Minnesota Administrative Rules

4620.7700 APPROVAL OF INITIAL TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES.

Subpart 1.

Initial training.

The commissioner shall approve an initial radon:

A.

measurement training course approved by a national radon proficiency program;

B.

measurement course exam approved by a national radon proficiency program;

C.

mitigation training course approved by a national radon proficiency program; and

D.

mitigation course exam approved by a national radon proficiency program.

Subp. 2.

Preapproved continuing education courses.

A.

Any continuing education course currently approved by a national radon proficiency program meets the continuing education requirements of parts 4620.7200 and 4620.7300.

B.

A licensed measurement professional or mitigation professional shall receive continuing education credit for the number of hours that the professional attends an initial training course approved by the commissioner.

Subp. 3.

Other continuing education credit.

A.

To receive continuing education credit for a course, seminar, or professional organization meeting that is not an approved training course under this part, the person requesting credit must complete and submit a request on a form provided by the commissioner.

B.

A person requesting credit must submit a request for credit according to this subpart within 30 days after a course, seminar, or meeting ends.

C.

To obtain advance approval of continuing education credit for a course, seminar, or meeting of a professional organization, a person requesting credit must submit a request under this subpart at least 30 days before the course, seminar, or meeting begins.

D.

The commissioner shall grant continuing education credit to an instructor of a course approved by the commissioner under this part if the instructor requesting credit submits to the commissioner a request on a form provided by the commissioner within 30 days after a course, seminar, or meeting ends.

E.

The commissioner shall determine the number of continuing education credit hours that are approved to meet the requirements of this part based on the course's, seminar's, or meeting's relevance to the activities of a measurement professional or mitigation professional.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.4961

History:

43 SR 687

Published Electronically:

December 20, 2018