1. (a) A contract operator shall notify the Office of Operator Certification in writing within 30 days of any final disciplinary action by the contract operator against an operator, provisional operator, or operator-in-training. Disciplinary action includes reprimanding or placing on probation an operator, provisional operator, or operator-in-training, or suspending, demoting, or discharging an operator, provisional operator, or operator-in-training for performing, or allowing or causing another to perform, any act in violation of this chapter. The notice shall include the name and certificate number of the operator, provisional operator, or operator-in-training, the specific violations, and the disciplinary action taken by the contract operator.

   1. (1) Except as provided in (2) below, a notice regarding final disciplinary action received from a contract operator shall be retained in State Water Board files for three years.
   2. (2) If the State Water Board imposes administrative civil liability as set forth in section 3709 or takes disciplinary action pursuant to section 3710 in response to the conduct which is the basis for the notice, then the notice shall remain in State Water Board files for 10 years.
2. (b) A contract operator shall notify the Office of Operator Certification within 30 days of the date a certifying body or court, for any act associated with performing duties at a facility that treats wastewater in a state other than California, in a territory, or on land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe, provided the duties are comparable to the duties of an operator or contract operator at a wastewater treatment plant, takes final action: to discipline the contract operator; to impose administrative civil liability; or to impose civil or criminal liability.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1058 and 13627.3, Water Code. Reference: Section 13627.3, Water Code.

History

1. New section filed 7-28-94; operative 8-29-94 (Register 94, No. 30).

2. Renumbering of former section 3719.10 to section 3719.1 and new section 3719.10 filed 1-28-2013; operative 4-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 5).