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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
12/24/2025

18VAC160-40-520. Pumping of alternative onsite sewage systems by conventional onsite sewage system operators.

A conventional onsite sewage system operator with the appropriate sewage handling permit issued by VDH or a local independent health department may pump an alternative onsite sewage system without the alternative onsite sewage system operator present, provided that the conventional onsite sewage system operator performs the pumping at the request and direction of the alternative onsite sewage system operator. The conventional onsite sewage system operator is only permitted to pump the tank and is not authorized to perform any other functions associated with the operation and maintenance of the alternative onsite sewage system.

Statutory Authority

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

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 7, eff. December 17, 2025.

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