Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.12

  • ANSI: means the American National Standards Institute. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • ASCE: means the American Society of Civil Engineers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • ASME: means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • Certify: means to attest to the proper functionality, inspection, installation, integration, programming, and service of life safety and property protection systems and equipment in accordance with all applicable engineered specifications, manufacturer specifications, and submitted plans and per the inspection, testing and maintenance chapters as set forth in the applicable NFPA, ASME, ANSI, and ASCE codes, standards, and manufacturer specifications. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • 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
  • Inspect: means a visual examination of life safety and property protection systems or equipment to verify that it appears to be in operating condition and is free of physical damage. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • Install: means the initial placement of life safety and property protection systems or equipment or an extension of such after initial placement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • Integrate: means the act of utilizing accepted and approved life safety and property protection systems or equipment and components in accordance with manufacturers' direction to develop a unified and functioning system meeting applicable NFPA codes and standards. 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
  • NFPA: means the National Fire Protection Association. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • Operating location: means a physical address that houses an entity that performs life safety and property protection contracting. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • Person: means a natural person or individual. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • Sell: means to solicit another on behalf of a property protection firm by any means, including but not limited to telephone or electronic device, public notice or advertisement, door-to-door or any other type of personal interaction. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • Service: means to repair or maintain. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1664.3
  • 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

            A person or firm shall not do any of the following:

            (1) Engage in life safety and property protection contracting without a valid license.

            (2) Aid and abet an unlicensed individual, employee, or firm in life safety and property protection contracting.

            (3) Certify, dismantle, inspect, install, integrate, program, sell, or service life safety and property protection systems contrary to plans submitted for review, applicable NFPA, ASME, ANSI, or ASCE codes, standards, or manufacturer specifications without specific written authorization from the office of the state fire marshal.

            (4) Submit an application or any other document to the office of the state fire marshal when the person reasonably should have known that the document contained false or misleading information.

            (5) Engage in false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices.

            (6) Fail to maintain a valid license as required by this Subpart.

            (7) Fail to maintain a valid insurance policy as required by this Subpart.

            (8) Refuse to admit the state fire marshal or his designated representative to an operating location or refuse to cooperate in the purposes of such admittance as required by this Subpart.

            (9) Fail to maintain his license on his person and to present it for inspection as required by this Subpart.

            (10) Fail to return the lockout, installer, or programming code of a life safety or property protection system to the factory default setting.

            (11) Refuse to cooperate with any lawful investigation by the office of the state fire marshal.

            (12) Fail to abide by the administrative rules promulgated pursuant to this Subpart.

            Acts 2006, No. 307, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 984, §1; Acts 2018, No. 598, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.

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