La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LV-304

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LV-304 - Medical Gas Piping Installer License

A. No natural person shall engage in the work or business of medical gas piping installation unless he possesses a license or renewal thereof issued by this board. The board shall issue a medical gas piping installer license to any person who qualifies under the board's regulations and who desires to engage in the work or business of a medical gas piping installer if he passes a written and manual examination given by the board for this purpose and pays the fees established by the board. No person shall qualify for examination as a medical gas piping installer unless he completes a course of training provided by an organization recognized by the board pursuant to this Section.

B. As authorized by R.S. 37:1368.G, the board shall recognize and certify certain programs of education and training of medical gas piping installation offered by private or public organizations or institutions. A natural person's satisfactory completion of any such program shall qualify him for admission to an examination offered under §304. A of these regulations. Any such organization must satisfy the board that its program or programs meets the following criteria.

1. The program is open to those members of the public that meet the requirements of American Society of Sanitary Engineering International (ASSE) Professional Qualifications Standard for Medical Gas Systems Personnel Series 6000, Standard 6010, latest edition.

2. The program meets criteria prescribed by the board and compliant with the guidelines of the ASSE International Series 6000, Standard 6010, latest edition.

a. - q. Repealed.

3. The program must employ or utilize certified welding inspectors (CWI) to witness brazing exercises and the certification of brazers in accordance with American Welding Society (AWS), Standard for Brazing Procedures and Performance Qualification.

4. The program must be conducted at a facility capable of housing brazing qualification procedures administered to trainees in accordance with either section IX, "Welding and Brazing Qualifications" of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Code or AWS B2.2, standard for brazing procedure and performance qualification, as modified by National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code, latest edition. Such brazing training must be performed and qualified on 1 1/2 inch nominal type "L" copper tubing in compliance with section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, latest edition, NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, latest edition and ASSE International Series 6000, Standard 6010, latest edition.

5. Courses of instruction defined in this Section must be provided by a person or persons possessing a current medical gas system instructor certification compliant with the guidelines of ASSE Series International Series 6000, Standard 6050, pursuant to R.S. 37:1368(G).

C. To be eligible for board certification pursuant to R.S. 37:1368.G, an interested organization providing medical gas piping installation training and education must complete a written application on a form or forms supplied by the board. The board shall be entitled to receive timely information on the program or programs administered by such organization and background of instructors upon request at any time. The board, acting through its representatives, may also inspect the facility and observe the actual training and education programs used or offered by such organizations. Failure to cooperate with the board and its representatives may be grounds for denial or withdrawal of board certification of any such organization. The board may investigate complaints concerning such programs. Adverse administrative action affecting an organization's application for certification or its continued status as an organization certified by the board pursuant to R.S. 37:1368.G will be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.

D. An applicant for a medical gas piping installer license must attach to his application a money order or check for the appropriate fee established in §312

E. Regular quarterly examinations for medical gas piping installer may be held in conjunction with examinations for journeyman or master plumber license applications, or on such days specially set by the board. Interested persons shall be notified of the examination schedule.

F. A medical gas piping installer license application must be submitted to the office of the state Plumbing Board of Louisiana not less than 30 days before any scheduled examination. Failure to report for the examination will result in the forfeiture of the applicants fee. This forfeiture may be reversed by the board upon a showing of good cause by the applicant explaining his failure to attend the scheduled examination.

G. The chairman of the board shall appoint an examiner or examiners to conduct medical gas piping installer license examinations. An examiner may be a representative of a private or public professional service provider qualified to administer a standardized, nationally recognized test duly adopted by the board.

H. The board may accept, in lieu of an examination directly administered by the board to any applicant, the verifiable results of an examination administered by an organization meeting the criteria of ASSE Series 6000, Standard 6010§10-3.2 3, as certified pursuant to R.S. 37:1368(G) as evidence of successful completion of the examination referred to in R.S. 37:1368(G). Any papers from such examinations must be available for inspection and the board may require notarized affidavits from the applicant and the administering organization representative attesting to the accuracy of the examination results and the scope of any such examination, which must minimally include the subject areas of the practical examination described in this Section.

I. A medical gas piping installer shall, as a condition of licensing under these regulations, maintain his brazer performance qualification in accordance with NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code, pursuant to R.S. 37:1368(G).

J. Any person, who at any time is cited by the board for working as a medical gas piping installer without possessing the necessary license issued by the board, shall be subject to a special enforcement fee as a precondition to any subsequent examination or licensing of any nature. This fee shall be in addition to the regular fees assessed by the board.

K. Any person, who at any time is cited by the board for working as a medical gas piping installer without possessing the necessary license issued by the board, shall be subject to a special enforcement fee as a precondition to any subsequent examination or licensing of any nature. This fee shall be in addition to the regular fees assessed by the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LV-304

Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Plumbing Board, LR 21:1349 (December 1995), amended LR 25:1858 (October 1999), Amended by the Workforce Commission, Plumbing Board, LR 42576 (4/1/2016), Amended by the Workforce Commission, Plumbing Board, LR 43973 (5/1/2017), Amended LR 49917 (5/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1366(D) and R.S. 37:1368(G).