As Amended
SEC. 21-27-207. Regulatory authority of Mississippi State Board of Health and Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources.
Both the board and commission shall have the authority to adopt, modify, repeal and promulgate, after due notice and hearing, and to make exceptions to and grant exemptions and variances from and to enforce such rules, regulations and procedures as are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the duties and responsibilities of these agencies arising under the provisions of Secs. 21-27-201 through 21-27-221. Such rules, regulations and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the following: criteria for classifying municipal and domestic community water systems and wastewater facilities; qualifications for operators of community water systems and wastewater facilities; procedures for examining or testing applicants for operator certificates; procedures and fees for issuing, reissuing, modifying, revoking or terminating operator certificates; and reciprocal certification of operators certified in other states having certification requirements not less stringent than those established by the board and commission. Both the board and commission shall consult with the advisory committee established hereinafter in promulgating the rules, regulations and procedures required hereunder.
SOURCES: Laws, 1986, ch. 354, Sec. 4, eff from and after July 1, 1986.
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 3. Section 21-27-207, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
21-27-207. Both the board and commission may adopt, modify, repeal and promulgate, after due notice and hearing, and may make exceptions to and grant exemptions and variances from and may enforce those rules, regulations and procedures as are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the duties and responsibilities of these agencies arising under Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221. The rules, regulations and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, * * * the following: criteria for classifying municipal and domestic community water systems, nontransient, noncommunity water systems and wastewater facilities; qualifications for operators of community water systems, nontransient, noncommunity water systems and wastewater facilities; procedures for examining or testing applicants for operator certificates; procedures and fees for issuing, reissuing, modifying, revoking or terminating operator certificates; and reciprocal certification of operators certified in other states having certification requirements not less stringent than those established by the board and commission. Both the board and commission shall consult with the advisory committee established under this chapter in promulgating the rules, regulations and procedures * * *.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 478, Sec. 3, HB1090, Effective July 1, 1997.