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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 160. Board For Waterworks And Wastewater Works Operators And Onsite Sewage System Professionals
Chapter 30. Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators Licensing Regulations
2/1/2026

18VAC160-30-190. Continuing professional education.

A. Each licensee must have completed the following number of continuing professional education (CPE) contact hours during each renewal cycle. CPE provisions do not apply for the renewal of licenses that were held for less than two years on the date of expiration.

1. Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 waterworks and wastewater works operators must obtain a minimum of 18 contact hours.

2. Class 4 waterworks and wastewater works operators must obtain a minimum of 16 contact hours.

3. Class 5 waterworks operators must obtain a minimum of six contact hours.

4. Class 6 waterworks operators must obtain a minimum of four contact hours.

B. The licensee may request additional time to meet the CPE requirement. However, CPE contact hours completed during a current licensing renewal cycle to satisfy the CPE requirements of the preceding licensing renewal cycle will be valid only for that preceding license renewal cycle and will not be accepted for any subsequent renewal cycles. The grant of any request for additional time to meet the CPE requirement is at the discretion of the board.

C. The licensee will not receive CPE credit for completing the same continuing education course with the same content more than once during a license renewal cycle.

D. A licensee may receive CPE credit for teaching a course that otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter; however, additional credit will not be given for subsequent offerings of a course or activity with the same content within the same renewal cycle. In addition, a licensee may receive four hours of CPE no more than once during a single renewal cycle for the initial development or substantial updating of a CPE course.

E. Safety subjects will not count for more than 25% of the total required CPE hours.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2301 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 11, eff. April 1, 2017; amended, Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 8, eff. January 16, 2026.

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