Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
An applicant for licensure as an environmental health
practitioner in training shall file an application, on forms provided by the
Division.
a) Pursuant to Section 21 of
the Act, a person who, on August 22, 2002, was certified by his or her employer
as serving as a sanitarian or unlicensed environmental health practitioner in
environmental health practice in this State may be issued a license as an
environmental health practitioner in training upon filing an application by
July 1, 2003. The application shall be filed with the Division on forms
supplied by the Division and shall include:
1)
Verification of employment signed by the supervisor; and
2) The required fee set forth in Section
1247.75.
b) Individuals applying for an
environmental health practitioner in training license, except for those
qualified pursuant to subsection (a), shall file an application with the
Division, on forms provided by the Division, that the applicant meets one of
the following qualifications:
1) Verification
A) Holds a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university approved by the National Environmental Health
Science and Protection Accreditation Council for environmental health curricula
or its equivalent as approved by the Division in accordance with Section
1247.40
of this Part;
B) Holds a bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university that included a minimum of 30
semester hours, or the equivalent, of basic sciences approved by the Division
in accordance with Section 1247.40; or
C) Holds a master's degree in public health
or environmental health science from an accredited college or university if the
applicant has completed a minimum of 30 semester or equivalent hours of basic
science as approved by the Division in accordance with Section
1247.40;
2) The required
fee set forth in Section 1247.75; and
3) Certification, on forms provided by the
Division, from the jurisdiction in which the applicant was originally licensed
and the jurisdiction in which the applicant predominantly practices and is
currently registered/licensed, if applicable, stating:
A) The time during which the applicant was
licensed in that jurisdiction, including the date of the original issuance of
the license;
B) A description of
the examination in that jurisdiction; and
C) Whether the file on the applicant contains
any record of disciplinary actions taken or pending.
c) An environmental health
practitioner in training license will be issued for 3 years.If a person has not
passed an examination within the 3 years, an applicant may request an
extension.
1) The applicant shall request an
extension in writing stating the reasons for the extension and shall pay the
required fee.
2) Upon the
recommendation of the Environmental Health Practitioners Board (Board) and
approval by the Division, an environmental health practitioner in training
license shall be extended, not to exceed 3 years, for the following reasons:
A) Service in the military;
B) Incapacitating illness and/or
hospitalization verified by a physician; or
C) Other extenuating circumstances.
3) In no instance can an
environmental health practitioner in training license be extended that would
allow an environmental health practitioner in training to practice more than 6
years.
