§2156.2. Major categories; subclassifications; specialty classifications; requirements for contractors holding major classification to perform mechanical, electric, or plumbing work

A. Under each major category is a list of subclassifications that a specialty contractor may obtain, as follows:

I. Building construction

Subclassifications:

1. Acoustical treatments

2. Air conditioning work, ventilation, refrigeration, and duct work

3. Electrical construction for structures

4. Fire sprinkler work

5. Foundations for buildings, equipment, or machinery

6. Incinerator construction

7. Installation of equipment, machinery, and engines

8. Installation of pneumatic tubes and conveyors

9. Insulation for cold storage and buildings

10. Insulation for pipes and boilers

11. Landscaping, grading, and beautification

12. Lathing, plastering, and stuccoing

13. Masonry, brick, stone

14. Ornamental iron and structural steel erection, steel buildings

15. Painting and interior decorating, carpeting

16. Pile driving

17. Plumbing

18. Residential construction

19. Rigging, house moving, wrecking, and dismantling

20. Roof decks

21. Roofing and sheet metal, siding

22. Sheet metal duct work

23. Steam and hot water heating in buildings or plants

24. Stone, granite, slate, resilient floor installations

25. Swimming pools

26. Tile, terrazzo, and marble

27. Water cooling towers and accessories

28. Drywalls

29. Driveways, parking areas, etc., asphalt and/or concrete exclusive of highway and street work

30. Fencing

II. Highway, street, and bridge construction

Subclassifications:

1. Driveways, parking areas, etc., asphalt and/or concrete

2. Highway and street subsurface drainage and sewer work

3. Permanent or paved highways and streets (asphalt hot and cold plant mix)

4. Permanent or paved highways and streets (asphalt surface treatment)

5. Permanent or paved highways and streets (concrete)

6. Permanent or paved highways and streets (soil cement)

7. Secondary roads

8. Undersealing or leveling of roads

9. Earthwork, drainage, and levees

10. Clearing, grubbing, and snagging

11. Culverts and drainage structures

12. Concrete bridges, over and underpasses

13. Steel bridges, over and underpasses

14. Wood bridges, over and underpasses

15. Landscaping, grading, and beautification

16. Fencing

17. Furnishing and installation of movable structures or machinery, excluding electrical and mechanical work

III. Heavy construction

Subclassifications:

1. Clearing, grubbing, and snagging

2. Dams, reservoirs, and flood control work other than levees

3. Dredging

4. Electrical transmission lines

5. Foundations and pile driving

6. Industrial piping

7. Industrial plants

8. Industrial ventilation

9. Oil field construction

10. Oil refineries

11. Railroads

12. Transmission pipeline construction

13. Tunnels

14. Wharves, docks, harbor improvements, and terminals

15. Landscaping, grading, and beautification

16. Fencing

IV. Municipal and public works construction

Subclassifications:

1. Filter plants and water purification

2. Pipe work (gas lines)

3. Pipe work (sewer)

4. Pipe work (storm drains)

5. Pipe work (waterlines)

6. Power plants

7. Sewer plant or sewer disposal

8. Underground electrical conduit installation

9. Landscaping, grading, and beautification

10. Fencing

V. Electrical work

Subclassifications:

1. Electrical transmission lines

2. Electrical work for structures

3. Underground electrical conduit installation

4. Electrical controls

VI. Mechanical Work

Subclassifications:

1. Heat, air conditioning, ventilation, duct work, and refrigeration

2. Industrial pipe work and insulation

3. Plumbing

4. Controls for mechanical work

VII. Hazardous materials

Subclassifications:

1. Asbestos removal and abatement

2. Hazardous materials cleanup and removal

3. Hazardous materials site remediation

4. Any other classification for which the Department of Environmental Quality requires certification pursuant to law or regulation.

VIII. Plumbing

Subclassifications:

1. Potable and nonpotable water systems; construction, removal, repair, and maintenance for buildings and premises.

2. Sanitary and nonsanitary waste and sewerage construction; removal, repair, and maintenance for buildings and premises.

IX. Specialty classifications

A person may obtain a specialty classification under any of the above listed subclassifications or under any other specialty work not so listed for which he desires to be licensed.

B. Any contractor who holds a major classification which permits that contractor to bid mechanical or electrical work, prior to the performance of such work under his license, shall designate a qualifying party to successfully pass the standardized nationally recognized test administered by the board for the work to be performed. All time limitations shall be waived and any designated qualifying party who has successfully completed the examination shall not be required to retake the examination.

C. Any contractor who holds a major classification which permits the contractor to bid and perform plumbing work, prior to the performance of such work, shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 16 of this Title, R.S. 37:1361 et seq. All time limitations shall be waived.

D. The board may grant or renew licenses for mechanical, electrical, or plumbing contractors and restrict such licenses to the bidding and performance of work within specified areas of this state as the board shall designate. Such license shall be issued with a notation of the applicable restriction.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 82, §2, eff. July 8, 1976; Acts 1988, No. 635, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 681, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 2001, No. 968, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 635, §§2, 3.}}