N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-27.34

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:28-27.34 - Radon mitigation technician

(a) Notwithstanding the expiration date of his or her certification, an individual who is certified as a radon mitigation technician as of June 6, 2022, shall submit to the Department a complete renewal application as specified at (d) and (e) below or, if the individual meets the requirements of a certified radon mitigation specialist, a complete initial application in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.24, such that the Department receives the application on or before October 4, 2022.

(b) If an individual certified as a radon mitigation technician as of June 6, 2022 submits an application for certification pursuant to this section such that the Department receives it after October 4, 2022, and on or before December 2, 2022, the certification shall be valid on the later of December 3, 2022, or the date the Department approves the initial application.

(c) The Department will consider a certified radon mitigation technician that submits an application in accordance with (a) above to be certified from June 6, 2022, until the Department notifies the individual that the application has been approved or rejected. An individual that does not timely submit an application for certification in accordance with this section shall not be certified as of December 3, 2022. To become certified, the individual shall submit an application for renewal of an expired certification.

(d) A certified radon mitigation technician shall submit, to the Department, an application for renewal on the form that the Department sends to the individual in advance of June 6, 2022.

(e) The certified mitigation technician shall update the information contained on the form provided at (d) above, and shall provide documentation showing completion of four hours of continuing education from a nationally recognized organization, completed no more than 12 months prior to the renewal application submittal. Documentation shall consist of the training course certificate, which provides the individual's name, the name of the course, the approved course number, the number of credit hours, and the date of the course. Documentation from the conference organizer of the individual's attendance for one day at a national radon training conference or documentation from the training course provider showing an individual instructed four hours of radon continuing education also fulfills this requirement.

(f) A certified radon mitigation technician shall complete an eight-hour multifamily buildings training course and/or an eight-hour schools and large buildings training course approved by a nationally recognized organization, and shall provide a copy of each of these training certificates to the radon mitigation business, in order to mitigate these building types.

(g) Upon Department approval of the renewal application, the radon mitigation technician's certification shall, unless suspended, revoked, or canceled, be valid until December 3, 2023, and cannot thereafter be renewed.

(h) A certified radon mitigation technician may submit an application to be certified as a radon mitigation specialist when he or she meets the requirements at N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.24, Radon mitigation specialist--initial application.

(i) On and after December 3, 2022, a certified radon mitigation technician shall comply with (j) through (o) below.

(j) A certified radon mitigation technician shall affiliate with at least one business in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.5.

1. For each business, the certified individual shall:

i. Review and comply with the radiological safety plan in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.15;

ii. Take radiation safety training and pass a subsequent examination in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.13(g); and

iii. Sign an affiliation form in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.5; and

2. If a certified radon mitigation technician is affiliated with more than one certified business, the certified individual shall follow the radiological safety plan for the business through which the radon mitigation is performed.

(k) A certified radon mitigation technician shall conduct radon mitigation only while certified and affiliated, and only in accordance with the authorized mitigation protocols for each building type, this subchapter, and the certified business's radiological safety plan, and shall otherwise comply with this subchapter.

(l) Prior to the installation of a mitigation system, a certified radon mitigation technician shall provide the client with a copy of a written contract that has been signed by the affiliate and the client. The contract shall be supplied on behalf of the certified business, as provided at N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.13(l).

(m) Prior to performing work on an existing mitigation system, a certified radon mitigation technician on behalf of the certified business shall, as provided at N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.26(h), advise the client in writing whether the mitigation system meets the most recent authorized mitigation protocol, and provide a written estimate of the upgrades needed, and the cost to bring the system into compliance.

(n) A certified radon mitigation technician shall, on behalf of the certified business, as provided at N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.13(n), allow an uncertified individual to assist with only basic construction tasks during the installation of the radon mitigation system.

(o) A certified radon mitigation technician shall ensure that a short-term radon test is conducted no sooner than 24 hours after a mitigation system is installed and functioning, and within 30 days after the installation of the system.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-27.34

Amended by R.2005 d.239, effective 7/18/2005.
See: 37 N.J.R. 8(a), 37 N.J.R. 2675(b).

Amended and recodified from 7:28-27A.34 by 55 N.J.R. 165(a), effective 12/3/2022