| (a) A person may not perform or offer to provide plan
review or inspection services unless the person is a certified registered
accessibility specialist. To be certified, an individual must:
(1) meet one of the following qualifications:
(A) hold a degree in architecture, engineering, interior
design, landscape architecture, or equivalent, and at least one year
experience related to building inspection, building planning, accessibility
design or review, accessibility inspection, or equivalent;
(B) have at least eight years of experience related
to building inspection, building planning, accessibility design or
review, accessibility inspection, or equivalent; or
(C) have at least four years of experience related
to building inspection, building planning, accessibility design or
review, accessibility inspection, or equivalent, and certification
by a model building code organization as an accessibility inspector
or plans examiner;
(2) pass an examination approved by the department;
(3) successfully pass a criminal history background
check; and
(4) submit the required fee under §68.80.
(b) An applicant must submit the following required
documentation in a manner prescribed by the department:
(1) a complete application on a department approved
form; and
(2) verifiable evidence that the applicant meets the
requirements in subsection (a)(1).
(c) Each applicant who satisfies all requirements will
be provided a wallet card and a wall certificate. The wallet card
is the actual certificate of registration.
(d) An applicant must complete all requirements, including
passing the examination in subsection (a)(2), no later than one year
from the date the application is submitted. After that year the applicant
will be required to submit a new application and all required materials
in addition to paying a new application fee.
|
| Source Note: The provisions of this §68.70 adopted to be effective November 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 8807; amended to be effective February 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 382; amended to be effective March 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 884; amended to be effective May 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 2333; amended to be effective August 31, 2023, 48 TexReg 4642 |
