La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LV-701

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

Section LV-701 - Seasonal and Part-Time Employees

A. Board members and advisory committee members shall be given photo ID cards so that they can act as special enforcement officers for the board.

B. The board may employ special enforcement officers as is necessary for the conduct of the board's affairs, as directed by the board. These enforcement officers shall receive a salary fixed by the board, plus travel expenses.

C. The special enforcement officer's duties shall be as follows:

1. visit job sites and check for licenses in areas as designated by the board;

2. conduct inspections and investigations of plumbing work and activities of employing entities as instructed by the board;

3. document his enforcement activities and any violations of the plumbing law investigated by him;

4. all reports of field work shall be reported in writing to the board's office;

5. provide evidence in any administrative or legal proceeding initiated under the plumbing law by the board.

D. Examiners

1. Examiners employed to conduct any examination for a journeyman plumber license must be licensed journeyman plumbers or possess such skill and knowledge relating to the pipe trades as the board may deem appropriate. Examiners employed to conduct any examination for a master plumber license shall conform with §306 They shall be notified two weeks prior to date of examination, and shall notify the board if they are unable to attend. They shall receive for their wages a fee fixed by the board. The journeyman plumber examiner shall report at least 15 minutes prior to time of the examination, to the board member presiding over examination, and his duties shall be as follows:

a. administer the examination under the supervision of the board members in attendance;

b. correct any papers pertaining to the examination and tabulate for final grades, before leaving, unless the examination is administered by a representative of a private professional service provider as described in §305;

c. sign each project of examination which is assigned to and graded by him;

d. sign master grade sheet.

2. The master plumber examiner shall report to the board member present and shall assist the board member as directed.

E. Custodians. The duties of the custodians shall include the care of all tools and materials pertaining to the examination and to assure that examination site is prepared for the examination to commence at the scheduled time. Wherever and whenever a person acts as both a custodian and an examiner at an examination given by this board, he shall be paid fees due for each task.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LV-701

Adopted by the Department of Labor, State Plumbing Board, 1968, amended and promulgated by Department of Employment and Training, State Plumbing Board, LR 17:54 (January 1991), amended by the Department of Labor, Plumbing Board, LR 25:1858 (October 1999), Amended by the Workforce Commission, Plumbing Board, LR 49920 (5/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Adopted in accordance with R.S. 37:1377 and R.S. 37:1366.