CHAPTER 1904. WATER TREATMENT SPECIALISTS
OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 12. PRACTICES AND TRADES RELATED TO WATER, HEALTH, AND
SAFETY
SUBTITLE A. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO WATER
CHAPTER 1904. WATER TREATMENT SPECIALISTS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1904.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission.
(2) "Installation of water treatment appliances" includes
connecting the appliances to all necessary utility connections in
residential, commercial, or industrial facilities.
(3) "Water treatment" means a business conducted under contract
that requires experience in the analysis of water, including the
ability to determine how to treat influent and effluent water, to
alter or purify water, and to add or remove a mineral, chemical,
or bacterial content or substance. The term also includes the
installation and service of potable water treatment equipment in
public or private water systems and making connections necessary
to complete installation of a water treatment system.
(4) "Water treatment equipment" includes appliances used to
alter or purify water or to alter a mineral, chemical, or
bacterial content or substance.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter
341 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1084, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
SUBCHAPTER B. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 1904.051. WATER TREATMENT SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
(a) The commission by rule shall establish a program to certify
persons qualified to install, exchange, service, and repair
residential, commercial, or industrial water treatment equipment
and appliances.
(b) The rules must establish:
(1) standards for certification to ensure the public health and
to protect the public from unqualified persons engaging in
activities relating to water treatment;
(2) classes of certification;
(3) duration of certification; and
(4) reasonable annual certification fees in an amount sufficient
to pay the administrative costs of the certification program, but
not to exceed $150 a year for any class of certification.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter
341 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1084, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Sec. 1904.052. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. A person may not engage
in water treatment unless the person first obtains a certificate
from the commission under the program established under this
chapter.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter
341 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1084, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Sec. 1904.053. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION. A person desiring
to obtain certification under the program established under this
chapter shall file with the commission:
(1) an application in the form prescribed by the commission and
containing the information required by the commission; and
(2) the appropriate certification fee.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter
341 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1084, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Sec. 1904.054. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE. (a) On receipt of an
application that meets commission requirements and the required
fee, the commission shall issue to a person who meets commission
standards for certification a certificate stating that the person
is qualified to install, exchange, service, and repair
residential, commercial, or industrial water treatment
facilities.
(b) All fees received by the commission under this section shall
be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General
Revenue Fund.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter
341 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1084, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Sec. 1904.055. EXEMPTIONS. (a) A person who holds a license
under Chapter 1301 is exempt from the requirements of this
chapter.
(b) This chapter does not apply to an employee of an industrial
facility installing or servicing water treatment equipment.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter
341 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1084, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.