Certification program for town clerks.

(b) Any person may participate in the course of training prescribed by the committee and, upon completing such training and upon successfully completing any examination or examinations prescribed by said committee, shall be recommended to the Secretary of the State as a candidate for certification as a certified Connecticut town clerk. The Secretary of the State shall certify any qualified candidate recommended by the committee as a certified Connecticut town clerk and may rescind such certificate upon a finding, by a majority of the committee, of sufficient cause as defined in rules and regulations adopted by the committee. The Secretary of the State may certify a candidate who has not completed all of the course of training prescribed by the committee provided that the committee has determined that the candidate has experience that is substantially the equivalent of all or part of the course, and provided further, that the candidate has successfully completed any examination or examinations prescribed by said committee.