§ 302.306. Certificate renewal.
(a) Certified operators meeting the requirements of the act, this chapter, and any other Federal or State law or rules and regulations promulgated thereto applicable to the operation of water and wastewater systems and any orders of the Board or the Department relative to certification will be eligible for certificate renewal without further examination.
(b) The Board will attempt to notify certified operators when renewal is due at least 60 days prior to certificate expiration. Failure to receive a renewal application from the Board does not release a certified operator from the requirements of the act, this chapter, and other Federal or State law or rules and regulations promulgated thereto applicable to the operation of water and wastewater systems.
(c) Certified operators shall meet the continuing education requirements as defined in § 302.803 (relating to phased schedule for continuing education requirements) as a condition of renewal.
(d) Continuing education must be successfully obtained during the certified operator’s 3-year certification period. A certified operator who fails to complete the continuing education requirements within the 3-year cycle shall apply for recertification.
(e) The Board will not renew a certificate for an operator who fails to meet the continuing education requirements, unless the operator has applied for and been granted an extension in accordance with § 302.307 (relating to extensions).
(f) A certificate will not be deemed expired if the Board Secretary has received a complete application for certification action for renewal before the expiration date of the certificate. This provision will be in force until the Board takes action on the application. If approved, the certificate will be issued with an expiration date that maintains the operator’s prior 3-year cycle.
(g) A certificate renewal issued by the Board after the certificate has expired will have the effective issuance date of when the Board Secretary finalizes the renewed certificate as authorized by the Board. The Board Secretary will send the renewed certificate no later than 90 days after receiving a complete application. The expiration date will be 3 years after the expiration date of the lapsed certificate.
(h) Within 24 months following the date of expiration, an operator who has completed the continuing education, but whose certificate has expired, may renew the certificate by submitting a complete application for certification action for renewal. A certified operator who fails to renew the certificate within 24 months of the expiration date shall apply for recertification.
(i) The Board Secretary will submit a listing of applicants for certificate renewal to the Board that the Department has determined have not met the continuing education requirements as defined in § 302.802 (relating to continuing education requirements for certificate renewal). The listing will include the applicants’ names, their classes and subclassifications of certification and the number of approved hours of continuing education completed.
(j) An operator shall submit any post-presentation credit applications for training that were not preapproved by the Department in accordance with training approval process guidelines within 90 days after certificate expiration.
(k) After the Board has taken action to deny an application for certificate renewal due to lack of continuing education, the Board Secretary will send a certified letter to the operator notifying the operator of the Board’s decision. The Board Secretary will send a copy of this letter to the appropriate Department regional program manager and the owners of any systems who identified the operator as an available operator for their systems.
(l) The operator has 14 days from receipt of the certified letter to submit additional documentation of completed continuing education for review by the Department to the Board Secretary. If the Department approves the additional documentation showing compliance with the requirement for continuing education, the Board Secretary will issue a valid certificate to the operator. If not, the operator is no longer certified, and shall apply for recertification.
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