Section 12-501 - Employing superintendents, operators, and industrial operators.

§ 12-501. Employing superintendents, operators, and industrial operators.
 

(a)  Employing superintendents.- A person or municipal or private corporation may not operate a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works unless the facility is under the responsible charge of a certified superintendent. 

(b)  Employing operators.- After July 1, 1982, a person or municipal or private corporation may not operate a waterworks or wastewater works unless all operators in the waterworks or wastewater works are certified operators. 

(c)  Employing industrial operators.- After July 1, 1982, a person or municipal or private corporation may not operate an industrial wastewater works unless all industrial operators in the industrial wastewater works are certified industrial operators. 

(d)  Enforcement.- The Department shall enforce this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 406A; 1981, ch. 237, § 2; 1987, ch. 306, § 3; 2010, ch. 416.]