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59 OK Stat § 59-1102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1102. Definitions.

|A. As used in the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act: |1. "Board" means the Environmental Quality Board of the State of Oklahoma;2. "Certificate" means a certificate of competency issued as provided for herein;3. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality;4. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality;5. "Helper" means any person who performs or assists in the performance of work which may affect the quality of either water or wastewater;6. "Operator" means any person who is at any time responsible for the operation of a wastewater works or waterworks or associated laboratories, in part or in whole. Operator shall not ordinarily apply to an official exercising official general administrative supervision but shall include any person who can, through a direct act or command, affect the quality of the water or wastewater;7. "Person" means and includes individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, and corporations; and also means and includes the State of Oklahoma, counties, districts, municipalities, and all subdivisions, districts, officers, agencies, departments, institutions, or instrumentalities of any thereof, whether governmental or proprietary;8. "Wastewater works" means wastewater treatment systems and facilities used in the collection, transmission, storage, pumping, treatment or disposal of liquid or waterborne wastes, except as provided in subsection B of this section; and9. "Waterworks" means facilities used in the procurement, treatment, storage, pumping or distribution of water for human consumption, except as provided in subsection B of this section.B. The words "waterworks", or "wastewater works" shall not include:1. Any waterworks used exclusively by a private residence or a private business or industry, except when a waterworks has fifteen or more permanent or temporary service connections available for residential use, or regularly serves twenty-five or more of the same individuals at least six (6) months in a year;2. Any nonindustrial wastewater works treatment system which has an average flow of five thousand (5,000) gallons per day or less;3. Any industrial wastewater works; and4. Such classes of systems, which because of their size, type of treatment, or the nature of wastes involved, the Board shall find do not require general supervision by a certified operator in order to safeguard life, health, property, or the water supplies or streams of this state. Such classes shall be fixed by rules promulgated by the Board.Added by Laws 1959, p. 270, § 2. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 88, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 1965; Laws 1978, c. 166, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 276, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 324, § 50, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2005, c. 138, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
59 OK Stat § 59-1104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1104. Powers and duties of Board.

|The Environmental Quality Board shall have the power and duty to promulgate such rules, including requirements, restrictions and conditions relating to the hiring or contracting of licensed public water supply or wastewater operators pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this act and the establishment of a fee schedule pursuant to Section 2-3-402 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, as it may deem necessary to the carrying out of the provisions and purposes of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 271, § 4. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 278, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2006, c. 154, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.
59 OK Stat § 59-1105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1105. Powers and duties of Department.

|In addition to the other powers conferred by the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act, the Department shall have the following powers and duties: |1. To institute in any court of competent jurisdiction such actions or proceedings, including but not limited to actions and proceedings for mandatory or prohibitory injunctions or mandamus, as it may deem necessary either to enforce or to prevent violation of any provision of this act or of any rule or order made thereunder, or to enforce any subpoena or order issued or made under authority of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act;2. To conduct and cooperate with others in conducting educational and training programs, including itinerant training programs or district meetings, concerning plant operation and related subjects;3. To employ such personnel, incur such expenses, and purchase such personal property as may be necessary for the purposes of this act, insofar as funds are lawfully available therefor;4. To prescribe such procedures and forms as may be necessary to the administration of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act;5. To prescribe the form and content of, and to grade and determine the criteria for the successful completion of, examinations given to applicants and to provide for the confidentiality of examinations and individual test scores;6. To perform such other acts as shall be necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act;7. To enforce the provisions of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act, rules promulgated thereunder and orders, certifications and registrations issued pursuant thereto; and8. To conduct voluntary certification programs, certification programs specifically authorized by state statute, and certification programs promulgated by the Environmental Quality Board pursuant to a federal regulation or requirement; and to issue, renew or reactivate certificates and to register persons employed as helpers pursuant to such programs.Added by Laws 1959, p. 271, § 5. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 279, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 353, § 31, eff. July 1, 1994.
59 OK Stat § 59-1106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1106. Unlawful acts - Necessity for certificate.

