Section 915.80  Continuing Education Sessions

a)         Approval of continuing education sessions.  Each entity that has established or proposes to present a continuing education session under the Act shall request Department approval by submitting its continuing education program to the Department.  These requests shall be submitted to the Department no later than 4 weeks before the date the program begins.  A list of approved continuing education sessions shall be available from the Department.  The Department shall approve those sessions that address all of the following topics:

1)         Water well construction and pump installation in general.

2)         Grouting.

3)         Water sample collection and sampling.

4)         Contamination of water supplies and grouting.

5)         Other relevant information necessary for the continued improvement of knowledge of a water well and pump installation contractor.

b)         When requesting approval, the entities shall submit the following information to the Department:

1)         Title of session.

2)         Type of audience (water well contractors or water well pump installation contractors).

3)         Location of session.

4)         Names and qualifications of instructors or presenters.

5)         Brief description of each topic and amount of time for each  topic.

6)         Total classroom contact hours excluding breaks (a classroom contact hour is 60 minutes).

c)         Notification.  Each entity approved to conduct sessions shall be responsible for notifying licensed contractors of seminar dates and locations.

(Source:  Added at 24 Ill. Reg. 12057, effective August 1, 2000)