Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part V - Preventive Health Services › Subpart 21 - Residential Licensing › Chapter 73 - Child Placing Agencies-General Provisions › Section V-7325 - Application for Certification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				  applications for certificates shall be addressed to: Administrator, Operator
				  Certification Program, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of
				  Public Health, 6867 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Applications
				  for certificates must be accompanied by the prescribed fees.
B. All initial applications for any category
				  of either new certificates or renewal certificates received subsequent to the
				  effective date of this Rule, shall be accompanied by a "Certification Law and
				  Rules Examination" to be completed by the applicant as part of the application
				  process.
C. Applicants who pass the
				  required examinations, and meet the minimum education and experience
				  requirements, and are actively employed by a water or wastewater system, will
				  be notified that they may apply for the earned professional operator
				  certification.
D. Applicants who
				  pass an examination but do not meet the education and experience requirements
				  will be notified of what education and/or experience and/or training is
				  required to qualify. Such applicants, upon payment of the prescribed fee, will
				  be issued a provisional certification in the classification(s) for which they
				  have passed the examination(s). At whatever time the applicant qualifies, an
				  application with the necessary fee must be submitted or re-examination may be
				  required.
E. Individuals who have
				  combined work experience in both water and wastewater may make written
				  application to the certification committee for credit toward certification in
				  either or both of the two categories. The work experience will be listed in a
				  detailed resume application which details the overlapping areas of work
				  responsibility. This application will be certified by the immediate supervisor
				  of the individual requesting certification. The committee of certification will
				  rule on each individual application as presented. These applications will be
				  reviewed twice a year by a screening subcommittee composed of members of the
				  operator certification committee.
F. One individual may be designated as the
				  operator over (several) more than one water or wastewater system or district
				  provided that he can demonstrate that he is actively involved on a day-to-day
				  basis in the operation of each of the systems, and is able to respond to the
				  systems locations within one hour of notification that his presence is
				  required.
G. Experience must be in
				  actual water system or sewage system operation or its approved equivalent and
				  must be in the field applying to the respective certificates. Experience as
				  foreman or supervisor in most capacities in water and sewerage systems may be
				  considered acceptable. Experience in purely clerical capacity, such as
				  accounting, bookkeeping cannot be considered as acceptable experience.
				  Experience in narrow technical capacities, such as laboratory technicians or
				  meter readers may be considered for partial credit by the committee.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with R.S.
					 40:1141-1151.