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(A) After a license or renewal application is completed in accordance with rule 3701-69-03 of the Administrative Code, the director shall determine whether the applicant meets the following criteria, as applicable:
(1) The radiological safety plan and the quality assurance and quality control procedures are sufficient to assure that employee exposure to radiation is as low as reasonably achievable, protect the public from unnecessary exposure to radiation, assure valid and reliable radon measurements, and assure effective radon mitigation;
(2) The applicant demonstrates the capacity to comply with the applicable requirements of Chapter 3723. of the Revised Code and this chapter;
(3) In the case of an application for a radon tester license:
(a) The applicant’s quality assurance and quality control procedures contain the elements of the protocols described in the current version of the following documents:
(i) “USEPA’s National Radon Proficiency Program’s Guidance on Quality Assurance” EPA 402-R-95-012;
(ii) “Indoor Radon And Radon Decay Product Measurement device Protocols” EPA 402-R-92-004;
(iii) “Protocols for Radon and Radon Decay Product Measurements in Homes” EPA 402-R-92-003;
(iv) “A Citizen’s Guide to Radon” EPA 402-K-92-001;
(v) “Radon Measurement in Schools” EPA 402-R-92-014; and
(vi) “The Home Buyer’s and Seller’s Guide to Radon” EPA 402-R-93-003 ; or
(vii) include procedures that the director finds to be equal to the provisions of those documents.
(b) The applicant has successfully completed a radon measurement training course currently approved by the director under division (A) of section 3723.07 of the Revised Code and rule 3701-69-06 of the Administrative Code and
(c) The applicant has passed a radon measurement examination currently approved by the director
(4) In the case of an application for a mitigation specialist license:
(a) The applicant has successfully completed a radon mitigation training course and a radon measurement training course currently approved by the director under division (A) of section 3723.07 of the Revised Code and rule 3701-69-06 of the Administrative Code
(b) The applicant has passed a radon measurement examination and a radon mitigation examination currently approved by the director ; and
(c) The applicant’s quality assurance and quality control procedures for radon mitigation contain the elements of the “USEPA’s Radon Mitigation Standards” EPA 402-R-93-078 or include procedures that the director finds to be equal to the provisions of that document.
(B) Within sixty days after receiving a complete application in accordance with rule 3701-69-03 of the Administrative Code, the director shall mail a notice either issuing or renewing the license or proposing to refuse to issue or renew the license.
(C) Notwithstanding paragraph (G) of rule 3701-69-03 of the Administrative Code, the director shall issue a radon mitigation contractor license on request to the holder of a radon mitigation specialist license if the individual license holder is the sole owner or chief stockholder of a business entity for which he or she is the only individual who will work as a radon mitigation specialist. The licensing criteria and any other licensing and training requirements the individual was required to meet to qualify for the radon mitigation specialist license are hereby deemed to satisfy any and all criteria and requirements for a radon mitigation contractor license. A license issued under this paragraph shall expire at the same time as the individual’s radon mitigation specialist license. No license fee shall be imposed for a license issued under this paragraph.
(D) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may do either of the following:
(1) Refuse to issue a license to an individual, business entity, or government entity that does not meet the requirements of Chapter 3723. of the Revised Code or this chapter or has been in violation of those requirements; or
(2) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of an individual, business entity, or government entity that is or has been in violation of the requirements of Chapter 3723. of the Revised Code or this chapter.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 05/23/2006 and 05/01/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3723.09
Rule Amplifies: 3723.03, 3723.06, 3723.08
Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/1992, 7/9/2001