Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 59a.4 - Approved inspectors(a)Application. A person may apply to the Department to be licensed as an approved inspector for purposes of the act and this chapter. The Department will provide application forms, or the renewal forms described in subsection (d), upon request to the address or web site identified in § 59a.3 (relating to contacting the Department). An application fee of $50 (or as otherwise prescribed by statute) must accompany the application.(b)Criteria for approval. An applicant shall meet the following criteria to be eligible for licensure as an approved inspector: (1) The applicant shall be 21 years of age or older.(2) The applicant may not have been convicted of a felony criminal offense within the 10 years preceding the date of application.(3) The applicant shall have at least 2 years of academic training or experience in the area of milk production and milk sanitation. The Department may verify that an applicant has adequate experience by having Department personnel conduct one or more joint dairy farm inspections with the applicant.(4) The applicant shall complete a Department-administered approved inspector examination and achieve a final score of at least 80%.(c)License. The Department will issue a license to a person who follows the application process described in this section and meets the criteria for approval in subsection (b).(d)Duration of license; renewal. A license will expire each year, as of January 1. Applications for renewal of a license must be accompanied by a fee of $20 (or as otherwise prescribed by statute), and confirmation that the applicant for renewal has attended a Department-approved seminar as described in subsection (e) within 12 months preceding the date of the application, and shall be returned to the Department by December 31st of each year.(e)Education requirement. The Department will convene an approved inspector educational seminar on at least two separate dates each calendar year, and provide current approved inspectors written notice of the dates, times and locations of these seminars. As described in subsections (b) and (d), attendance at an educational seminar is a requisite to the Department issuing or renewing a license.(f)Status of approved inspectors. An approved inspector is not an employee, agent or authorized representative of the Department, and may not represent himself to be any of these.(g)Refusal, revocation or suspension of certificate. The Department may, upon written notice and opportunity for a hearing, refuse, revoke or suspend a license for cause.(h)Certified industry inspectors. The Department may designate on the license of an approved inspector that the approved inspector is a certified industry inspector who may, in addition to conducting the inspection activities of an approved inspector, inspect dairy farms on which milk is produced for an interstate milk shipper under the NCIMS Interstate Milk Shippers Program and the Grade "A" PMO. This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 59a.2 (relating to definitions).