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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 40. Onsite Sewage System Professionals Licensing Regulations
12/31/2024

18VAC160-40-260. Qualifications for journeyman alterantive onsite soil evaluator licenses.

An applicant for licensure as a journeyman alternative onsite soil evaluator shall furnish acceptable documentation that one of the following qualifications has been met:

Prerequisites

Exam Required

Education Required

Documented Qualifying Experience

1.

Virginia professional soil scientist license

No

No

One year of full-time experience assisting in the evaluation of site and soil conditions and design of alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an authorized onsite soil evaluator , a professional engineer, or an alternative soil evaluator

2.

Possess or held either a valid interim alternative onsite soil evaluator license or a conventional onsite soil evaluator license

No

No

One year of full-time experience assisting in the evaluation of site and soil conditions and design of alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an authorized onsite soil evaluator a professional engineer, or an alternative soil evaluator

3.

An authorized onsite soil evaluator

No

No

One year of full-time experience assisting in the evaluation of site and soil conditions and design of alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an authorized onsite soil evaluator, a professional engineer, or an alternative soil evaluator

4.

No

No

No

Two years of full-time experience assisting in the evaluation of site and soil conditions and design of alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an authorized onsite soil evaluator , a professional engineer, or an alternative soil evaluator

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; Errata, 33:15 VA.R. 1905 March 20, 2017.

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