Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Renewal requirements.
A. All
designers and inspectors who are certified or apprentices must complete 18
hours of continuing education training related to SSTS every three years, with
a minimum of six of those hours devoted to soils education with a field
component. All installers and service providers who are certified or
apprentices must complete 12 hours of continuing education training related to
SSTS every three years.
B. An
individual with a maintainer certification must complete 12 hours of continuing
education related in general to SSTS or nine hours of continuing education
specifically related to SSTS maintenance or land application of septage every
three years.
C. Certified
individuals and apprentices must complete the applicable hours of continuing
education under items A and B that meet the criteria under subpart
2 for each time period
specified in those items. The continuing education requirement is not increased
for multiple specialty area certifications. Continuing education hours earned
in excess of those required under this subpart shall not be carried over to
meet the requirements for future renewal periods. The renewal period begins
when the first examination is taken in which a passing score is received under
part
7083.1040 or when conditional
eligibility under item E is awarded by the commissioner.
D. The continuing education must be taken
during the time specified in this subpart and remains valid even though not
reported before the end of the certification period. However, certification is
considered expired until the training is reported.
E. If adequate continuing education training
is not taken during the certification period, certification eligibility must be
regained by retaking the required training and passing the examinations under
parts
7083.1030 and
7083.1040, or by commissioner
approval of an application for a nonrenewable, one-year conditional
certification eligibility extension. The application must be submitted on a
form provided by the commissioner. The application must contain a signed
statement that the applicant agrees to complete, within one year, all
continuing education that was not taken and to pass no more than two different
specialty area examinations within one year applicable to the certification
eligibility that the commissioner determined has lapsed. The applicant must
include information with the application to verify compliance with part
7083.1090, when applicable. If the
applicant does not meet the conditions of the one-year conditional
certification eligibility agreement, the certification eligibility expires and
the individual must complete all missed continuing education and pass exams
under part
7083.1040 for each specialty area
sought in order to regain eligibility for certification.
F. In
each certification period, certified individuals and apprentices must accrue
continuing education hours specified in items A to C. At least one-half of the
required training must be directly related to the administrative and technical
parts of chapters 7080 to 7083 as determined by the commissioner.
Subp. 2.
Criteria for
continuing education.
Coursework that qualifies for continuing education credit is
coursework related to the technical aspects of sewage, sewage treatment, SSTS,
soil identification, soil interpretation, soil water movement, engineering or
environmental health related to SSTS, maintenance or operation of an SSTS, land
application of wastes, or other related topics. Credit must also be given for
coursework relating to state SSTS rules and statutes and coursework related to
the administration of local ordinances, permitting, and inspection. Only
programs accredited or otherwise authorized by the commissioner for continuing
education credit are allowed to be used to maintain a certification or
apprentice designation.
