Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 25 - RULES RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OPERATORS
Appendix A - Courses for Qualifying Bachelor's or Associate Degrees
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules A
Current through February, 2024
(a) Courses for which full credit shall be given:
(1) Courses in water quality, treatment or
distribution. Any number of courses allowed as long as no courses are
duplicated.
(2) Chemistry of water,
a maximum of three semester credits.
(3) Water microbiology, up to three semester
credits.
(4) Engineering courses in
the water treatment or distribution fields. Any number of courses allowed as
long as no courses are duplicated.
(b) Courses for which half credit shall be given:
(1) General
chemistry, up to twelve semester credits.
(2) Biological sciences, including
microbiology, pathogenic bacteriology, virology, etc., a maximum of nine
semester credits.
(3) Mathematics,
including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics, up to twelve
semester credits. Does not include basic, introductory, or business mathematics
courses.
(4) General physics, up to
nine semester credits.
(5)
Engineering courses such as fluid mechanics, and environmental engineering
courses not directly related to water treatment or distribution. Any number of
courses allowed as long as no courses are duplicated.
(c) Courses for which half credit shall be given:
(1) Public or
business administration courses. Up to nine semester credits in organization,
management, finance, supervision, budgeting, etc.
(2) Technical writing, a maximum of three
semester credits.
(3) Public
speaking, up to three semester credits.
A qualifying bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited university in which the applicant has earned at least twenty adjusted semester credits from freshman or higher level courses from the courses listed above.
A qualifying associate degree is an associate degree or higher in which the applicant has earned at least twelve adjusted semester credits from freshman or higher level courses from the courses listed above.
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