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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 74. License required
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Part II. License Requirements
A. To serve as an operator of a waterworks or wastewater works, it shall be necessary to hold a valid license issued by the board for a classification equal to or greater than the classification of the waterworks or wastewater works to be operated and in the appropriate category. Issuance of a new classification of license shall void all previously issued licenses in the same category. No licensee shall hold two licenses of different classifications in the same category. The board shall issue a license only after an individual has met all experience and examination requirements as set forth in this chapter.
B. Provisional licensure shall not authorize an individual to serve as the operator of a classified waterworks or waste waterworks facility.
C. No individual shall act as a conventional onsite soil evaluator, alternative onsite soil evaluator, conventional onsite sewage system installer, alternative onsite sewage system installer, conventional onsite sewage system operator, or alternative onsite sewage system operator without possessing a valid license issued by the board. Issuance of an alternative license shall void the previously issued conventional license and shall authorize the alternative licensee to perform duties on both conventional and alternative onsite sewage systems consistent with the license category. The board shall issue a license only after an individual has met all experience and examination requirements as set forth in this chapter.
D. No individual shall act as an alternative onsite sewage system operator of an alternative onsite sewage system that exceeds 10,000 gallons per day design flow without possessing the appropriate class of wastewater works operator license in addition to an alternative onsite sewage system operator license.
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.