1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not act as an operator of a community water system or noncommunity water system unless the person has obtained a certificate to operate such a water system from the Division.
2. An operator of a transient water system is not required to obtain a certificate to operate a noncommunity water system if the system is designated by the Division as being supplied by groundwater that is not under the direct influence of surface water.
3. An operator may be certified to operate more than one community water system or noncommunity water system.
4. This section does not require a certified operator to be on-site at a community water system or noncommunity water system during all hours of operation.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 613; A 1999, 1868; 2005, 553)