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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 359
February Session, 2020
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CREDIT OF CERTAIN MILITARY
EXPERIENCE AND TRAIN ING TOWARD CERTAIN LICENSURE
REQUIREMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-341e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 2
(a) The Department of Public Health shall hold at least four 3
examinations each year, at such times and in such locations as may be 4
convenient. Notice of the time and place of each examination shall be 5
given in writing to each applicant at least ten days prior to the 6
examination. To obtain a license an applicant shall furnish such 7
evidence of competency as said department shall require. The applicant 8
shall satisfy said department that he or she has the requisite skill to 9
perform the work of a subsurface sewage disposal system installer or 10
cleaner and can comply with all other requirements of this chapter. 11
Upon application to said department for a license, the applicant shall 12
pay to said department a fee of fifty dollars for a subsurface sewage 13
disposal system installer license or twenty dollars for a subsurface 14 Raised Bill No. 359
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sewage disposal system cleaner license. 15
(b) A recommendation for review issued pursuant to section 31-22u 16
that is related to the competency and skills required under subsection 17
(a) of this section shall be sufficient evidence of the applicant's 18
competency, the requisite skill to perform the work of a subsurface 19
sewage disposal system installer or cleaner and to comply with all other 20
requirements of this chapter. The Department of Public Health shall 21
charge no fee to persons who present a recommendation for review. 22
(c) The applicant shall present himself or herself at the next regular 23
examination. The Department of Public Health shall conduct such 24
written, oral and practical examinations as it deems necessary to test the 25
knowledge of the applicant for a subsurface sewage disposal system 26
installer's license on sewage disposal system construction and 27
installation or to test the knowledge of the applicant for a subsurface 28
sewage disposal system cleaner on subsurface sewage disposal system 29
cleaning and servicing. When an applicant has qualified for a license, 30
the department shall issue to such person a license entitling him or her 31
to engage in the work or occupation of subsurface sewage disposal 32
system installer or subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner until the 33
date for renewal under section 19a-88. All fees collected by said 34
department shall be promptly transmitted to the State Treasurer. 35
Sec. 2. Section 20-360 of the general statutes is repealed and the 36
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 37
Applications for licensure shall be on forms prescribed by the 38
commissioner. The licensure fee for a sanitarian shall be eighty dollars 39
for initial licensure, except that such fee shall be waived for persons who 40
present a recommendation for review issued pursuant to section 31-22u. 41
Each license shall be renewed annually in accordance with the 42
provisions of section 19a-88. The fee for license renewal shall be forty 43
dollars. 44
Sec. 3. Section 20-361 of the general statutes is repealed and the 45
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 46 Raised Bill No. 359
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(a) Except as provided in section 20-365 or subsection (b) of this 47
section, no person shall be licensed as a sanitarian who does not prove 48
to the satisfaction of the commissioner that such person holds a degree 49
from an accredited college or university following four years of study 50
and has two years of full-time experience, or the equivalent, in the field 51
of environmental health acceptable to the commissioner. An applicant 52
who successfully completes a special training course in environmental 53
health approved by the commissioner may substitute such course for six 54
months of such required experience in the field of environmental health. 55
The applicant shall also be required to pass a written or oral examination 56
in the science of environmental health as determined by the 57
commissioner. An applicant for licensure shall not be required to be 58
licensed while completing the work experience requirements of this 59
section, provided, on and after January 1, 1998, such experience shall be 60
completed under the supervision of a sanitarian licensed pursuant to 61
this chapter or licensed, certified or registered in the jurisdiction in 62
which such experience was completed. 63
(b) A recommendation for review issued pursuant to section 31-22u 64
that is related to the field of environmental health may be substituted, 65
in whole or in part, as determined by the commissioner, in lieu of the 66
requirements under subparagraph (a) of this section. 67
Sec. 4. Section 22a-238 of the general statutes is repealed and the 68
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 69
(a) Any municipality where a resources recovery facility is located or 70
any group of municipalities participating in a resources recovery facility 71
may appoint an inspector for such facility. Such inspector shall meet the 72
qualifications for inspectors of resources recovery facilities established 73
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 74
(b) The commissioner shall, by regulations adopted in accordance 75
with chapter 54, establish qualifications for inspectors and operators of 76
resources recovery facilities. The provisions of this section shall not be 77
construed to limit the authority of the Commissioner of Energy and 78 Raised Bill No. 359
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Environmental Protection under the provisions of sections 22a-6a, 22a-79
6b, 22a-176, 22a-190 to 22a-193, inclusive, and 22a-231 to 22a-239a, 80
inclusive, or any other environmental statute or regulation adopted 81
thereunder. A recommendation for review issued pursuant to section 82
31-22u that is related to the qualifications required by regulations 83
adopted pursuant to this section shall be sufficient to demonstrate such 84
qualifications. 85
Sec. 5. Subsection (d) of section 22a-416 of the general statutes is 86
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 87
2020): 88
(d) (1) As used in this section the terms "class I", "class II", "class III" 89
and "class IV" mean the classifications of wastewater treatment plants 90
provided for in regulations adopted by the Department of Energy and 91
Environmental Protection. The Commissioner of En ergy and 92
Environmental Protection may establish requirements for the presence 93
of approved operators at pollution abatement facilities. Applicants for 94
class I and class II certificates shall only be required to pass the relevant 95
standardized national examination prepared by the Association of 96
Boards of Certification for Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators. 97
Applicants for class III and class IV certificates shall only be required to 98
pass the relevant standardized national examination prepared by the 99
Association of Boards of Certification for Wastewater Treatment Facility 100
Operators supplemented with additional questions submitted by the 101
commissioner to such board. Operators with certificates issued by the 102
commissioner prior to May 16, 1995, shall not be required to be 103
reexamined. The commissioner shall administer and proctor the 104
examination of all applicants. 105
(2) The qualifications of the operators at such facilities shall be subject 106
to the approval of the commissioner. A recommendation for review 107
pursuant to section 31-22u that is related to the qualifications required 108
for a wastewater treatment facility operator shall be deemed to satisfy 109
such qualifications, provided such operator is in compliance with 110
subdivision (1) of this subsection. 111 Raised Bill No. 359
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(3) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the 112
provisions of chapter 54, requiring all operators at pollution abatement 113
facilities to satisfactorily complete, on a regular basis, a state-certified 114
training course, which may include training on the type of municipal 115
pollution abatement facility at which the operator is employed and 116
training concerning regulations promulgated during the preceding 117
year. Any applicant for certification who passed either the examination 118
prepared and administered on December 8, 1994, by the commissioner 119
or the examination prepared by the Association of Boards of 120
Certification for Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators and 121
administered on December 8, 1994, by the commissioner shall be issued 122
the appropriate certificate in accordance with the regulations adopted 123
under this section. On and after October 1, 2018, each certified operator 124
shall obtain not less than six hours of continuing education each year. A 125
record of such continuing education shall be maintained by the certified 126
operator and by the facility employing the operator and shall be made 127
available for inspection upon request by the commissioner. 128
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 20-341e
Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 20-360
Sec. 3 July 1, 2020 20-361
Sec. 4 July 1, 2020 22a-238
Sec. 5 July 1, 2020 22a-416(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To credit military experience and training in water or wastewater
operations toward the requirements for licensure in certain occupations.
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