Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 131.13 - Licensing of inspectors
(1) TRAINING.
(a) All contractor employees and all
employees of any authorized inspection facility subcontractor who perform any
official inspection functions shall have a license issued by the contractor. No
person may either receive a license or have a license renewed as an inspector
unless the person demonstrates to the department, by training and examination,
proficiency in all of the following:
1. Air
pollution causes and effects.
2.
Purpose, function and goals of the inspection program.
3. State inspection regulations.
4. Inspection procedures and rationale for
their design.
5. Emission control
devices, configuration and inspection.
6. Inspection equipment operation and
maintenance.
7. Quality control
procedures.
8. Public
relations.
9. Safety and health
issues related to the inspection process.
(b) Trainees shall both pass, by a minimum of
80% correct responses, a written test and demonstrate the ability, without the
assistance of another person, to conduct a proper inspection as a condition of
successfully completing a licensing examination administered by a party other
than the contractor.
(c) An
applicant for a vehicle emissions inspection license who fails an examination
for inspector shall successfully complete the applicable vehicle emissions
inspector training program prior to reexamination for license.
(2) LICENSING. Upon completion of
training and all other licensing requirements, the contractor shall issue a
photo identification badge containing the inspector's photograph, name, unique,
non-transferable inspector number and the expiration date of the inspector's
license. Training and licensing records for each employee so licensed shall be
maintained both at the contractor's headquarters and at the employee's primary
inspection station or other authorized inspection facility.
(3) RENEWAL. Licenses issued to vehicle
emissions inspectors shall be valid for 2 years. Inspectors shall complete both
refresher training and testing prior to license renewal.
(4) AUDITING. Representatives of the
department or its designated agent shall conduct both overt and covert,
scheduled and unscheduled audits.
(5) PENALTIES. Failure of either the
contractor or any of its employees or of any authorized inspection facility
subcontractor or its employees to pass any portion of an overt or covert audit
shall result in the imposition of a penalty. These penalties, established in
the penalty schedule section of the contract, may require that the contractor
either suspend or revoke inspector licenses or incur liquidated damages, or
both.
(6) CHALLENGE MECHANISM.
(a) A motorist who alleges that either an
incorrect inspection occurred or that fraud or abuse influenced the results of
the inspection may contest the results of that inspection by notifying the
department immediately after the inspection, or as soon as possible after
discovering the problem.
(b) The
department's quality assurance representative shall investigate the complaint.
If the results of that investigation indicate that the inspection may have
occurred incorrectly or that fraud or abuse may have influenced the results of
the inspection, the department's quality assurance representative shall arrange
for a reinspection at the technical assistance center or other facility by an
inspector designated by the department to perform the functions of a technical
assistance center at a time convenient to all parties.
(c) Results of the technical assistance
center inspection or inspection by an inspector designated by the department to
perform the functions of a technical assistance center shall supersede the
results of the contested station lane or other authorized inspection facility
inspection.
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