Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC
13-13-5-1;
IC 13-14-8; IC
13-14-9; IC
13-15-1-2;
IC
13-15-2-1;
IC 13-18
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC
13-11-2; IC
13-18-11-8
Sec. 12.
(a) The
commissioner shall approve an organization as a training provider of cross
connection control device inspectors if the training provider's proposed course
meets the following requirements:
(1) The
proposed course instruction and examination have a total duration of at least
forty (40) hours.
(2) The proposed
course deals with matters directly related to the cross connection control
devices that include the following:
(A) Cross
connection:
(i) identification;
(ii) degree of hazard;
(iii) prevention;
(iv) control devices; and
(v) practices.
(B) Backflow prevention assembly field test
procedures and gauge accuracy verification by the Foundation for
Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research.
(C) Cross connection control device:
(i) inspection;
(ii) repair; and
(iii) maintenance.
(D) Content, intent, and related policy of
this rule.
(E) Responsibilities of
the:
(i) customer;
(ii) public water system; and
(iii) cross connection control device
inspector.
(3)
To teach the assigned subject, each instructor of the proposed course shall:
(A) have recognition from Indiana as a cross
connection control device inspector; and
(B) be qualified by academic work or
practical experience directly related to cross connection control device
inspection.
(4) Includes
both written and oral examinations that are proctored by different instructors
and meet the following requirements:
(A) A
written examination that tests the student's comprehension of the material
discussed in subdivision (2).
(B)
An oral examination that tests the student's ability and competency to perform
cross connection control device:
(i)
inspections;
(ii) test procedures
specified under subdivision (2)(B); and
(iii)
troubleshooting.
(5) The organization submits a written
request to the commissioner for approval as a training provider of cross
connection control device inspectors. The request must contain the following:
(A) The:
(i)
name, address, and telephone number of the organization;
(ii) name of the course;
(iii) specific topics on which there are to
be presentations;
(iv) time devoted
to each topic identified under item (iii); and
(v) dates and locations where the course will
be offered.
(B) All
instructors':
(i) names;
(ii) registration numbers;
(iii) educational backgrounds;
(iv) professional experiences; and
(v) current professional
affiliations.
(C)
Information to demonstrate fulfillment of the requirements of subdivision (2)
to the satisfaction of the commissioner.
(D) A written class outline.
(b) The commissioner's
approval of an organization as a training provider of cross connection control
device inspectors is valid for a duration of five (5) years.
(c) All training providers shall maintain
records for five (5) years on the following:
(1) The dates of all courses.
(2) The names of all individuals attending
the course.
(3) The duration of the
course.
(4) All instructors'
names.
(5) The program
content.
(d) Training
providers shall submit to the commissioner a record of individuals attending
courses within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the course. These records
must be maintained for a five (5) year period. The records must contain the
following:
(1) The name of the
course.
(2) The name, address, and
current phone number of the individual attending the course.
(3) The date of the course.
(4) Performance on the written and oral
examinations required by subsection (a)(4).
(e) The commissioner may revoke the approval
of a training provider, following a hearing under IC 4-21.5, if it is found
that the training provider has violated:
(1)
any of the provisions set out in the approval of the training provider's cross
connection control device inspectors course;
(2) this rule; or
(3) the conditions of IC
13-18-11-8.
