Section 72.53. Certification examination

(a) The Department will prepare an examination to be used by the Certification Board in determining the fitness of candidates for certification and will establish the passing grade for the examination and for each part of the examination in the areas of sewage facilities planning, program administration, technical criteria and enforcement.

(b) The Department will submit the examination to the Certification Board, which shall by letter to applicants at least 25 days prior to each examination announce the location, time, scope and passing grade for the examination. Annually, the Board will publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin the dates, sites, scope and passing grade for all examinations scheduled in that calendar year.

(c) The Certification Board will schedule a date for the examination at least four times in each calendar year.

(d) An individual who takes, but does not successfully pass the examination on three occasions, is not permitted to retake the examination administered by the Certification Board for 1 year, and until the applicant has completed a training course approved by the Department. Thereafter, a candidate may take the examination only once in a calendar year until the examination is passed.

The provisions of this § 72.53 amended November 1, 1996, effective November 2, 1996, 26 Pa.B. 5347; amended November 7, 1997, effective November 8, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 5877. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (221898) to (221899).

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The provisions of this § 72.53 amended under sections 7.2 and 9 of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. § § 750.7b and 750.9); The Clean Streams Act (35 P. S. § § 691.1—691.1001); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20).