Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VI - Certification of Operators › Chapter 82 - Well Contractor Certification › Rule 567-82.11 - Continuing Education

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
CEU requirements.
Continuing education must be earned during
				two-year periods between April 1 and March 31 of even-numbered years. A
				certified well contractor holding well driller certification or both well
				driller and pump installer certifications must earn 1.6 units or 16 contact
				hours during each two-year period. A certified well contractor holding only
				pump installer certification must earn 1.0 units or 10 contact hours during
				each two-year period. A well plugging contractor may be required to earn 0.2
				units or 2 contact hours during each two-year period as determined by the
				department, provided the well plugging contractor is notified of the
				requirement at the beginning of the renewal period. Newly certified (previously
				uncertified) well contractors who are certified after April 1 of even-numbered
				years will not be required to earn CEUs until the next two-year
				period.
(2)
Certificate
				renewal.
Only those certified well contractors fulfilling the
				continuing education requirements before the end of each two-year period (March
				31) will be allowed to renew their certificates. The certificates of certified
				well contractors not fulfilling the continuing education requirements shall
				expire on June 30 of every even-numbered year.
(3)
CEU approval.
All
				activities for which continuing education credit will be granted must be
				approved by an accredited college or university, an issuing agency, or by the
				department, and shall be related to well services, relevant aspects of Iowa
				groundwater law, well construction, well maintenance, well abandonment
				practices, well contractor safety (no more than 0.2 CEU per renewal), water
				system maintenance, and Iowa hydrogeologic conditions which protect groundwater
				and water supplies.
(4)
CEU
				extensions.
The director may, in individual cases involving hardship
				or extenuating circumstances, grant an extension of time of up to six months
				within which to fulfill the minimum continuing education requirements. Hardship
				or extenuating circumstances include documented health-related confinement or
				other circumstances beyond the control of the certified well contractor which
				prevent attendance at the required activities. All requests for extensions must
				be made prior to March 31 of each even-numbered year.
(5)
CEU reporting.
It is the
				certified well contractor's personal responsibility to maintain a written
				record and to notify the department of the continuing education credit earned
				during the period. The continuing education credits earned during the period
				shall be shown on the application for renewal.
(6)
Alternative CEU requirements.
A certified well contractor shall be deemed to have complied with the
				continuing education requirements of this rule during periods that the
				certified well contractor serves honorably on active duty in the military
				services, or for periods that the person is a government employee working as a
				well contractor and assigned to duty outside of the United States, or for other
				periods of active practice and absence from the state approved by the
				director.