Louisiana § RS 40:1664.12 - Prohibited acts
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§ RS 40:1664.12. Prohibited acts
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.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:1664.12 ("Prohibited acts") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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