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NH Rev Stat § 332-E:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-E - Water Treatment Plant Operators and Water Distribution System Personnel|Section 332-E:5 - Examinations.

    332-E:5 Examinations. –||I. The department shall administer written examinations to be used in determining knowledge, ability and judgment of the operators.||II. Examinations shall be held at least once annually at places and times set by the department, with at least 30 days advance public notice given by the department. The notice shall be by means of publication in a newspaper having state-wide circulation and shall also be posted in 2 or more public places by the department.||III. Applicants successfully completing a written examination may also be required to obtain a satisfactory grade in an oral examination prior to certification. Applicants shall be notified of the test results within 60 days.||IV. Applicants who fail to pass an examination may make arrangements with the department to repeat the examination at subsequently scheduled examinations upon payment of the prescribed $50 fee.||V. The department may use the nonlapsing fund established in RSA 332-E:4, III for the purchase and resale of publications for the purpose of assisting water works operators to achieve certification. This publication activity shall be self-funding.||VI. The department may require the taking of educational courses and the demonstration of course proficiency by all operators prior to the renewal of their certificate.|||Source. 1979, 487:1. 1986, 202:6, I(a); 215:2. 1991, 380:2. 1996, 228:106, 107. 1997, 261:4. 2010, 368:18, eff. Dec. 31, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-E:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-E - Water Treatment Plant Operators and Water Distribution System Personnel|Section 332-E:6 - Issuance of Certificates.

    332-E:6 Issuance of Certificates. –||I. Upon satisfactory fulfillment by an applicant of the requirements in this section, the department shall issue a suitable certificate designating the applicant's competency. The certificate shall indicate the class of treatment plant or distribution system and level of operation for which the operator is qualified. The certificate shall be prominently displayed in the office of the public water supply system.||II. Renewal, when appropriate, shall be on a biennial basis.||III. Certificates shall be renewed every 2 years unless revoked for cause, replaced by one of the higher grade, or invalidated.||IV. Certificates shall be valid only so long as it is apparent to the department that the holder uses reasonable care, judgment and application of knowledge in the performance of duties. No certificate shall be valid if it was obtained through fraud, deceit, or the submission of inaccurate data on qualifications.||V. The certificates of operators who terminate employment in the water treatment or distribution field shall be valid for 2 years after such termination and unless renewed thereafter shall automatically revert to an inactive status. Operators whose certificates are thus inactivated may be issued new certificates of like classification on presentation of appropriate proof of competency to the department and payment of the initial $50 fee. Successful completion of a written or oral examination or both may be required at the discretion of the department.||VI. Certificates may be issued, upon payment of the initial $50 fee, without examination, in a comparable classification to any person who holds a certificate issued by the appropriate certification agency of any federal, state, interstate, territorial or other level of government, if, in the judgment of the department, the requirements for certification of operators under which such person's certificate was issued do not conflict with the provisions of the department's rules and are of a standard not lower than that specified by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 487:1. 1986, 202:6, I(a); 215:3. 1989, 81:4. 1996, 228:106. 1997, 261:5, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-E:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-E - Water Treatment Plant Operators and Water Distribution System Personnel|Section 332-E:7 - Certificates Without Examination.

    332-E:7 Certificates Without Examination. –||Certificates of proper classification may be issued without examination to a person or persons certified by the owner of the water system to have been in charge of the water treatment plant or distribution system on June 25, 1980. Such certificate shall be valid for a period of 2 years from June 25, 1980, only for that water treatment plant or distribution system. This certificate may thereafter be renewed annually. Applications under this section shall be submitted not later than 90 days before June 25, 1980.|||Source. 1979, 487:1, eff. June 25, 1980.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-E:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-E - Water Treatment Plant Operators and Water Distribution System Personnel|Section 332-E:8 - Temporary Certificate.

