§1281.7. Certification of present practitioners; temporary certification
A. Certificates in appropriate classification will be issued to operators, who on the effective date of this Subpart, hold certificates of competency attained by examination under the voluntary certification program now being administered by the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage, and Industrial Wastes, upon application to the committee within eighteen months after the effective date of this Subpart and payment of the certification fees prescribed by the committee.
B. All operators employed in charge of water supply or sewerage systems on the effective date of this Subpart*, and who do not hold voluntary or other qualifying certificates, and who apply to the committee within twelve months of the effective date of this Subpart* and pay the prescribed certificate fees, shall be granted an operator's limited certificate, which shall be valid only for the system in which the operator is employed and for the conditions of operation and duties involved on the effective date of this Subpart*. Limited certificates shall be renewable upon application, provided the requirements for renewal without reexamination for certificate of even grade are satisfied. Persons granted limited certificates and renewals of limited certificates shall pay the same fees as are fixed for regular certificates of like grade.
C. Any person appointed to replace or succeed a water supply system or sewage system operator after the effective date of this Subpart may be issued a temporary certificate upon application to the committee and payment of the same fees as are specified for limited certificates. Any such person shall be required to obtain a regular certificate of the class commensurate with his duties within a period of twenty four months after the date on which a temporary certificate is issued.
Acts 1972, No. 538, §7, eff. July 26, 1972, at 12 o'clock noon. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1986, No. 983, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1147 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
*AS APPEARS IN ENROLLED ACT.
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