Sec 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.