The Department of Public Health shall hold at least four examinations each year, at such times and in such locations as may be convenient. Notice of the time and place of each examination shall be given in writing to each applicant at least ten days prior to the examination. To obtain a license an applicant shall furnish such evidence of competency as said department shall require. The applicant shall satisfy said department that he has the requisite skill to perform the work of a subsurface sewage disposal system installer or cleaner and can comply with all other requirements of this chapter. Upon application to said department for a license, the applicant shall pay to said department a fee of fifty dollars for a subsurface sewage disposal system installer license or twenty dollars for a subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner license. The applicant shall present himself at the next regular examination. The Department of Public Health shall conduct such written, oral and practical examinations as it deems necessary to test the knowledge of the applicant for a subsurface sewage disposal system installer's license on sewage disposal system construction and installation or to test the knowledge of the applicant for a subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner on subsurface sewage disposal system cleaning and servicing. When an applicant has qualified for a license, the department shall issue to such person a license entitling him to engage in the work or occupation of subsurface sewage disposal system installer or subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner until the date for renewal under section 19a-88. All fees collected by said department shall be promptly transmitted to the State Treasurer.

(P.A. 74-341, S. 5, 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 461, 610; P.A. 81-473, S. 23, 43; P.A. 88-357, S. 11; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 37, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-271, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 247.)

History: P.A. 77-614 transferred responsibility for actually administering of examinations from board to department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-473 amended section to delete all references to board, which was terminated, effective July 1, 1981; P.A. 88-357 made technical changes and removed obsolete language; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised examination fee to $50; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-271 changed $50 examination fee to a license fee of $25 for installers and $10 for cleaners, deleted the exemption for plumbers, required payment upon application for, rather than receipt of, the license and deleted reference to failure of the examination; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased license fees from $25 to $50 and from $10 to $20.