Texas Administrative Code › Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 295 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH › Subchapter I - TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD REDUCTION › Section 295.209 - Lead Abatement Project Designer: Certification Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Certification requirements. A
											  person must be certified by the department as a lead abatement project designer to engage in such activity in
											  target housing and child-occupied facilities. Certifications issued by the department prior to January 1,
											  2005, are valid for a period of three years from the date of issue, provided that the appropriate fee is paid
											  on time each year. Certifications issued by the department on or after January 1, 2005, are valid for a
											  period of two years from the date of issue.
(b) Specific
											  requirements of applicants for certification as lead abatement project designers:
(1) successfully complete a lead abatement supervisor training course,
											  unless currently certified as a lead abatement supervisor in Texas, and receive a course completion
											  certificate from a department-accredited training program provider;
(2) successfully complete a lead abatement project designer training course
											  and receive a course completion certificate from a department-accredited training program provider;
											  and
(3) meet or exceed the following additional education and/or
											  experience requirements:
(A) a bachelor's degree in engineering,
											  architecture, or a related profession, and one year of experience in building construction and design or a
											  related field; or
(B) four years of experience in building
											  construction and design or a related field.
(4) submit
											  a complete application for lead abatement project designer certification to the department on a
											  department-issued form and pay the appropriate certification fee within one year of successfully completing
											  the original lead abatement supervisor and lead abatement project designer training courses.
(A) A person who fails to submit a complete lead abatement project designer
											  certification application within one year of completing the required courses will be required to additionally
											  complete lead abatement supervisor and lead abatement project designer refresher training courses from a
											  department-accredited training program provider and receive course completion certificates. The individual
											  must then submit a complete certification application, including course completion certificates of the
											  additionally required lead abatement supervisor and lead abatement project designer refresher training
											  courses, within one year of completing these refresher courses.
(B) If the applicant has not submitted a complete lead abatement project
											  designer certification application within three years of completing the original lead abatement supervisor
											  and lead abatement project designer training courses, including documentation of any additionally required
											  refresher training courses as per subsection (b)(4)(A) of this section, the person will again be subject to
											  the certification requirements of subsection (b) of this section in order to be granted
											  certification.