DWR_3604583

• Document Type - Guidance Documents: Policy
• Topic: Board of Examiners
• Title: REVOKED POLICY 2004-1: CONTINUING EDUCATION COORDINATION WITH CWWCA AND GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION
• Document Date: 2/5/2018

BOARD POLICY NO. 2004-01
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Continuing Education
Coordination with CWWCA and General Implementation
INTRODUCTION:
Senate Bill 03-045 established continuing education requirements for well construction
and pump installation license renewal. The Board of Examiners and Colorado Water
Well Contractors Association considers continuing education an important component of
the profession's protection of the groundwater resources and public health of Colorado.
Even in this long-standing profession, technology, methods and procedures have
evolved rapidly over the last 10 —15 years. Thus, it is imperative that the contractors
accessing our most valuable and limited resource have the latest knowledge to protect
this state's groundwater and the public health of its citizens. Continuing education
provides the foundation for this knowledge. The continuing education program enacted
will be developed through a partnership between the Board of Examiners and CWWCA.
DISCUSSION:
The Board of Examiner's Rules, dated June 2004, established rules for implementing
37-91-105 (7) and 37-91-107(4), C.R.S. (2003). The statute requires eight (8) hours of
Board of Examiner's approved continuing education to maintain or renew a license and
thus, requires the development of BOE principles and criteria for approving continuing
education training. The BOE must determine the level of documentation required for
compliance with licensing renewal. The statute requires that a certificate of completion
of continuing education be filed annually for license renewal and maintenance. This
requires annual compliance with all applicable statutory and rule provisions for multiple
year license renewal.
The CWWCA has provided documentation sufficient to meet the statutory requirement
for coordination of the continuing education program; including correspondence,
participation in a Board of Examiner's workshop, and regularly scheduled meetings of
the Board of Examiners. The CWWCA has also participated in the development and
review of this Policy.
This policy is based on the Board of Examiner Rules effective June 2004. However,
the licensed contractors would be required to meet the continuing education
requirements for the January 2006 license renewal. This allows for the licensed
contractor to accumulate the required hours of continuing education from June 2004