Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.7 – Application for an individual license; requirements to maintain
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.7
- Apprentice: means a person who is licensed to work under the direct supervision and accompaniment of a technician who is licensed to the same firm and holding a valid license to perform the same acts. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Board: means the Louisiana Life Safety and Property Protection Education Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Employee: means a person who performs services for wages or salary and receives a W-2 tax form from his employer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Firm: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or any other entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Individual license: means that document authorizing an individual to perform life safety and property protection contracting for those endorsements held. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Life safety and property protection contracting: means performing certification, inspection, installation, integration, programming, sale, or service of systems and equipment designed to protect life and property. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- Officer: means the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, comptroller, or any other person who performs functions for a life safety and property protection contracting firm corresponding to those performed by those officers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Person: means a natural person or individual. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- State fire marshal: means the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety, and its authorized representatives empowered to enforce the provisions of this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Technician: means an individual who is trained and certified to perform life safety and property protection contracting within a technical endorsement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
- Testing: means calibration testing, conformance testing, or fixed system testing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1615
A. In order to engage in life safety and property protection contracting, an individual shall apply for and obtain a license for each discipline for which he shall perform life safety and property protection contracting. Such license shall authorize its holder to engage in life safety and property protection contracting for the endorsements listed. Each individual license holder shall maintain his license on his person while engaging in life safety and property protection contracting. Each such license holder shall present his license for inspection upon demand by an employee of the office of the state fire marshal, fire department, or a law enforcement officer.
B. As a further condition of licensure, the acceptance of a license by a firm shall be deemed as consent to submit to the reasonable requests for documentation by the office of the state fire marshal or his designated representatives and to cooperate in a lawful investigation by the office of the state fire marshal. Any person refusing to cooperate with any lawful investigation by the office of the state fire marshal shall be subject to any penalty as outlined in this Section, including suspension or revocation of license.
C. Each individual license holder shall notify the state fire marshal, on a form specified and provided by the state fire marshal, within ten days of the following:
(1) Any change in business or home address.
(2) Any separation from an employer or change in employer.
(3) For a person holding a property protection endorsement, any conviction for a felony or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony charge or receipt of a first-time offender pardon.
D. No individual licensed under this Section shall contract for his services as an independent contractor or agent with any life safety and property protection firm or with any other license holder under this Section.
E. Meet all certification, continuing education, training, and testing requirements as established by the board.
F. An individual may act as a temporary apprentice for a thirty-day calendar period commencing on the date the fire marshal receives an application from the applicant. Applications for property protection endorsements shall be accompanied by a criminal record check of the applicant. Such license shall expire on the thirtieth calendar day after its commencement or on the date of issuance of an apprentice or technician license, whichever is earlier.
Acts 2006, No. 307, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 984, §1.