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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing |
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Agency 160. Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals |
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Chapter 20. Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage Systemprofessionals Regulations |
Section 109. Operator continuing professional education (CPE)
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A. Each licensee, provisional licensee, and interim licensee shall have completed the following number of CPE contact hours during each renewal cycle:
1. Class 1, 2, and 3 waterworks and wastewater works operators shall obtain a minimum of 20 contact hours.
2. Class 4 waterworks and wastewater works operators shall obtain a minimum of 16 contact hours.
3. Class 5 waterworks operators shall obtain a minimum of eight contact hours.
4. Class 6 waterworks operators shall obtain a minimum of four contact hours.
5. Conventional onsite soil evaluators, conventional onsite sewage system installers, and conventional onsite sewage system operators shall obtain a minimum of 10 contact hours.
6. Alternative onsite soil evaluators, alternative onsite sewage system installers, and alternative onsite sewage system operators shall obtain a minimum of 20 contact hours.
7. All interim licensees shall obtain a minimum of 10 contact hours during the first 24 months that the interim license is valid and shall obtain a minimum of 10 contact hours during the second 24 months that the interim license is valid.
CPE provisions do not apply for the renewal of waterworks operator licenses or provisional licenses that were held for less than two years on the date of expiration. CPE shall be required for all wastewater works licenses for the license period beginning March 1, 2010, and each license period thereafter.
B. The subject matter addressed during CPE contact hours shall be limited to the content areas covered by the board's examination appropriate to the license for which renewal is sought. Safety subjects shall not count for more than one-half of the total CPE required content hours for waterworks operators and for wastewater works operators.
C. Any course approved by the board for substitution as training credits or formal education semester hours, as provided for in 18VAC160-20-150, shall also be acceptable on an hour-for-hour basis for CPE contact hours. One semester hour of college credit shall equal 15 CPE contact hours, and one quarter hour of college credit shall equal 10 CPE credit hours.
D. The following evidence shall be maintained to document completion of the hours of CPE specified in subsection A of this section:
1. Evidence of completion of a structured training activity which shall consist of the name, address and telephone number of the sponsor;
2. The dates the applicant participated in the training;
3. Descriptive material of the subject matter presented; and
4. A statement from the sponsor verifying the number of hours completed.
E. Each licensee and provisional licensee shall maintain evidence of the satisfactory completion of CPE for a period of at least two years following the end of the license renewal cycle for which the CPE was taken. Such documentation shall be in the form required by subsection D of this section and shall be provided to the board or its duly authorized agents upon request.
F. The licensee or provisional licensee shall not receive CPE credit for the same training course or structured training activity more than once during a single license renewal cycle to meet the CPE requirement.
G. The licensee or provisional licensee may receive CPE credit for a training course or structured training activity which has been mandated by Virginia or federal regulation towards fulfilling the CPE requirement.
H. CPE instructors who hold a license issued by the board may receive CPE credit for the time spent actually instructing subject matter that is pertinent to their license. CPE credit shall not be allowed for instructing the same subject matter more than once during a single renewal cycle.
I. CPE instructors who hold a license issued by the board may be granted two additional hours of CPE credit for the initial development of or the substantial updating of a CPE activity that is pertinent to the license held for each hour spent delivering the initial presentation. CPE credit for the initial development or the substantial updating of a specific CPE activity shall be granted no more than once during a single renewal cycle.
J. The licensee or provisional licensee may petition the board for additional time to meet the CPE requirement. However, CPE hours earned during a license renewal cycle to satisfy the CPE requirement of the preceding license renewal cycle shall be valid only for that preceding license renewal cycle.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 17, Issue 09, eff. February 15, 2001; amended, Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 01, eff. December 1, 2006; Volume 25, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2009; Volume 26, Issue 06, eff. January 1, 2010.