Alabama Administrative Code › Title 628 - ALABAMA ONSITE WASTEWATER BOARD › Chapter 628-X-3 - LICENSING › Section 628-X-3-.04 - Obtaining A New License

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
All persons desiring to obtain a license should request from
				the Executive Director instructions for obtaining any license issued by the
				Board. Persons desiring to be licensed must satisfy all the eligibility
				requirements for licensure. The Executive Director has the authority to
				Investigate backgrounds of prospective licensees and forward any questionable
				applications to the Board; Eligibility requirements to obtain a license for
				basic installer, pumper, portable restroom, manufacture and manufacture level
				II are as follows: Contact the Executive Director or designee and request
				eligibility license application. Qualifications shall include:
(1) Business Experience.
(2) 12 months of work experience in the area
			 of onsite sewage in the requested area of licensure to include company name and
			 address, telephone number, position held, supervisor for the basic installer
			 applicant.
(3) 6 months of work
			 experience in the area of onsite sewage in the requested area of licensure to
			 include company name and address, telephone number, position held, supervisor
			 for the pumper, portable restroom and manufacturer applicants.
(4) other areas of eligibility may be
			 required. Approved applicants will be notified via first class mail as well as
			 a list of exam procedures to contact a sponsor of Board approved training to
			 register for the initial training. Board approved sponsors shall be posted on
			 the Boards web site in January of each year. The exam will be given at the
			 administrative office of the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board located in
			 Montgomery, Alabama. Testing dates will be posted on the Boards website. An
			 application for testing must be completed and returned with the appropriate
			 testing fees to the office of the Executive Director. Testing fees may also be
			 paid online via the Boards website. Testing fees shall be accepted for exam
			 that has been registered for. Failure to attend exam shall result in testing
			 fee being extended for no longer than 6 (six) months. Exams not taken within 6
			 (six) months of being registered for shall pay said exam fee again. The minimum
			 passing grade of all licensing examinations is 80 percent. 2 (two) hours shall
			 be given to take any licensing exam. Written examination results shall be
			 provided to individuals within ten (10) days in writing after the exam is
			 taken. Successful candidates will receive information on completion of the
			 licensure process along with their test results. Any person who fails an
			 examination will be provided with information on reapplying. Those testing
			 unsuccessfully can re-test two times with a minimum of fourteen days lapsing
			 between each test. If a passing score is not achieved with the second re-test,
			 the applicant must begin the licensing anew. Application packets containing
			 licensing application for current year, and the bond along with all applicable
			 fees shall be received and reviewed for accuracy by the Executive Director or
			 designee of the Board. The Board's Executive Director or designee shall approve
			 all complete applications for licensing; The minimum application requirements
			 shall include, but are not limited to, the applicant's business experience,
			 work experience, company name and address, business license number, business
			 phone, email address, evidence of bond, citizenship status and being of legal
			 age. Persons must first obtain an Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board (AOWB) Basic
			 Level Installer License before qualifying for an AOWB Advanced Level I
			 Installer License. To qualify for an AOWB Advanced Level I Installers License,
			 an AOWB Basic Level Installer licensee, who has held the AOWB Basic Level
			 Installer License for less than 10 years (of continuous active license service)
			 shall complete a minimum of five (5) conventional onsite sewage systems as
			 defined by the Alabama Department of Public Health and have held the AOWB Basic
			 Level Installer License for not less than twenty-four (24) months and have
			 obtained the Board required education. Documentation verifying these
			 qualifications have been met must be submitted for an Advanced Level I
			 Installers License. Persons must first obtain an AOWB Advanced Level I
			 Installer License before qualifying for an AOWB Advanced Leve lII Installer
			 License. To qualify for an AOWB Advanced Level II Installer License an AOWB
			 Advanced Level I Installer License holder, (with less than 10 (ten) years of
			 continuous active license service service) as an AOWB Advanced Level I
			 Installer License, shall complete a minimum of 5 (five) engineered systems as
			 defined by the Alabama Department of Public Health, have held the Advanced
			 Level I Installer License for no less than twenty-four (24) months, and have
			 obtained the Board required education. Documentation verifying these
			 qualifications have been met must be submitted for an Advanced Level II
			 Installer License.
Rule .03 was renumbered to .04 per certification published
				  October 31, 2019; effective December 15,
				  2019.
Author:
Melissa Hines
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										34-21A-1,
et
				  seq
.