North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 90A Sanitarians and Water and Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators

Article 1 - Sanitarians.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-1 through 90A-19. Repealed by Session Laws 1981 (Regular Session, 1982), c. 1274, s. 1

Article 2 - Certification of Water Treatment Facility Operators.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-20. Purpose
It is the purpose of this Article to protect the public health and to conserve and protect the water resources of the State; to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-20.1. Definitions
In this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Board" or "Board of Certification" means the Water Treatment Facility...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-21. Water Treatment Facility Operators Board of Certification
(a) Board Membership. - There is hereby established within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources a Water Treatment Facility Operators Board of Certification...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-22. Classification of water treatment facilities; notification of users
(a) On or before July 1, 1982, the Board of Certification, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-23. Grades of certificates
The Board of Certification, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, shall establish grades of certification for water...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-24. Operator qualifications and examination
The Board of Certification, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall establish minimum requirements of education, experience...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-25. Issuance of certificates
(a) The Board shall issue a certificate to an applicant who meets the requirements for certification and pays the required fee. The certificate shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-25.1. Renewal of certificate
A certificate expires on December 31 of the year in which it is issued or renewed. The Board, with the advice and assistance of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-26. Revocation or suspension of certificate
The Board of Certification, in accordance with the procedure set forth in Chapter 150B of the General Statutes of North Carolina, may issue a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-27. Application fee
The Board may establish a schedule of fees for the issuance or renewal of a certificate to cover the costs of administering the certification...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-28. Promotion of training and other powers
The Board of Certification and the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources may take all necessary and appropriate steps in order to effectively and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-29. Certified operators required
(a) On and after July 1, 1971, every person, corporation, company, association, partnership, unit of local government, State agency, federal agency, or other legal...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-30. Penalties; remedies; contested cases
(a) Upon the recommendation of the Board of Certification, the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources or a delegated representative may impose an administrative,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-31. Commercial water treatment operation firms
(a) Every person, corporation, company, association, partnership, unit of local government, State agency, federal agency, or other legal entity owning or having control of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-32. Certification of distribution operators
The Board of Certification shall have the authority to establish certification programs for personnel who operate the distribution portion of a water treatment facility....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-33. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-34. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 3 - Certification of Water Pollution Control System Operators and Animal Waste Management System Operators.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-35. Purpose
It is the purpose of this Article to protect the public health and to conserve and protect the quality of the water resources of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-36. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 44
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-37. Classification of water pollution control systems
The Commission, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, shall classify all water pollution control systems. In making...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-38. Grades of certificates
(a) The Commission, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, shall establish grades and types of certification for...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-39. Operator qualifications and examination
The Commission, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, shall establish minimum requirements of education, experience, and knowledge...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-40. Issuance of certificates
(a) An applicant, upon meeting satisfactorily the appropriate requirements, shall be issued a suitable certificate by the Commission designating the level of his competency....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-41. Revocation of certificate
The Commission, in accordance with the procedure set forth in Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, may suspend or revoke a certificate or may...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-42. Fees
(a) The Commission, in establishing procedures for implementing the requirements of this Article, shall impose the following schedule of fees: (1) Examination including Certificate,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-43. Promotion of training and other powers
The Commission and the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources are authorized to take all necessary and appropriate steps in order to effectively and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-44. Certified operators required
No person, firm, or corporation, municipal or private, owning or having control of a water pollution control system for which a certified operator is...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-45. Commercial water pollution control system operating firms
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation, municipal or private, owning or having control of a water pollution control system may contract with a responsible...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-46. Definitions
The following definitions shall apply throughout this Article: (1) "Commercial water pollution control system operating firm" means a person who contracts to operate a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-46.1. Expiration and renewal of certificates; continuing education requirements
A certificate issued under this Part expires on 31 December of the year in which it is issued or renewed. The Commission may establish...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-47. Purpose
The purpose of this Part is to reduce nonpoint source pollution in order to protect the public health and to conserve and protect the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-47.1. Definitions
(a) As used in this Part: (1) "Animal waste" means liquid residuals resulting from an animal operation that are collected, treated, stored, or applied...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-47.2. Certified operator in charge required; qualifications for certification
(a) No owner or other person in control of an animal operation having an animal waste management system shall allow the system to be...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-47.3. Qualifications for certification; training; examination
(a) The Commission shall develop and administer a certification program for animal waste management system operators in charge that provides for receipt of applications,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-47.4. Fees; certificate renewals
