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urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:1543
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  - { year: 2022, number: 231, section: 3, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Certification

A. Certification for successful completion of prescribed courses shall be issued by the office of state fire marshal.

B. The office of state fire marshal shall develop a program to issue a reciprocity certification to a person who has been timely certified by an accreditation by the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress, at the appropriate accredited certification level.