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(A) Operators of training courses providing training for licensure of radon testers or radon mitigation specialists or for employees of radon mitigation contractors may apply for approval by the director by doing all of the following:
(1) Submitting a completed application to the director on a form prescribed and furnished by the director, which shall include but shall not be limited to the following information:
(a) Name, address, and telephone number of the applicant;
(b) Type of course;
(c) Frequency of course offerings;
(d) List of classes offered within the course;
(e) Total hours of supervised instruction;
(f) A copy of the certificate issued upon completion of the course; and
(g) An agenda outlining the hours of instruction and describing the subject matter to be included.
Operators of training courses shall submit a separate application for each course,
(2) Submitting copies of the syllabus and training materials to be used in the training course, which shall include a course manual covering the subject matter described in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(10) of this rule for radon measurement and paragraphs (C)(1) to (C)(11) of this rule for radon mitigation;
(3) Submitting biographies or credentials of all individuals instructing participants in the training course;
(4) Submitting the criteria upon which successful completion of the course by participants will be judged; and
(5) Submitting a check or postal money order made payable to the “Treasurer, State of Ohio” to pay the approval fee of six hundred dollars, one hundred dollars of which shall be returned to the applicant if the application is denied.
(B) To be approved as a radon measurement training course for radon testers the course shall be At least sixteen hours of supervised instruction and include but not be limited to instruction on the following subject matter:
(1) Radiation biology and the health effects of radon;
(2) Radiation safety and the development of a safety plan to monitor occupational radon exposures;
(3) Radon behavior and entry;
(4) Ethics of radon testing;
(5) Radon and radioactivity;
(6) Radon and radon decay products and health risks;
(7) Radon and radon decay product measurement protocols;
(8) All types of USEPA approved radon measurement devices or equivalent;
(9) Radon measurement quality control and quality assurance practices and procedures; and
(10) Radon in water.
(C) To be approved as a training course for radon mitigation specialists the course shall be at least twenty hours of supervised instruction and include but not be limited to instruction on the following subject matter:
(1) The goal and basis of radon mitigation and applications of mitigation;
(2) Techniques and design considerations for reducing pressure driven radon entry;
(3) Radon mitigation by positive pressurization or ventilation of the structure;
(4) Combination systems and phased approaches for radon mitigation;
(5) Building investigation guidelines;
(6) Selecting a mitigation technique;
(7) Post mitigation assessment;
(8) Methods for the removal of radon in water;
(9) Radon resistant new construction techniques;
(10) USEPA radon mitigation standards; and
(11) Worker health and safety.
(D) To maintain approval of a training course, the course operator shall do all of the following:
(1) Issue a certificate of completion to each individual who successfully completes the course;
(2) Submit to the director a list of all individuals who successfully complete the course; and
(3) Notify the director in writing, of any changes that would render the information contained in the application for approval no longer accurate.
(E) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may refuse to issue an approval and may revoke or suspend an approval issued under this rule if the operator of the course fails to meet the criteria specified in paragraph (B) or (C) of this rule, as applicable, and paragraph (D) of this rule.
(F) Approval of a training course shall expire two years after the date of approval. The course operator may apply for renewal of approval by submitting an application for renewal which complies with the requirements of paragraph (A) of this rule and paying the fee prescribed by paragraph (A)(5) of this rule. The renewal application shall be submitted at least ninety days before the existing approval expires. To have approval of a training course renewed, the operator shall document that the course complies with paragraph (B) or (C) of this rule, as applicable, and the operator of the course complies with paragraph (D) of this rule.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 05/23/2006 and 05/01/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3723.09
Rule Amplifies: 3723.07
Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/1992, 7/9/2001