1. (a) The department shall:

   1. (1) Administer basic courses, modules, and for initial certifications, written examinations to determine the knowledge, ability, and judgment of the applicants for initial coordinator certification; and
   2. (2) Charge a fee of $175, pursuant to RSA 147-A:5, III(a), sufficient to cover the actual costs of administering a basic course or module.
2. (b) Unless otherwise arranged for purposes of retaking an examination pursuant to (e)(1), below, examinations shall be administered at the conclusion of a basic course attended by the applicant.
3. (c) The examinations shall be graded on a pass/fail basis, with a score of 70% correct, or greater, constituting a passing grade.
4. (d) An applicant who does not successfully pass the examination shall not be issued a hazardous waste coordinator certification.

5. (e) An applicant who fails the examination may, within one year of the date of the examination:

   1. (1) Retake the examination one time without a payment of an application fee and without repeating a basic course; or
   2. (2) Submit a new application pursuant to Env-Hw 515.04, without payment of the application fee, attend another basic course, subject to payment of the course fee, and retake the examination at the conclusion of the basic course.

Source. #10494, eff 1-1-14; ss by #12347, eff 8-14-17; ss by #14280, eff 8-1-25; ss by #14375, INTERIM, eff 9-20-25; ss by #14525, eff 2-28-26, EXPIRES: 2-28-36