|A. Except as otherwise provided in the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act, it shall be unlawful: |1. For any person to employ or appoint or vote for or approve the employment or appointment of any person as an operator of a waterworks or wastewater works who does not possess a valid current certificate issued under the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act, which certifies the operator's competency to operate a waterworks or wastewater works for which the operator is employed or appointed as operator; or to employ or appoint a person as an operator of a waterworks or wastewater works or vote for or approve the employment or appointment of any person as an operator of a waterworks or wastewater works contrary to the terms and conditions of the certificate held by such person;2. For any person to be the operator of a waterworks or wastewater works for the operation of which the person does not hold a required certificate, or to be the operator of any waterworks or wastewater works contrary to any of the terms and conditions of the operator's certificate; or3. For any person to violate any rule or order made under the authority of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act or any certificate issued pursuant thereto.B. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of this section shall apply to a waterworks or wastewater works employing a superintendent of the waterworks or wastewater works who has not obtained the proper level of certification within six (6) months of employment as superintendent. The Environmental Quality Board may, by rule, limit the number of times this six-month exemption is available to a waterworks and wastewater works.C. The provisions of this section shall not affect the practice of engineering by a professional engineer.D. A plumber licensed pursuant to the Plumbing License Law of 1955 shall not be required to hold any waterworks or wastewater operator certificate in order to make connections to public water systems or lines or sewer systems or lines.Added by Laws 1959, p. 271, § 6. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 166, § 3, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 280, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 324, § 52, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 353, § 32, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 115, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1996; Laws 1999, c. 204, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1999.
59 OK Stat § 59-1107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1107. Application for certificate - Qualifications - Renewals, expiratrion.

|A. Upon application, made upon a form to be prescribed by the Department, by an individual not less than eighteen (18) years of age, the Department shall issue a certificate when the applicant has paid a nonrefundable application fee and has met any one of the following qualifications: |1. An applicant who successfully completes training and examination as prescribed by the Department; or2. An applicant who holds a license or certificate issued by any other state or territory of the United States, and currently valid at the time he makes application hereunder, similar to a certificate provided for herein, where the requirements of such other state or territory for the issuance of a license or certificate, at the time such applicant received said license or certificate, were of a level found by the Department to be the equivalent of the standards required hereby for a certificate of similar kind. Provided, however, that no certificate shall be issued under this paragraph unless the holder of a certificate under this act would be issued a similar license or certificate by such other state or territory under substantially the same conditions.B. All fees shall be deposited in the Certification Fund.C. Any certificate issued under this section shall be renewable annually for the period from July 1 to June 30.D. A certificate shall be renewed upon approval of the Department. Application for such renewal shall be submitted to the Department on forms prescribed by the Department, shall be accompanied by a renewal fee as set by the Board and shall include documentation that the applicant has met the annual renewal training requirements of the Department. The Department may allow a thirty-one-day grace period for such renewals, from July 1 through July 31, without requiring payment of a late fee as set by the Board, provided the applicant submits the required renewal fee and qualifies for such renewal.E. A certificate which is not so renewed by July 31 shall have no further force, effect or validity unless the Department, upon receipt of an application from the holder of the expired certificate within two (2) years after the certificate's June 30 renewal date, reactivates such certificate. Such reactivation application shall include the submission of data on forms prescribed by the Department, renewal and reactivation late fees as set by the Board, and documentation that the applicant has met the Department's renewal training requirements. A reactivated certificate may be renewed annually thereafter as provided in this section.F. The holder of an expired and unreactivated certificate shall not be issued any new certificate unless he applies and qualifies therefor pursuant to the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act.Added by Laws 1959, p. 271, § 7. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 88, § 2, emerg. eff. May 5, 1965; Laws 1978, c. 166, § 4, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 281, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 353, § 33, eff. July 1, 1994.
59 OK Stat § 59-1108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1108. Temporary permit for operation of waterworks or wastewater works.

|Any individual who, after the effective date of this act, is employed or appointed as operator of a waterworks or wastewater works for the operation of which he does not hold a certificate, or the operation of which would be contrary to the terms and conditions of any certificate held by such individual, shall be issued a temporary certificate for the operation of such works by the Department upon satisfactory application made therefor within ten (10) days after initial employment or appointment of such individual as the operator of such works, accompanied by a fee as set by the Board. Such application shall be made under oath, and shall provide in addition any information required by the Department. Said temporary certificate shall expire one (1) calendar year after the date of the applicant's initial employment as the operator of such works, and shall not be renewable. If such application is not made within said ten (10) days, then the continuation of such individual as the operator of such works after said ten (10) days shall be unlawful and shall constitute a violation of this act by both said individual and the person owning or maintaining such works. If the issuance of such temporary certificate is refused for any lawful reason, then the continuation of such individual as the operator of such works after thirty (30) days after the Department has mailed notice of such refusal to the person owning or maintaining such works, and to such applicant, shall be unlawful and shall constitute a violation of this act by both said individual and the person owning or maintaining such works. Not more than one temporary certificate shall be issued to the same individual during any five-year period. This section shall not be applicable to or authorize the issuance of a temporary certificate to any individual who has had a certificate revoked or whose certificate is under suspension, or to whom the issuance or renewal or reactivation of a certificate has been refused, under Section 1113 of this title, except where such individual has thereafter been reinstated or issued a certificate as provided in the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 272, § 8. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 282, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 324, § 53, eff. July 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-1109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1109. Certificates may contain conditions or restrictions.

