Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC
13-18-11-13
Affected: IC 13-18-11
Sec. 11.
(a) A
standardized examination prepared to reflect the duties and responsibilities
required of each classification of wastewater treatment operator shall be:
(1) used to test:
(A) knowledge;
(B) ability; and
(C) judgment; of an applicant to become a
certified wastewater treatment operator;
(2) conducted at least annually;
and
(3) held at places and times
established by the commissioner:
(A) with at
least sixty (60) days advanced announcement; and
(B) except in such cases as may be declared
necessary exceptions by the commissioner.
(b) A person wishing to be examined for
wastewater treatment apprenticeship or certification shall fulfill the
following requirements:
(1) Complete an
application on a form approved by the commissioner that:
(A) contains true and accurate information to
the best of the applicant's knowledge; and
(B) is free of omissions and
misrepresentations, either of which may result in rejection of the application
or revocation of any certificate previously granted.
(2) Submit a completed application, with the
necessary fee, to the commissioner not later than forty-five (45) days
preceding the date of the examination.
(c) The commissioner shall:
(1) review an application and supporting
documents concerning the eligibility of an applicant for wastewater treatment
certification examination; and
(2)
issue a written notification in the form of an admission slip providing the
time and place of the examination to be presented by an applicant deemed
eligible for examination.
(d) A person who has been notified and
scheduled to take an examination:
(1) may
submit a written request to the commissioner for a postponement to take the
examination one (1) offering later than the examination granted by the
commissioner if the:
(A) postponement for a
nonemergency reason is requested not later than fourteen (14) days before the
examination date noticed to the applicant under subsection (c)(2);
(B) postponement request for an emergency
reason is submitted as soon as conditions of the emergency warrant;
(C) applicant provides the commissioner an
explicit description of extenuating circumstances necessitating the requested
postponement; and
(D) applicant
understands that only one (1) postponement shall be allowed;
or
(2) will be considered
to have failed that examination if one (1) of the following occurs:
(A) The person:
(i) does not attend the examination;
and
(ii) has not requested a
postponement according to subdivision (1).
(B) The person is caught cheating on an
examination, an occurrence that will make an applicant ineligible to take any
operator certification examination for a period of two (2) years following the
examination date of the incidence of cheating.
(e) Completed examinations shall be managed
by the commissioner according to the following:
(1) Graded in a manner prescribed by the
commissioner with a minimum result of seventy percent (70%) needed in order to
pass the examination.
(2) The
commissioner shall notify an applicant of the examination result:
(A) in writing; and
(B) not later than two (2) months after the
date of the examination.
(3) Examination papers shall be retained by
the commissioner with an opportunity afforded to an applicant notified of
having failed the examination for review of the graded examination until a date
ninety (90) days before the next scheduled examination if the applicant submits
the following to the commissioner:
(A) A
written request for review of the graded examination.
(B) A statement affirming the applicant's
understanding that examination review does not include the right to copy, by
any means, the examination or any portion of it.
(f) A person previously certified as a
wastewater treatment operator under this rule but who has failed to meet the
renewal requirements according to section 14 of this rule must fulfill the
following:
(1) Qualify under this
rule.
(2) Retake an
examination.
(g) A person
may receive wastewater treatment certification without taking an examination if
the person seeking wastewater treatment operator's certification by reciprocal
recognition or on a provisional basis according to section 13 of this rule
files an application required by subsection (b) at the applicant's convenience,
subject to applicable expiration dates delineated in this rule.
