# Environment (GEN)

## Title 12. Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators

### Subtitle 3. Certification of Superintendents, Operators, and Industrial Operators

#### Section 12-301

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or Sec.Sec. 10-14A-03 and 10-14B-03 of the State Government Article, an individual shall be certified by the Board in an appropriate classification before a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works may employ the individual as:

  (1) A superintendent; or

  (2) An operator or industrial operator in a job function determined by the Secretary.

(b) This section does not prevent a governmental agency or a person from continuing to employ in a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works, until July 2, 1982, an operator or industrial operator who is not certified under this title.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)