursuant to the requirements of the State Licensing Board for
Contractors, may perform main-line utility construction on private property or undedicated
rights-of-way or servitudes, limited to the following:
(a) Gravity sanitary sewer collection lines six inches and larger, including manholes,
main lines, wyes, and tees.
(b) Sewer force mains four inches and larger.
(c) Water mains four inches and larger, including fire hydrants, valves, and fittings.
(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall not pertain to gas mains within the
boundary lines of any private property, nor shall they pertain to any service lines.
J.(1) No person shall engage in performing the work of a gas fitter or master gas
fitter unless he possesses a license or renewal thereof issued by the board.
(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to work performed by persons
on their own residences.

Legislative History

Acts 1990, No. 752, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 43, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 824, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1020, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 815, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 561, §1; Acts 2016, No. 297, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 515, §1; Acts 2023, No. 152, §1; Acts 2024, No. 721, §1.