Issuance and lapse of certificates

(a) A certificate shall be issued by the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee upon a determination that an individual is eligible to be certified. (b) In the event that a person holding a certificate is not appointed to a position commensurate with such certificate, the certificate shall be of no effect under these regulations after the passage of three years next following the date of the certificate. (c) In the event that a person appointed to a position commensurate with a certificate ceases to hold the position, then the certificate shall be of no effect under these regulations after the passage of three years next following the date upon which the person ceased to hold the position.