(a) An applicant for certification under this Part shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the examination and the certificate. (b) The...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-47.5. Suspension; revocation of certificate
(a) The Commission, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, may suspend or revoke the certificate of any operator...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-47.6. Rules
The Commission shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this Part. (1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 626, s. 6(b).)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-48. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-49. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 4 - Registrations of Environmental Health Specialists.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-50. State Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners
(a) There is hereby created a State Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners to register qualified environmental health specialists to practice within the State....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-51. Definitions
The words and phrases defined below shall when used in this Article have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Board"...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-52. Practice without certificate unlawful
(a) In order to safeguard life, health and the environment, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice as an environmental health specialist...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-53. Qualifications and examination for registration as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist intern
(a) The Board shall issue a certificate to a qualified person as a registered environmental health specialist or a registered environmental health specialist intern....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-54. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-443, s. 5, effective August 7, 2009
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-55. State Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners; appointment and term of office
(a) Board Membership. - The Board shall consist of 12 members who shall serve staggered terms: the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-56. Compensation of Board members; expenses; employees
Members of the Board may receive compensation and be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with G.S. 93B-5. Notwithstanding G.S. 93B-5(a), the per diem...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-57. Election of officers; meetings; regulations
(a) The Board shall annually elect a chair, vice-chair, and a secretary-treasurer from among its membership. The officers may serve more than one term....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-58. Applicability of Chapter 93B
The Board shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 93B of the General Statutes of North Carolina. (1959, c. 1271, s. 5; 1981...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-59. Record of proceedings; register of applications; registry of registered environmental health specialists and environmental health specialist interns
(a) The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings. (b) The Board shall maintain records for registration, which shall include: (1) The place...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-60. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-443, s. 10, effective August 7, 2009
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-61. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-443, s. 10, effective August 7, 2009
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-62. Certification and registration of environmental health specialists registered in other states
The Board may, without examination, grant a certificate as a registered environmental health specialist to any person who at the time of application, is...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-63. Renewal of certificates
(a) A certificate as a registered environmental health specialist or registered environmental health specialist intern issued pursuant to the provisions of this Article will...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-64. Suspensions and revocations of certificates
(a) The Board shall have the power to refuse to grant, or may suspend or revoke, any certificate issued under provisions of this Article...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-65. Representing oneself as a registered environmental health specialist or registered environmental health specialist intern
A holder of a current certificate of registration may append to his or her name the letters, "R.E.H.S." or "R.E.H.S.I." (1959, c. 1271, s....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-66. Violations; penalty; injunction
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article or of the rules and regulations adopted by the Board shall be guilty of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-67. Code of Ethics
The Board shall prepare and adopt, by rule, a Code of Ethics to be made available in writing to all registered environmental health specialists...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-68. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-69. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 5 - Certification of On Site Wastewater Contractors and Inspectors.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-70. Purpose
It is the purpose of this Article to protect the environment and public health, safety, and welfare by ensuring the integrity and competence of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-71. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) "Board" means the North Carolina On-Site Wastewater Contractors and Inspectors Certification Board. (2) "Contractor" means a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-72. Certification required; applicability
(a) Certification Required. - No person shall construct, install, or repair or offer to construct, install, or repair an on-site wastewater system permitted under...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-73. Creation and membership of the Board
(a) Creation and Appointments. - There is created the North Carolina On-Site Wastewater Contractors and Inspectors Certification Board. The Board shall consist of nine...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-74. Powers and duties of the Board
The Board shall have the following general powers and duties: (1) To adopt rules in the manner prescribed by Chapter 150B of the General...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-75. Expenses and fees
(a) Expenses. - All salaries, compensation, and expenses incurred or allowed for the purposes of carrying out this Article shall be paid by the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-76. Repealed by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 13.2(k), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-77. Certification requirements
(a) Certification. - The Board shall issue a certificate of the appropriate grade level to an applicant who satisfies all of the following conditions:...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-78. Certification renewal
(a) Renewal. - All certifications shall expire at intervals determined by the Board unless they are renewed. In no event may the interval determined...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-79. Continuing education
(a) Requirements. - The Board shall require continuing education as a condition of certification and renewal. The Board shall determine the number of hours,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-80. Investigation of complaints
(a) Misconduct. - A person may refer to the Board charges of fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetence, or misconduct against any certified contractor or inspector....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-81. Remedies
(a) Denial, Suspension, and Revocation of Certification. - The Board may deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate under this Article for: (1) A violation...

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