Section 95. Provisional licensure - nonclassified facility operation experience only  


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  • A. Each person desiring provisional licensure shall make application in accordance with 18VAC160-20-76 and shall meet all of the requirements of 18VAC160-20-90 except that the experience requirement may be met through experience gained as an operator of a nonclassified facility provided that:

    1. The experience is obtained at a nonclassified facility that is comparable in size and in the treatment processes used to those facilities described in 18VAC160-20-120 in the case of waterworks or to those facilities described in 18VAC160-20-130 in the case of wastewater works.

    2. The experience is obtained while performing actual nonclassified facility operation duties that provide experience comparable to that obtained at a classified facility. Experience limited solely to the operation and maintenance of wastewater collection systems and water distribution systems, laboratory work, plant maintenance and other nonoperating duties shall not be counted as qualifying experience for Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4 provisional licenses but may be counted for a provisional Class 5 or Class 6 license.

    B. Each applicant meeting the requirements of subsection A of this section shall be eligible to sit for the operator examination for the category and class of operator license that is comparable to the nonclassified facility where the experience was obtained. The provisional license shall not be issued until all applicable requirements have been met and satisfactorily verified.

    C. Each individual holding provisional licensure may apply for licensure by submitting evidence of having met 50% of the experience required by 18VAC160-20-90.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 23, Issue 01, eff. December 1, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 06, eff. January 1, 2010.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2301 of the Code of Virginia.