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... in this chapter: (A) "Environmental health science" means the aspect of public health science that includes, but is not limited to, the following bodies of knowledge: air quality, food quality and protection, hazardous and toxic substances, consumer product safety, housing, institutional health and safety, community noise control, radiation protection, recreational facilities, solid and liquid waste management, v...

...o any applicant whom it registers as an environmental health specialist or an environmental health specialist in training. The director shall include the following information on the certificate of registration: (1) The name of the person; (2) The date of issue; (3) The signature of the director; (4) The designation "registered environmental health specialist" or "environmental health specialist in traini...

...ngage in, the practice of environmental health without being registered in accordance with this chapter. (B) No person except a registered environmental health specialist shall use the title "registered environmental health specialist" or the abbreviation "R.E.H.S." after the person's name, or represent self as a registered environmental health specialist. (C)(1) No person except a registered environmental heal...

...seeking to register as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training shall submit an application to the director of health on a form prescribed by the director. Along with the application, the person shall submit the application fee prescribed in rules adopted under this chapter. (B) The director shall register an applicant as an environmental health specialist if the applicant ...

...ere is hereby created the environmental health specialist advisory board consisting of seven members appointed by the director of health for terms established in accordance with rules adopted by the director under section 3776.03 of the Revised Code. The advisory board shall advise the director regarding the registration of environmental health specialists in training and environmental health specialists, continuing ...

... whether an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or an environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code who is employed by or has contracted with a board of health to enforce this chapter as it relates to retail food establishments has sufficient knowledge of the provisions of this chapter, rules adopted under it, and of the Ohio uniform food safety code to co...

... whether an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or an environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code who is employed by or has contracted with a board of health to enforce this chapter as it relates to food service operations has sufficient knowledge of the provisions of this chapter, rules adopted under it, and of the Ohio uniform food safety code to condu...

...e following fees: (1) To apply as an environmental health specialist in training, fifty dollars; (2) For an environmental health specialist in training to apply for registration as an environmental health specialist, fifty dollars. (3) For persons other than environmental health specialists in training to apply for registration as environmental health specialists, one hundred dollars. (4) The renewal fee ...

...hroughout the state for the practice of environmental health that are necessary to administer and enforce this chapter, including rules governing all of the following: (1) The registration, advancement, and reinstatement of applicants to practice as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training; (2) Educational requirements necessary for qualification for registration as an e...

... director of health and the director of environmental protection. (B) If a board of health chooses to regulate small flow on-site sewage treatment systems under division (A) of this section and later determines that it no longer wants to regulate those systems, the board shall notify the director of health and the director of environmental protection. Upon the receipt of the notification by the director of en...

...o applying for an initial environmental health specialist registration, a person shall take the credentialed national environmental health association examination administered by the department of health. (B) The director of health shall not register the person if the person fails to meet the minimum grade requirement for the examination specified by the national environmental health association. An applicant for ...

...by boards of health and the director of environmental protection under that division. (E)(1) No person shall fail to keep and file a well log or a sealing report as required by this section. (2) No person shall make a false statement in any well log or sealing report required to be kept and filed under this section. Violation of division (E)(2) of this section is falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised C...

...-training, and persons registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from any training requirements for initial licensure established under this chapter, but shall be required to take any examinations for licensure required under section 3742.05 of the Revised Code. (C) Fees for licenses issued under section ...

...; (4) One representative of the Ohio environmental health association, appointed by the association, who is registered as an environmental health specialist under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code; (5) One representative of the Ohio association of boards of health, appointed by the association; (6) One representative of the Ohio society for public health education, appointed by the society; (7) One repres...

...of a health district or the director of environmental protection shall cause each construction and demolition debris facility for which the board or the director, as appropriate, issued a license under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code to be inspected and shall cause a record to be made of each inspection. The board or the director shall require each such facility to be in substantial compliance with this chapter a...

...dividual registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code. Each inspection shall be recorded on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of agriculture or a form approved by the director that has been prescribed by a board of health acting as licensor. With the assistance of the director, a board acting as licensor, to the e...

...dividual registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code. Each inspection shall be recorded on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of health or a form approved by the director that has been prescribed by a board of health acting as licensor. With the assistance of the director, a board acting as licensor, to the extent...

...son who is or has been registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training by any other state, if the requirements of that state at the time of such registration are determined by the director to be at least equivalent to the requirements of this chapter.

...edically underserved individuals; (E) Environmental health management programs; (F) Health promotion services designed to encourage individual and community wellness; (G) Annual completion of two hours of continuing education by each member of a board of health. The minimum standards shall provide that continuing education credits shall pertain to ethics, public health principles, and a member's responsibilit...

...umstances constituting an environmental health emergency that authorize the director to issue an emergency order under division (B) of section 3710.13 of the Revised Code; (6) Employee training standards, work practices that reduce the risk of contamination and recontamination of the environment, record-keeping requirements, action levels, project clearance levels, and other requirements that asbestos hazard abateme...

...d professional engineer employed by the environmental protection agency, one shall be selected from among soil scientists in the division of soil and water conservation in the department of agriculture, and one shall be a representative of a statewide organization representing townships. (2) Of the members appointed by the president of the senate, one shall be a health commissioner who is a member of and recommend...

...on of the director or a local board of health, or ordering the director or board of health to perform an act. The environmental review appeals commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over any matter that may, under this section, be brought before it. However, the director has and retains jurisdiction to modify, amend, revise, renew, or revoke any permit, rule, order, or other action that has been appealed t...

...nal, humane, scientific, public health, environmental conservation, civic, or other eleemosynary purpose or for the benefit of law enforcement personnel, firefighters, or other persons who protect the public safety, or any person who in any manner employs a charitable appeal as the basis of any solicitation or an appeal that suggests that there is a charitable purpose to any solicitation. (2) "Charitable organizati...

...e of vital statistics and the bureau of environmental health; (3) Any proposed policy changes that pertain to entities serving or seeking to serve as vendors under the WIC program, as defined in section 3701.132 of the Revised Code, that are not addressed pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section. (4) Issues to improve public health and increase awareness of public health issues at the state level, local leve...

... (B) "Director" means the director of environmental protection. (C) "Health district" means a city or general health district as created by or under authority of Chapter 3709. of the Revised Code. (D) "Agency" means the environmental protection agency. (E) "Solid wastes" means such unwanted residual solid or semisolid material as results from industrial, commercial, agricultural, and community operations, ...