5.70.140 Reporting requirements – Monitoring and maintenance specialist certification.
Each individual applying for certification and/or recertification must satisfy the following:
A. Experience. Each individual applying for certification as a monitoring and maintenance specialist must demonstrate the equivalent of two years’ work experience related to OSS design and/or installation. Any determination of not meeting this requirement may be appealed to the Director of Environmental Health whose decision shall be final.
B. Examination. Each individual applying for certification as a monitoring and maintenance specialist must receive either:
1. A passing score on an examination administered by a local health jurisdiction, as determined by that jurisdiction, to be deemed relevant to the knowledge expectations of SHD; or
2. A score of 70 percent or greater for each exam portion on the WOSSA administered O&M specialist examination. Scores may not be combined to achieve 70 percent.
C. Fees. Fees as adopted by the SHD Board of Health must be submitted prior to issuance of a monitoring and maintenance specialist certificate of competency. Application for reinstatement following suspensions or revocation requires submittal of appropriate annual fee and reexamination.
D. Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Signature confirmation concerning earned PDHs must be provided on the appropriate form(s) at time of certification renewal. SHD may audit up to 20 percent of the applicants in any calendar year concerning their PDHs by being required to document their participation in the listed events as a condition of renewal. Any individual thus audited will not be audited in the next calendar year.
E. Be current and in good standing on all reports and submission fees. [Res. 12-15. Prior code § 8.7 (Supplement)(IV)].