    332-E:8 Temporary Certificate. –||A temporary waiver of the certification requirements may be given for a period of time not to exceed 90 days, in the event of extenuating circumstances. A temporary certificate may be issued for a period not to exceed one year to the operator of a public water system serving not more than 250 persons in the event that the certification requirements cannot be met.|||Source. 1979, 487:1, eff. June 25, 1980.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-E:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-E - Water Treatment Plant Operators and Water Distribution System Personnel|Section 332-E:9 - Revocation or Suspension of Certificate.

    332-E:9 Revocation or Suspension of Certificate. –||I. If the department receives information which indicates that good cause exists to suspend or revoke the certificate of an individual operator, the department shall proceed to suspend or revoke the certificate in accordance with RSA 541-A:30.||II. Administrative appeals from decisions of the department made under this chapter shall be heard by the water council under RSA 21-O:7, IV.|||Source. 1979, 487:1. 1986, 202:6, I(a). 1996, 228:106. 1997, 261:6. 2009, 210:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-E:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-E - Water Treatment Plant Operators and Water Distribution System Personnel|Section 332-E:10 - Penalty.

    332-E:10 Penalty. –||The owner of any water treatment plant or water distribution system shall be liable for a civil forfeiture of not more than $500 per day for any violation of this chapter. The proceeds of any civil forfeiture levied under this section shall be utilized for the implementation of this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 487:1. 1986, 202:6, I(a). 1996, 228:106. 2009, 210:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-F:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-F - Rehabilitation Counselors|Section 332-F:1 - to 332-F:14 Repealed by 1985, 111:2, IV, eff. July 9, 1985.

    332-F:1 to 332-F:14 Repealed by 1985, 111:2, IV, eff. July 9, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:1 - Definitions; Application of Chapter.

    332-G:1 Definitions;  Application of Chapter. –||I. As used in this chapter, "board or commission" means any regulatory board or commission established under this title, and the mechanical licensing board established in RSA 153:27-a.||II. The provisions of this chapter applicable to occupations, trades, professions, and businesses regulated under this title shall also apply to the mechanical licensing board and the trades, professions, and businesses regulated by the mechanical licensing board under RSA 153:27-RSA 153:38.|||Source. 1985, 382:1. 2016, 34:2, eff. July 2, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:2 - Examination Fees.

    332-G:2 Examination Fees. –||Boards or commissions which administer or require examinations as part of examination for licensure and which establish charges to examination applicants equivalent to 125 percent of the direct expense of the examination may expend funds for such examinations, related services, or supplies as needed, but not to exceed the direct expense of the examination.|||Source. 1985, 382:1. 2009, 39:1, eff. July 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:3 - Investigatory and Legal Expenses.

    332-G:3 Investigatory and Legal Expenses. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a board or commission may retain expert witnesses or other qualified persons to assist with any investigation or adjudicatory proceeding. Members of the board or commission are not eligible for retainment. The board or commission may also retain special legal counsel in instances when recommended by the attorney general. To the extent the existing appropriation of the board or commission does not include funds covering such expenditures, the board or commission may request the governor and council to expend funds not otherwise appropriated on the condition that such funds be considered in the next budget of the board or commission when the board or commission sets its fees so as to produce estimated revenues equal to 125 percent of its direct operating expenses for the previous fiscal year.|||Source. 1995, 257:2, eff. July 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:4 - Administrative Attachment.

    332-G:4 Administrative Attachment. –||Any regulatory board or commission established after July 1, 1998 which is not designated as administratively attached to any department of the state shall be administratively attached, according to the provisions of RSA 21-G:10, to the department of administrative services.|||Source. 1998, 77:1, eff. July 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:5 - Certain Appeals.

    332-G:5 Certain Appeals. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person affected by the final decision of the electricians' board, established under RSA 319-C:4 may appeal such final decision to the state building code review board established under RSA 155-A:10.|||Source. 2004, 257:54. 2013, 275:12, eff. July 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:6 - Scope of Practice.

    332-G:6 Scope of Practice. –||Any expansion in the scope of practice of a profession regulated under this title shall be adopted by legislation and not by administrative rule.|||Source. 2004, 257:54, eff. June 15, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:7 - Military Service; Occupational Experience or Training; Spouses.

