Rule 750-6-.04 - Education Providers, Courses, and Points(1) The Board shall maintain a list of currently approved course providers in accordance with eligibility criteria published by the Board. Course providers must be approved by the Board or its designee in order for applicants to receive credit. The Board may also elect to approve individual courses. A request by a course provider for approval must be submitted on a form that may be obtained from the Board and must be accompanied by the appropriate fee and supporting documents as required by the Board (See Fee Schedule). Effective July 1, 2013, course providers shall agree to provide rosters in electronic format of all attendees for all courses approved by the Board. The Professional Licensing Boards Division shall provide the electronic format for use in submitting rosters. All course approvals shall expire on or before January 31 of even-numbered years.(2) Providers of Basic and Advanced courses must teach such courses in a traditional classroom setting or by Webinar, as defined in Rule 750-2-.01. These courses are required for applicants to be eligible to sit for a certification examination.(3) Education Providers desiring Board consideration for approval must submit to the Board a completed Registration Form and required information to the Board; and(4) The Board may conduct an audit of Education Providers and education courses to ensure compliance.(5) The Board may require Education Providers to submit an electronic roster of attendees for all courses approved by the Board.(6) Continuing Education Courses. Approved education courses expire January 31 of even numbered years. The Board may approve continuing education courses for Management Safety, Water, Wastewater, or both Water and Wastewater, which are offered in person, online, through correspondence courses, and Webinars and webcasts subject to the following:
(a) Submission of completed application and appropriate fee; and(b) documentation of topic(s) to be taught, indicating hours of instruction for each topic; and(c) credentials of the educators/presenters involved; and(d) name of the moderator documenting on-site attendance/registration.(e) Only operational or regulatory topics will be approved for Webinars or webcasts.(f) Certificates of completion must be presented to attendees who complete the Webinars or webcast.(7) Determination of Continuing Education Points.(a) Points shall be awarded in whole numbers. No partial points shall be awarded for courses that total less than whole hours.(b) Traditional classroom courses and Webinars on operational, analytical, safety and management topics shall be granted one point per contact hour up to a maximum of 6 points per day and 12 points per event.(c) Online courses on operational, analytical, safety, and management topics shall be granted one-half point per contact hour up to a maximum of 6 points, unless the course is a Webinar, or unless the course provider demonstrates greater credit is justified through beta testing results, or unless the course provider is IACET (International Association for Continuing Education and Training) approved.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 750-6-.04
O.C.G.A. §§ 43-1-4, 43-1-25, 43-51-5, 43-51-6, 43-51-6.1.
Original Rule entitled "Operator Certification" was filed on October 8, 1971; effective October 28, 1971.Amended: Rule repealed. F. November 19, 1980; eff. December 9, 1980.Repealed: New Rule entitled "Basic, Advanced and Continuing Education Courses" adopted. F. Dec. 17, 1991; eff. Jan. 6, 1992.Repealed: New Rule, same title adopted. F. Jan. 11, 2001; eff. Jan. 31, 2001.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. June 16, 2005; eff. July 6, 2005.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Feb. 22, 2012; eff. Mar. 13, 2012.Amended: New title "Education Providers, Courses, and Points." F. Jan. 14, 2021; eff. Feb. 3, 2021.Amended: F. Mar. 10, 2021; eff. Mar. 30, 2021.Amended: F. Nov. 4, 2022; eff. Nov. 24, 2022.