(a)
(1) The Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health or its authorized agent is authorized and directed to review proposals for individual sewage disposal systems and to make inspections of individual sewage disposal systems as may be necessary to determine substantial compliance with this chapter and regulations adopted hereunder. The systems shall not be used unless a permit for operation has been approved by the division or its authorized agent.
(2) In the event that an authorized agent has not been designated for a county or municipality or locality, applications for individual sewage disposal systems shall be made to the division.
(3) The division or its authorized agent shall either approve or disapprove the individual sewage disposal system design, and, if disapproved, the system shall not be installed until all deficiencies are corrected and the design approved by the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health or its authorized agent.
(b) It shall be the duty of the installer to notify the division, its authorized agent, or his or her designated representative when the installation is to occur and it shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of the property to give the division, its authorized agent, or his or her designated representative free access to the property at reasonable times for the purpose of making such inspections as are necessary.
(c) Within five (5) working days, the installer shall certify to the division that the system has been installed pursuant to the approved permit.
(d) Any person aggrieved by the disapproval of an individual sewage disposal system shall be afforded review as provided in the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
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