    332-G:7 Military Service;  Occupational Experience or Training;  Spouses. –||I. Each of the boards or commissions established in this title shall, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence with an application for licensure, certification, or registration, accept education, training, or service completed by an individual as a member of the armed forces, as defined in RSA 21:50, II, toward the qualifications required to receive the license, certificate, or registration in question.||II. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, upon the request of a licensee or registration or certificate holder who is a member of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard and is called to active duty, the corresponding board or commission shall place the person's license registration, or certificate on inactive status. The license registration, or certificate may be reactivated within one year of the person's release from active status by payment of the renewal fee and with proof of completion of the most current continuing education requirement, if any, unless still within the renewal period.||III. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each of the boards or commissions under this title authorized to conduct licensure, certification, or registration, and examinations therefor, shall upon the presentation of satisfactory evidence by an applicant before the board or commission, facilitate the issuance of a license or certification for a person: (i) who is certified or licensed in a state other than New Hampshire; (ii) whose spouse is a member of the armed forces in the United States; (iii) whose spouse is the subject of a military transfer to New Hampshire; and (iv) who left employment to accompany a spouse to New Hampshire. The procedure shall include, but not be limited to, facilitating the issuance of a license, certificate, or registration if, in the opinion of the board or commission, the requirements for licensure, certification, or registration of such other state are substantially equivalent to the requirements for licensure, certification, or registration in New Hampshire.||IV. Every board or commission under this title shall adopt rules, when applicable, under RSA 541-A for:||(a) What constitutes military education, training, or service acceptable for the specific regulated occupation or profession, as required under paragraph I.||(b) The procedures and notice required for the inactive status of licenses, certificates, or registrations under paragraph II.||(c) Procedures for facilitating issuance of licenses, certificates, or registrations for a spouse of a member of the armed forces as required in paragraph III.|||Source. 2008, 198:1. 2014, 117:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:8 - Time Limits for Hearings on Disciplinary Actions.

    332-G:8 Time Limits for Hearings on Disciplinary Actions. –||For all disciplinary actions under this title which do not require a hearing to be held within one year of the date upon which notice of the complaint was received by the accused, the notice of a hearing on a disciplinary action pursuant to a written complaint or initiation of formal disciplinary proceedings before any board or commission under this title shall be issued by the board or commission within 2 years of the date the notice of complaint or initiation of formal disciplinary proceeding was received by the accused in the disciplinary action, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in the disciplinary action.|||Source. 2014, 34:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:9 - Limitations on Actions.

    332-G:9 Limitations on Actions. –||I. No disciplinary proceeding against an occupational licensee shall be initiated by a regulatory board or commission unless such action is commenced within 5 years of the date upon which the alleged violation of an applicable statute or rule occurred, or within 5 years of the date upon which the violation could reasonably have been discovered.||II. The time limitation provided in paragraph I shall be tolled (1) during the period of time during which a criminal action on the matter is pending in a trial court of this state, or of another state, or of the United States, (2) during the time in which a complainant is a minor or incapacitated, and (3) during any time which the accused prevents discovery of the subject matter of the alleged violation.||III. The time limitations established in this section shall not apply to the commencement of actions initiated by the real estate appraiser board under RSA 310-B.|||Source. 2014, 34:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:10 - Criminal Conviction.

    332-G:10 Criminal Conviction. –||No board or commission shall disqualify a person from practicing, pursuing, or engaging in any occupation, trade, vocation, profession, or business for which a license, permit, certificate, or registration is required under this title, nor suspend or revoke such license, certificate, or registration because of a prior conviction of a crime in and of itself. However, a board or commission may deny a license or certificate, or the renewal of a license or certificate, or may suspend or revoke such license or certificate, because of a prior conviction after considering the nature of the crime and whether there is a substantial and direct relationship to the occupation, trade, vocation, or profession for which the person has applied, and may consider information about the rehabilitation of the convicted person, and the amount of time that has passed since the conviction or release.|||Source. 2014, 302:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:11 - Investigative Costs.

