2009 Texas Code
OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 12. PRACTICES AND TRADES RELATED TO WATER, HEALTH, AND SAFETY
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.