1. (a) General. An individual who enters into an apprenticeship under the supervision of a licensed on-site sewage facility (OSSF) installer shall be registered with the executive director.
2. (b) Application. Applications for registrations shall be made on a standard form provided by the executive director. The completed application and an $81 fee must be submitted to the executive director by a licensed OSSF installer for each individual that is registered as an apprentice under that installer's supervision.
3. (c) Notification. After verifying that the requirements for registration have been met, the executive director shall mail the registration certificate no later than 45 days after the effective date of the registration. An individual's application may be denied according to §30.33 of this title (relating to License or Registration Denial, Warning, Suspension, or Revocation).
4. (d) Expiration or termination. The apprentice registration will expire on the same expiration date as the supervising OSSF installer's license. Either the supervising OSSF installer or the apprentice may terminate the apprenticeship by providing written notice to the executive director. No reason for the termination is required. Upon receipt of written notification requesting that the apprenticeship be terminated, the executive director shall expire the apprentice's registration under the supervising OSSF installer.

5. (e) An apprentice's registration may not be renewed if:

   1. (1) the supervising OSSF installer's license is not current;
   2. (2) the registration has been expired for more than 30 days;
   3. (3) the registration has been revoked; or
   4. (4) the registration has been replaced by a higher class of license.
6. (f) An apprentice whose registration renewal application is not received by the executive director or is not postmarked within 30 days after the registration expiration date of the current registration, must submit a new application with the appropriate fee. The apprentice will be assigned a new registration number and date, but will not lose any experience gained under the previous registration.

Source Note:The provisions of this §30.245 adopted to be effective December 17, 2001, 26 TexReg 10330; amended to be effective September 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 6523.