    332-G:11 Investigative Costs. –||For any order issued in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding by any board or commission, where such board or commission has found misconduct sufficient to support disciplinary action, the board or commission may require the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who is the subject of such finding to pay the board or commission a sum not to exceed the reasonable cost of investigation and prosecution of the proceeding. Except where otherwise limited, this sum shall not exceed $10,000. This sum may be imposed in addition to any otherwise authorized administrative fines levied by the board or commission as part of the penalty. The investigative and prosecution costs shall be assessed by the board or commission and any sums recovered shall be credited as restricted revenue for the use of the board or commission and shall not lapse. Such sums shall be disbursed by the board or commission for any future investigations of complaints. Orders of the board or commission shall be subject to rehearing and appeal in the manner prescribed by RSA 541.|||Source. 2016, 34:1, eff. July 2, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:12 - Reciprocity Information.

    332-G:12 Reciprocity Information. –||I. All boards or commissions shall grant a license to an individual certified or licensed in another state if it determines that the requirements or standards for certification or licensure in that state are equivalent to, or greater than, those established in New Hampshire. All boards and commissions shall post information on their website relative to reciprocal licensure or certification for persons holding a current and valid license or certification for the practice of the regulated profession in another state. Such information shall include a list of the states which the board or commission has determined to have license or certification requirements equal to, or greater than, the requirements of this state. The posting shall also list states with which the board or commission has:||(a) Entered into a reciprocity agreement;||(b) Entered into a multistate compact; or||(c) Established criteria for licensure by endorsement.||II. In addition, the posted reciprocity information shall clearly identify and describe the terms, conditions, or criteria under which a licensee or certificate holder from a listed state may obtain a license or certification in this state. Such terms, conditions, and criteria, may include, but shall not be limited to, the successful completion of an examination addressing the laws of the state of New Hampshire and the payment of a fee.|||Source. 2017, 194:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2018. 2021, 91:184, eff. July 1, 2021; 197:123, eff. July 1, 2021 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 332-G:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 332-G - General Administration of Regulatory Boards and Commissions|Section 332-G:14 - Reciprocal and Temporary Licenses.

    332-G:14 Reciprocal and Temporary Licenses. –||I. Any board or commission regulating an occupation or profession which is a member of an interstate licensure compact, or which has, in statute or by administrative rules, a procedure for reciprocity or temporary licensure for individuals from other states, need not comply with this section for any license or certificate issued by the board or commission.||II. Any board or commission may determine that another state's licensure is not comparable to New Hampshire's in education, training, experience, or scope of practice, and if so shall publish this determination on its website. An individual from such other state possessing such a license shall not be granted temporary or reciprocal licensure under this section.||III. A person applying for a temporary license shall present to the office of professional licensure and certification:||(a) A current equivalent license from another jurisdiction in the United States.||(b) A statement of good standing from the licensing authority.||(c) Authorization for a criminal history records check, if required.||(d) A completed application.||(e) A certification that the person has committed no acts or omissions which are grounds for disciplinary action in another jurisdiction, or, if such acts have been committed, would be grounds for disciplinary action.||(f) Other information specifically required by the board.||(g) Payment of a fee, not to exceed $100.||IV. After verifying the completeness of the application and information under paragraph III, the office of professional licensure and certification shall issue a temporary license valid for 120 days. No more than one temporary license shall be issued to any individual.||V. The board or commission shall review the application and information, prior to the expiration date of the temporary license. The board or commission shall issue a full-term New Hampshire license upon payment by the temporary license holder of the applicable license fee, unless the board or commission determines that the information shows that the individual does not qualify for such license. If the disqualification is due to state requirements that are not comparable, this determination shall be published as provided in paragraph II. Upon a determination of disqualification, the board or commission shall identify the disqualification in writing, which shall invalidate the temporary license.|||Source. 2018, 283:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|