Ill. Admin. Code tit. 32, § 422.60 - Requirements for Issuance or Renewal of Licenses
a) The Agency shall issue a Radon Measurement
Professional license to any individual who fulfills the following requirements:
1) Is at least 18 years of age.
2) Provides evidence of relevant work
experience and education that meets any one of the following criteria:
A) Documented work history approved by the
Agency demonstrating completion of 50 radon measurements; or
B) No experience. A new license performance
audit will be performed by the Agency.
3) Provides proof of successful completion of
the USEPA Radon Measurement Operators Course, or an equivalent indoor radon and
radon progeny measurement course approved by the Agency.
4) Has successfully completed a USEPA Radon
Measurement Examination, or an equivalent examination approved by the
Agency.
5) Submits a complete and
accurate application form prescribed by the Agency that includes, but is not
limited to:
A) Home address;
B) Home phone number;
C) Work address;
D) Work phone number;
E) Email address;
F) A description of all types of indoor radon
measurements performed and any other related services offered;
G) A description of all measurement devices
the applicant or licensee plans to use;
H) A worker protection program description
acceptable to the Agency that includes, but is not limited to, methods to
reduce or minimize the radon or radon progeny exposures in the work area;
and
I) A Quality Assurance Program
description acceptable to the Agency that includes, but is not limited to:
i) A policy statement committing to provide
quality work;
ii) A description of
management and structure of the organization;
iii) A listing of personnel, their
qualifications and training;
iv)
Procedures for procurement of items and services;
v) Procedures for maintaining documents and
records;
vi) A description of
relevant computer hardware and software;
vii) A planning process for radon and radon
progeny services;
viii) Procedures
for calibration and testing of instruments;
ix) A corrective action program;
and
x) Standard operating
procedures.
6) Submits standard operating procedures for
the performance of radon or radon progeny measurements in each of the following
categories for which they offer services: home, multi-family building, or
school and commercial building measurements.
AGENCY NOTE: The Agency recommends using the "ANSI/AARST Standard: Protocol for Conducting Radon and Radon Decay Product Measurements in Multifamily Buildings" in preparing multi-family building standard operating procedures.
7) For an
individual requesting renewal evidence of meeting the continuing education
requirements in Section
422.80.
b) The Agency shall issue a Radon
Measurement Technician license to any individual authorizing work under the
general supervision of a Radon Measurement Professional licensee, if the
applicant meets the following requirements:
1)
Is at least 18 years of age.
2)
Provides proof of successful completion of the USEPA Radon Measurement
Operators Course, or an equivalent indoor radon and radon Progeny measurement
course approved by the Agency.
3)
Has successfully completed a USEPA Radon Measurement Examination, or an
equivalent examination approved by the Agency.
4) Submits a complete and accurate
application form prescribed by the Agency that includes, but is not limited to:
A) Home address;
B) Home phone number;
C) Work address;
D) Work phone number; and
E) Email address.
5) For an individual requesting renewal,
evidence of meeting the continuing education requirements in Section
422.80.
c) The Agency
shall issue a Radon Mitigation Professional license to any individual who
fulfills the following requirements:
1) Is at
least 18 years of age.
2) Provides
evidence of relevant work experience and education that meets any of the
following criteria:
A) At least 4 years of
design and construction of buildings, or associated heating, ventilation and
air conditioning (HVAC), or closely related activities approved by the
Agency;
B) Documented work history
approved by the Agency demonstrating completion of 50 radon mitigation
installations; or
C) No experience.
A new license performance audit will be performed by the Agency.
3) Provides proof of successful
completion of the USEPA Radon Mitigation Course, or an equivalent indoor radon
and radon progeny mitigation course approved by the Agency.
4) Has successfully completed a USEPA Radon
Mitigation Examination, or an equivalent mitigation examination approved by the
Agency.
5) Submits a complete and
accurate application form prescribed by the Agency that includes, but is not
limited to:
A) Home address;
B) Home phone number;
C) Work address;
D) Work phone number;
E) Email address;
F) A description of all diagnostic tests that
may be performed to determine the mitigation strategy and any other radon
related services offered;
G) A
description of all mitigation system designs or strategies offered. Materials
and design controls shall be included in the professional licensees' Quality
Assurance Program description;
H) A
worker protection program description acceptable to the Agency, to be followed
when performing mitigation installations, that includes, but is not limited to,
methods to reduce or minimize the radon or radon progeny concentrations in the
work area;
I) A Quality Assurance
Program description acceptable to the Agency that includes, but is not limited
to:
i) A policy statement committing to
provide quality work;
ii) A
description of management and structure of the organization;
iii) A listing of personnel, their
qualifications and training;
iv)
Procedures for procurement of items and services;
v) Procedures for maintaining documents and
records;
vi) A description of
relevant computer hardware and software;
vii) A planning process for radon and radon
progeny services;
viii) Procedures
for calibration and testing of instruments;
ix) A corrective action program;
and
x) Standard operating
procedures.
6) Provides proof of insurance as specified
in Section
422.70(q).
7) Submits standard operating procedures for
the performance of mitigations in each of the following categories for which
they offer services: home, multi-family building, or school and commercial
building mitigations.
8) For an
individual requesting renewal, evidence of meeting the continuing education
requirements in Section 422.80.
d) The Agency shall issue a Radon Mitigation
Technician license to any individual authorizing work under the general
supervision of a Radon Mitigation Professional licensee, if the applicant meets
the following requirements:
1) Is at least 18
years of age.
2) Provides proof of
successful completion of the USEPA Radon Mitigation Operators Course, or an
equivalent indoor radon and radon progeny mitigation course approved by the
Agency.
3) Has successfully
completed a USEPA Radon Mitigation Examination, or an equivalent examination
approved by the Agency.
4) Submits
a complete and accurate application form prescribed by the Agency that
includes, but is not limited to:
A) Home
address;
B) Home phone
number;
C) Work address;
D) Work phone number; and
E) Email address.
5) For an individual requesting renewal,
evidence of meeting the continuing education requirements in Section
422.80.
e) The Agency
shall issue a Laboratory Analysis license to any person who submits a complete
and accurate application form prescribed by the Agency that includes:
1) The name of one individual who is
responsible for the laboratory radon analytical activities;
2) A description of all measurement devices
used and services offered; and
3)
Documentation of a Quality Assurance Program that meets one of the following:
A) A quality assurance program description
consistent with ISO/IEC 17025, General Requirements for the Competence of
Testing and Calibration Laboratories Compliance published June 29, 2005,
exclusive of subsequent amendments or editions; or
B) Is successfully enrolled in an independent
third party accreditation/certification program consistent with national
laboratory accreditation and certification standards, or an equivalent program
approved by the Agency, for the devices listed in subsection (e)(2).
Notes
Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 20240, effective December 9, 2013
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