GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 550
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF COMMERCIAL WATER TREATMENT OPERATION FIRMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Chapter 90A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 90A-31. Commercial water treatment operation firms.-(a) Every person, firm, or corporation, municipal or private, owning or having control of a water treatment works may contract with a responsible commercial water treatment works operation firm for operational and other services of that firm, and that firm shall designate an employee as the operator in responsible charge. This designee and other licensed employees of the firm shall be responsible for the total operation and maintenance of the water treatment works. Contractual firms shall not be limited as to the number of facilities, distance between facilities, location of office or residence, frequency of visits, utilization of local persons who are not certified, or other internal management procedures.
(b) Any employee designated by the firm as operator in responsible charge shall obtain certification from the Water Treatment Facility Operators Board of Certification and shall comply with all of the requirements specified in Chapter 90A and the rules and reasonable standards of the Board, applicable to all operators in responsible charge, designed to assure satisfactory operation of water treatment facilities."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1985.