32-131

32-131. Remediation specialist certification
program

A. The remediation specialist certification program shall provide for certification
of persons who have a combined total of at least eight years of appropriate education and
professional experience in remediation including three years of experience supervising
remediations. A person is deemed to have appropriate education if the person has a
baccalaureate degree in biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, geology,
hydrogeology, engineering, earth sciences, soil sciences, toxicology, hazardous waste
management or hydrology, or other disciplines as established by the board by rule.

B. A person desiring to practice as a remediation specialist pursuant to title 49,
chapter 1, article 4 shall apply for registration on a form prescribed by the board.
Applicants shall pass examinations required by the board for certification under the
program.

C. A person is not eligible for certification as a remediation specialist if any of
the following applies:

1. The person has been convicted of a felony involving a transaction in securities
or consumer fraud in any state or federal jurisdiction within the seven year period
immediately preceding the application.

2. The person has been convicted of a felony, the essential elements of which
consisted of fraud, misrepresentation or theft by false pretenses in any state or federal
jurisdiction within the seven year period immediately preceding the application.

3. The person has been subject to an injunction, judgment, decree or permanent
order of any state or federal court within the seven year period immediately preceding
the application that related to a violation of fraud or consumer fraud laws or a
violation of securities law of that jurisdiction.

4. The person has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that had a reasonable
relationship to the person's occupation or to the environment within the seven year
period immediately preceding the application.

5. The person has violated any provision of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant
to this chapter.

D. Each applicant for certification shall pay a fee as determined by the board and
shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the board for the purpose of obtaining a state
and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41-1750 and Public Law
92-544. The department of public safety may exchange this fingerprint data with the
federal bureau of investigation.

E. Except for any documents and information relating to the state and federal
criminal records check prescribed by subsection D of this section, documents and
information provided to the board of technical registration pursuant to this section are
public records.