"ABPA" means the American Backflow Prevention
Association.
"Administrative authority" means an
individual, board, department, or agency employed by a city, county or other
political subdivision of the state and authorized by local ordinance to
administer and enforce the provisions of the plumbing code.
"Approved continuing education course" means a
department-approved course designed to supplement or refresh the knowledge of a
registered tester and to meet the requirements of subparagraph
26.5(2)"a"(2).
"Approved training course" means a
department-approved course designed to train individuals to test and repair
backflow prevention assemblies.
"ASSE" means ASSE International.
"AWWA" means the American Water Works
Association.
"Backflow prevention assembly," for the
purposes of this chapter, means a device or means to prevent backflow into a
potable water system for which a method of testing the device in-line has been
published by the Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research
at the University of Southern California or by ASSE.
NOTE: The following assemblies are included under this
definition. This is not intended to be an exclusive list. If new devices and
test methods are introduced that meet the definition, they are included under
the rules.
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Backflow Prevention
Assembly
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Product Standards
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Double Check Valve Assembly
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ASSE 1015-2021, AWWA C510-07
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Double Check Detector Assembly
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ASSE 1048-2021
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Pressure Vacuum Breaker
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ASSE 1020-2021
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Reduced Pressure Principle Backflow Preventer
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ASSE 1013-2021, AWWA 511-07
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Reduced Pressure Detector Assembly
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ASSE 1047-2021
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Spill Resistant Pressure Vacuum Breaker
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ASSE 1056-2013-R2021
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"Certified" means certified as a backflow
prevention assembly tester under the requirements of ABPA, ASSE, or another
third-party certification agency.
"Department" means the same as defined in Iowa
Code section 135K.1(3).
"Proctor" means an individual designated by a
third-party certification agency to conduct certification examinations of
backflow prevention assembly testers.
"Registered backflow prevention assembly
tester" or "registered tester" means the same as
defined in Iowa Code section
135K.1(4).
"Third-party certification agency" means ABPA,
ASSE or another agency approved by the department to certify the knowledge and
skills of backflow prevention assembly testers.
