Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 681 - WATER SUPPLY OPERATOR CERTIFICATION
Subpart C - EXAMINATION
Section 681.300 - Water Supply Operator Examination of Competency

a) The purpose of the water supply operator examination of competency is to test a person's skills, knowledge, ability and judgment of the chemical, biological and physical sciences essential to the treatment of drinking water, as well as the person's ability to read and write English.

b) The Agency or its designee shall administer water supply operator examinations at times and locations throughout the State as determined by the Agency.

c) No person shall take the water supply operator examination more than four times in one calendar year unless the person has passed any water supply operator examination during that calendar year.

d) The maximum time allowed for any person taking a water supply operator examination of competency shall be five hours, unless a request for a reasonable accommodation has been received and approved by the Agency in writing prior to the beginning of the examination.

e) Any person may submit a request for a reasonable accommodation for an eligible disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act ( 42 USC 12101 et seq.) and the Illinois Human Rights Act [ 775 ILCS 5 ].