(a) Effective January 1, 2010, the installer license became invalid and was replaced with the irrigation technician license.(b) To obtain an irrigator license, an individual must:(1) meet the requirements in Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to Administration of Occupational Licenses and Registrations);(2) complete and pass the basic irrigator training course; and(3) pass all sections of the applicable examination.(c) To obtain an irrigation technician license, an individual must:(1) meet the requirements in Subchapter A of this chapter;(2) complete the basic irrigation technician course; and(3) pass the applicable examination.(d) To obtain an irrigation inspector license, an individual must:(1) meet the requirements in Subchapter A of this chapter;(2) successfully complete:(A) the basic irrigator training course;(B) an approved backflow prevention assembly testing training course; and(C) an approved water conservation or water audit course; or(D) an approved landscape irrigation inspection course; and(3) pass the applicable examination.(e) An individual is ineligible to obtain an irrigation inspector license if the individual engages in or has financial or advisory interest in an entity that:(1) sells, designs, installs, maintains, alters, repairs, or services an irrigation system;(2) provides consulting services relating to an irrigation system; or(3) connects an irrigation system to any water supply.