Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-18-11-1.5; IC 13-18-11-13
Affected: IC 13-18-11
Sec. 4.
(a) A
standardized examination prepared to reflect the duties and responsibilities
required of each grade of water treatment plant and water distribution system
certified operator shall be as follows:
(1)
Used to test knowledge, ability, and judgment of an applicant to become a water
treatment plant or water distribution system certified operator.
(2) Conducted at least annually.
(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 water
treatment plant or water distribution system 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 postmarked not later than forty-five (45)
days preceding the date of the examination.
(c) The commissioner shall do the following:
(1) Review an application and supporting
documents concerning the eligibility of an applicant for water treatment plant
or water distribution system certification.
(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:
(A) the postponement:
(i) for a nonemergency reason is requested
not later than fourteen (14) days before the examination date noticed to the
applicant under subsection (c)(2); and
(ii) request for an emergency reason is
submitted as soon as conditions of the emergency warrant; and
(B) the applicant:
(i) provides the commissioner an explicit
description of extenuating circumstances necessitating the requested
postponement; and
(ii) understands
that only one (1) postponement shall be allowed; or
(2) will be considered to have
failed that examination if the person:
(A)
does not attend the examination and has not requested a postponement according
to subdivision (1); or
(B) 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 as
follows:
(A) In writing.
(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 following:
(i) The
examination.
(ii) Any portion of
the examination.
(f) A person previously certified as a water
treatment plant or water distribution system operator under this rule but who
has failed to meet the renewal requirements within a grace period of one (1)
year according to section 7(e)(4) of this rule must retake an
examination.
