1. A. R.S. 40:1722 establishes the Louisiana building code and directs that the following codes be established as the standards as minimum standards for this code. These codes shall be established as constituting the code in the editions indicated:

   1. 1. the Life Safety Code, standard 101, 2015 edition as published by the National Fire Protection Association;
   2. 2. the International Plumbing Code, 2021 edition as published by the International Code Council and amended by R.S. 40:1730.28.1;
   3. 3. the International Building Code, 2021 edition as published by the International Code Council, not including chapter 1, administration, chapter 11, accessibility, and chapter 27, electrical;
   4. 4. the International Mechanical Code, 2021 edition as published by the International Code Council;
   5. 5. the National Electric Code (NFPA no. 70), 2020 edition as published by the National Fire Protection Association.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 39:1410.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Department of Facility Planning and Control, LR 8:473 (September 1982), amended by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Facility Planning and Control, LR 11:849 (September 1985), amended by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Office of Facility Planning and Control, LR 33:2649 (December 2007), LR 37:3260 (November 2011), LR 39:86 (January 2013), LR 39:2493 (September 2013), effective on January 1, 2014, LR 43:1163 (June 2017), effective on July 1, 2017, LR 49:259 (February 2023), effective on March 1, 2023.