|Any certificate issued pursuant to the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act may contain such conditions or restrictions as the Department shall deem necessary or appropriate. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 273, § 9. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 283, eff. July 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-1110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1110. Certificate issued to individuals only.

|A certificate shall not be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act to any person other than an individual. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 273, § 10. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 284, eff. July 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-1111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1111. Refusal to issue, renew, reinstate, reactivate or to revoke or suspend certificate - Grounds - Notice and proceedings.

|The Department shall have power to refuse to issue, renew, reinstate or reactivate or, after notice and opportunity for an individual proceeding as provided in the Administrative Procedures Act, the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code and rules of the Board, to revoke or suspend any certificate for good cause including but not limited to: |1. Gross inefficiency or incompetence;2. Violation of any provisions of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act or applicable provisions of the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code, rules promulgated thereunder or the terms of any certificate or order issued pursuant thereto; or3. Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a certificate.Added by Laws 1959, p. 273, § 11. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 285, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 353, § 34, eff. July 1, 1994.
59 OK Stat § 59-1112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1112. Renewal, reactivation or reinstatement of certificate.

|After the expiration of one (1) year after the Department denies an application for certification, renewal or reactivation or revokes a certificate pursuant to the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act, the holder of such certificate may make application to the Department for renewal, reactivation or reinstatement. Such renewal, reactivation or reinstatement shall rest in the sound discretion of the Department. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 274, § 12. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 286, eff. July 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-1113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1113. Certification Fund - Created - Receipts - Disbursements - Use of fund for training program.

|There is hereby created a revolving fund in the State Treasury to be known as the "Certification Fund". Said fund shall consist of all monies appropriated to said fund, and all fees collected under the provisions of this act. Said fund shall be under the control and supervision of the Department, and shall be paid out on claims approved by the Department and forwarded to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services who shall audit the same, and, upon approval thereof, warrants shall be issued according to law, and said warrants shall be paid by the State Treasurer from the said fund. The said fund shall be expended for training programs including itinerant training programs, meetings, personnel, expenses, and purchase of personal property, to carry out the purposes of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act, and for no other purpose. Nothing herein shall prevent the expenditure of other funds of the Department or of the Board, the expenditure of which is not otherwise restricted, from being expended to accomplish the purposes of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 274, § 13. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 287, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 276.
59 OK Stat § 59-1114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1114. Powers of Commissioner subject to rules and regulations of Board.

|The powers herein granted to the Commissioner shall be exercised subject to such rules and regulations as the Board may make, which are applicable thereto. |Laws 1959, p. 274, § 14.
59 OK Stat § 59-1115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1115. Violations and penalties.

|Any public officer who shall knowingly violate any provision of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor. If any county, district, municipality, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any state board, institution, agency, instrumentality, or commission shall violate any provision of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act, each of the members of the governing board thereof who shall vote for or otherwise approve of such violation shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor. Every other person who shall violate any provision of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person guilty of a misdemeanor hereunder shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 274, § 15. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 288, eff. July 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-1117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1117. Registration of helpers - Reporting list of helpers.

|A. A helper shall register annually with the Department. Any registered helper shall work only under the direct supervision of a certified operator. |B. Any authority, company, district, county, municipality, individual or agency providing water or wastewater services shall report a list of all helpers in its employment as of the first day of July of each year together with a registration fee for each such helper and such other information as may be required by the Department.Added by Laws 1978, c. 166, § 5, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 289, eff. July 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-1118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1118. Hiring or contracting of licensed public water supply or wastewater operators.

|A. A municipality, sewer improvement district, water or sewer public trust, or rural water or sewer district may hire or contract for the services of one or more operators, properly licensed and certified by the Department of Environmental Quality, to operate the entity’s publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems. The entity may contract with a small publicly owned water supply system or small publicly owned wastewater system to provide the services of the entity’s certified operator or operators to assist in the operation of the small system. |B. A consortium of small publicly owned water supply systems or small publicly owned wastewater systems may hire or contract for the services of one or more operators, properly licensed and certified by the Department, to provide certified operator services for those small publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems.C. A substate planning district may hire or contract for the services of one or more operators, properly licensed and certified by the Department, to provide certified operator services for small publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems within the substate planning district.D. The Oklahoma Rural Water Association may hire or contract for the services of one or more operators, properly licensed and certified by the Department, to provide certified operator services for small publicly owned public water supply or waste water systems.E. The Environmental Quality Board shall adopt rules defining a small system for purposes of this section, and establishing such requirements, restrictions and conditions relating to the hiring and contracting of operators as it deems necessary to ensure proper operation of publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems.Added by Laws 2006, c. 154, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006.
59 OK Stat § 59-1150.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1150.1. Short title.

|Sections 1150.1 through 1150.13 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Sanitarian and Environmental Specialist Registration Act". |Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 290, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.