PURPOSE: This rule establishes certification and recertification requirements for backflow prevention assembly tester training programs.

1. (1) Applicability. This rule applies to all persons seeking certification or recertification as backflow prevention assembly testers. A certified backflow prevention assembly tester shall inspect, test and report on backflow prevention assemblies in accordance with applicable requirements in 10 CSR 60- 11.010.

2. (2) Certification Requirements.

   1. (A) Any person seeking to be a certified backflow prevention assembly tester shall—

      1. 1. Satisfactorily complete written and

performance (hands on) examinations (including questions specific to Missouri backflow prevention rules) provided by the American Backflow Prevention Association (ABPA) Tester Certification Program or the American Society of Sanitary Engineering (ASSE); and

1. 2. Ensure that ABPA or ASSE notifies

the department that the tester has passed the examinations. The department shall not be held liable for any failure of ABPA or ASSE to notify the department that a person has passed the written and performance examinations.

1. (B) Certification shall be valid for three (3) years. Certification may be renewed in accordance with section (4) of this rule.
2. (C) Submittal of false information shall be grounds for denying or revoking certification.

1. (3) Examination Schedule. The department shall, in consultation with training providers, prepare an annual schedule of dates and locations of backflow prevention assembly tester examinations. The department shall make this schedule available to backflow prevention assembly tester training providers and to any interested person upon request. (Training providers may offer additional examinations, at their discretion.)

2. (4) Recertification Requirements.

   1. (A) Any certified tester seeking to be recertified shall—

      1. 1. Satisfactorily complete ABPA’s or

ASSE’s recertification requirements, includ- 10 CSR 60-11

ing examination questions on Missouri backflow prevention rules; and

1. 2. Ensure that ABPA or ASSE notifies

the department that the tester has satisfactorily completed the requirements. The department shall not be held liable for any failure of ABPA or ASSE to notify the department that a tester has satisfactorily completed the recertification requirements.

1. (B) Recertification shall be valid for three

1. (3) years.

   1. (C) Submittal of false information shall be grounds for denying or revoking recertification.
   2. (D) Any certified tester who fails the ABPA or ASSE examination within three (3) years of the effective date of this rule shall, upon request and submission of proof having taken and failed the examination, be granted a one (1)-time one hundred twenty (120)-day extension of his/her certification. The tester shall submit, or ensure that the instructor or testing organization submits, to the department a copy of the course roster and test results or other documentation which in the opinion of the department are equivalent.
2. (5) Reciprocity. Any backflow prevention assembly tester listed with ABPA or ASSE may be certified by the department upon notification from ABPA or ASSE that the tester has satisfactorily completed an examination on Missouri backflow prevention rules.

AUTHORITY: section 640.100, RSMo (Cum. Supp. 1996).* Original rule filed Jan. 2, 1997, effective Dec. 29, 1997. *Original authority 1939, amended 1978, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1945, 1996.