Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 802.000 - Registration of Sanitarians
Section 802.020 - Definitions
Advanced Math shall mean undergraduate or graduate mathematic courses, including computer and statistics, as determined by the Department. Advanced Math does not include economics.
Approved School of Public Health/Environmental Health shall mean any school, which grants a bachelor's degree in sanitary science, public health, or environmental health, and which is recognized as accredited by the United States Department of Education, or any other educational institution approved by the Department.
Basic Sciences shall mean sciences basic to sanitation, namely, physics, biology, microbiology, epidemiology, Advanced Math, public health, chemistry, environmental health, bacteriology, biochemistry, civil engineering, environmental engineering, toxicology, geology, social sciences, geography or related courses, as determined by the Department.
Board of Health shall mean the appropriate and legally designated health authority of a city, town, or other legally constituted governmental unit within the Commonwealth having the usual powers and duties of the board of health or health department of a city or town.
Contact Hour shall mean the unit of measurement of organized learning experience lasting 50 consecutive minutes.
Commissioner shall mean the Commissioner of Public Health.
Continuing Education shall mean planned learning experiences designed to augment the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of a Registered Sanitarian, for improving the health of the public.
Department shall mean the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Evaluation shall mean the process of determining whether Objectives have been met.
Objective shall mean a statement that delineates a desired, specific attainable and/or measurable change in a learner's behavior.
Program shall mean seminars, educational courses, lectures, conferences, and workshops offered by Providers.
Provider shall mean professional organizations and educational institutions recognized by the Department and shall include colleges, universities, municipal, state, and federal agencies, public health organizations, and other professional associations and organizations offering Continuing Education.
Registered Sanitarian or R.S. shall mean a Sanitarian who has been duly registered by the Department and who maintains such active registration and shall include Sanitarians with active registration by the Division of Occupational Licensure as of December 31, 2022.
Sanitarian shall mean a person with broad education and experience in the physical, biological, and social sciences, supplemented by specialization in the field of sanitary or environmental science and technology, and who is qualified to carry out instructional and inspectional duties and enforce the laws in the field of environmental sanitation.
