Certification of Training Providers

(A) Applicants for certification as training providers shall meet the application requirements and accreditation standards and criteria established by the Director. (B) Applications shall include submission of resumes of faculty, course curricula and agenda, training materials, manuals, inventories of equipment, examination materials and methodology, student/teacher ratios, and such other information or materials as may be required by the Director. Applicants shall identify and describe facilities for both classroom and field practicum training. (C) The Director shall periodically monitor the quality of instruction offered by certified training providers and shall be afforded the opportunity to do so upon request. (D) The Director shall investigate all complaints concerning the quality of instruction offered by certified training providers. The Director may impose penalties on certified training providers who fail to meet or maintain a level of instruction adequate to fully train students in the requirements of M.G.L. c. 111, §§189A through 199B, 105 CMR 460.000 and 454 CMR 22.00: Deleading and Lead-safe Renovation Regulations. Penalties include, but are not limited to, letters of warning, probation, suspension or revocation of certification. (E) Certified training providers shall maintain records of all material required as part of the application process, student applications, course attendance, examinations and grades for a period of six years. Upon the conclusion of each course, the certified training provider shall send a list of all successful graduates, with attendance records, to the Director within 30 days of the conclusion of the course. (F) Certified training providers shall revise the course curriculum to include new or additional topics within reasonable timelines as specified by the Director.