North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 01 - DEPARTMENTAL RULES › Subchapter O - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Section .0100 - DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SANITATION RULES › Section 01O .0102 - ELIGIBILITY FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  The applicant for authorization shall successfully complete the centralized
				  training course provided by the Division.
(b) The applicant shall successfully complete
				  field practice by evaluating sites and establishments with an authorized
				  environmental health specialist to assure that the applicant knows the rules of
				  the Commission for Public Health and the Environmental Management Commission,
				  as applicable, and how to properly enforce them.
(c) When the supervisor determines that the
				  applicant has progressed sufficiently to work independently, the applicant may
				  request to be evaluated for authorization. Documentation of the satisfactory
				  completion of all required orientation activities and field practice, including
				  any inspection or evaluation forms completed by the applicant and comments of
				  the supervisor shall be forwarded to the regional specialist.
(d) If, upon reviewing the file, the regional
				  specialist finds that the applicant needs additional study or field practice,
				  the evaluation for authorization may be postponed until that study or practice
				  has been completed.
(e) Upon
				  satisfactory completion of the requirements in Paragraphs (a) through (d) of
				  this Rule, the regional specialist shall coordinate the administration of a
				  written test which the applicant must pass by a score of 70 percent or more.
				  The test may be repeated if necessary.
(f) An applicant requesting authorization for
				  15A NCAC
				  18A .3100 Lead Poisoning Prevention in
				  Children Program shall take and successfully complete the North Carolina State
				  of Practice course entitled "Lead Investigation and Abatement" and shall pass
				  the written test provided by that course. An applicant requesting authorization
				  for only 15A NCAC 18A Lead Poisoning
				  Prevention in Children Program shall not be required to take the exam required
				  in Paragraph (e) of this Rule.
(g)
				  An applicant requesting authorization for
				  15A NCAC
				  02C .0100 to enforce the private well
				  construction rules of the Environmental Management Commission shall take and
				  successfully complete the North Carolina State of Practice course entitled
				  Basic Private Wells Authorization Training: Groundwater Protection and Public
				  Health or the Private Well portion of Centralized Intern Training, including
				  any written test(s) associated with the course he or she takes. An applicant
				  requesting authorization for
				  15A NCAC
				  02C .0100 Standards of Construction:
				  Water-Supply Wells who has more than 18 months of experience in a well
				  inspection program approved by the Department shall be required to take only
				  the exam required in Paragraph (e) of this Rule.
(h) After the applicant has successfully
				  completed the written test, the regional specialist shall conduct a field
				  evaluation of the applicant's knowledge, skills, and ability to enforce the
				  provisions of G.S. 130A and the rules of the Commission. Following the field
				  evaluation, the regional specialist shall make a recommendation to the Director
				  of the Division of Environmental Health regarding issuance or denial of
				  authorization.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 87-87;
					 130A-4;
Temporary
					 Adoption Eff. March 1, 1998;
Eff. April 1, 1999;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2008;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. February 16,
					 2019.