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<section number="5-218" name="Applications for Swimming Pool Operators' Licenses" law="code" slug="sec-5-218" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_5BULI_DIV17SWPOPUSP_SD3LI_S5-218APSWPOOPLI">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Application for a pool operator's license must be made to the Department by submitting the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A completed application along with the appropriate fee and a recent photograph clearly showing the applicant's facial features when trimmed to a size of two inches by two inches;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Documentation that applicant is sixteen (16) years of age or older; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Original written evidence of successful completion of an approved pool operators course; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A valid pool operator's license from a local jurisdiction with a reciprocal agreement on licensure with the Department; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>When previous experience/training is documented, a passing grade of seventy-five percent (75%) on a challenge exam offered by the Health Officer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>License renewals will be issued upon receipt of the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A completed application along with the appropriate fee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Proof of having completed an approved four-hour refresher course or the equivalent in continuing education.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To reinstate a revoked license, an operator must pass the Department's challenge exam.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Health Department may offer its own four-hour refresher course for applicants for license renewal, but applicants are not required to take the Department's version of the course in order to qualify for license renewal.</text>
  </level>
</section>
