§ 40:1664.5 — Exemptions to licensure and equipment

Louisiana § 40:1664.5

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1664.5. Exemptions to licensure and equipment
A. The requirements for licensure shall not apply to any of the following persons or
entities:
(1) An officer or employee of the United States, this state, or any political
subdivision of either, while engaged in the performance of his official duties within the
course and scope of his employment with the United States, this state, or any political
subdivision of either. However, no person or entity excepted from licensure pursuant to this
Subpart shall engage in the certification, inspection, installation, integration, sale, or service
of special locking, fire detection and alarm, fire sprinkler, fire suppression systems, or
portable fire extinguishers and fire hoses.
(2) Any sworn police, fire, or other peace officer or certified medical technician may
open any lock or locked motor vehicle while engaged in the performance of his official duties
within the course and scope of his employment, provided that he receives no additional
compensation for such services.
(3) Any owner, management firm, or public institution and such person's or entity's
employees while such person or entity is certifying, inspecting, installing, integrating, selling,
and servicing mechanical locks, intrusion alarm systems, or closed circuit television alarm
systems, only on the premises of the owner or public institution during the normal course and
scope of his duties.
(4) A general contractor licensed by the State Licensing Board for Contractors and
his direct employees or a building owner and his direct employees performing the installation
or removal of complete mechanical lock sets when doing so in the course of residential or
commercial new construction or remodeling.
(5) Any automotive service dealer, lock manufacturer, or manufacturer's employee
engaged in servicing, installing, repairing, or rebuilding automotive locks.
(6) Any employee of a towing service, or an automobile club, while such person is
opening automotive locks in the normal course of his duties.
(7) Any merchant or retail store that is in the business of selling, servicing, or
installing intrusion alarms for motor vehicles. This exception from licensure shall also apply
to the employees of the merchant or retail store but only as to work performed by them on
behalf of the exempted employer.
(8) Any merchant or retail store that is in the business of selling intrusion alarm
systems or closed circuit television systems or household fire warning systems at retail to an
individual end user for self-installation. This exception from licensure shall also apply to the
employees of the merchant or retail store but only as to work performed by them on behalf
of the exempted employer.
(9) Any merchant or retail store that is in the business of re-coding new locks on the
retail premises only or duplicating keys, except for those keys which are proprietary and
those marked "do not duplicate" or "master key". This exception from licensure shall also
apply to the employees of the merchant or retail store but only as to work performed by them
on behalf of the exempted employer.
(10) Any manufacturer, and his employee or representative, who acts as a consultant
to a licensed firm in the certifying, inspecting, installation, integrating, programming, selling,
and servicing of life safety and property protection systems regulated by this Subpart while
under the direct supervision of the licensed firm.
(11) Any gate manufacturer or merchant that is in the business of installing,
servicing, repairing, rebuilding, reprogramming, or maintaining electronic garage door
devices. This exception from licensure shall also apply to the employees of the manufacturer
or merchant but only as to work performed by them on behalf of the exempted employer.
(12) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 339, §3, eff. June 13, 2020.
(13) A mechanical contractor licensed by the State Licensing Board for Contractors
and holding a statewide mechanical work license classification issued by that board or, where
applicable, a plumber licensed by the State Plumbing Board who only certifies, inspects,
installs, and services water supply piping supplying sprinkler systems, stand pipe, and hose
station systems, or fire pumps.
(14) A mechanical contractor licensed by the State Licensing Board for Contractors
and holding a statewide mechanical work license classification issued by that board or, where
applicable, a plumber licensed by the State Plumbing Board who only installs piping within
a fixed fire suppression system.
B. The provisions of this Subpart shall not apply to a conveyance device located
within a one- or two-family dwelling as defined in R.S. 40:1573.

Legislative History

Acts 2006, No. 307, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 984, §1; Acts 2018, No. 598, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 339, §3, eff. June 13, 2020.