New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter I - State Sanitary Code › Part 5 - Drinking Water Supplies › Subpart 5-4 - Classification And Certification Of Community And Nontransient Noncommunity Water System Operators › Section 5-4.8 - Renewal/recertification requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Renewal requirements.
(1) A
				  request for renewal of a certificate must be submitted, by each operator, to
				  the department, on a form prescribed by the department, at least one month
				  before the certificate expiration date. All operators will have a fixed renewal
				  cycle of three years.
(2) All
				  renewal requests from grandparented operators may be approved after the
				  operator has completed the required renewal training, as set forth in Table
				  5-4.8 of this section; satisfactorily operated his/her facility during each
				  three-year grandparenting period; and all other renewal conditions prescribed
				  by the department.
(3) To qualify
				  for renewal, a grade A, B, C or D water treatment operator, water treatment
				  assistant operator, or distribution system operator must have successfully
				  completed the following equivalent continuing education unit (CEU) training
				  requirements, as set forth in Table 5-4.8 of this section, within the previous
				  three years. All renewal training courses must be approved by the
				  department.
(4) The department may
				  require any person applying for renewal of certification as a water treatment
				  operator, water treatment assistant operator or distribution system operator to
				  take a written, oral and/or practical skills validated examination to determine
				  the applicant's skills, knowledge, ability and judgement. The results of the
				  examination, and the requirements of this section, will serve as the basis for
				  approval or disapproval of such application.
Table 5-4.8 - Renewal Requirements
Grade
CEU
								  equivalent
Type of
								  training
IA and IIA
3.0
* .5 CEU's required from a laboratory course *
								Remaining 2.5 CEU's must come from the following list of acceptable training: *
								Science of water " Source water protection * Mathematics * Treatment *
								Operation & maintenance * Regulations " Safety
IB and IIB
3.0
* All CEU's must come from the following list of
								acceptable training: * Laboratory * Science of water * Source water protection
								* Mathematics * Treatment * Operation & maintenance * Regulations *
								Safety
C
1.5
* All CEU's must come from the following list of
								acceptable training: * Laboratory * Science of water * Source water protection
								* Mathematics * Treatment * Operation & maintenance * Distribution systems
								* Regulations * Safety
D
1.5
* The following is a list of acceptable training: *
								Distribution systems * Mathematics * Operation & maintenance * Regulations
								" Safety
(5) If dual certification is held, then the
				  operator must obtain the number of CEU's corresponding to the highest grade of
				  certification held, as outlined in Table 5-4.8 of this section.