Section 3776.05 | [Former R.C. 4736.08, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3776.05 by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Application for registration.
(A) A person 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 complies with the examination requirements specified under section 3776.06 of the Revised Code and meets any of the following education and employment requirements:
(1) Graduated from an accredited college or university with at least a baccalaureate degree, including at least forty-five quarter units or thirty semester units of science courses approved by the director; and completed at least two years of full-time employment as an environmental health specialist;
(2) Graduated from an accredited college or university with at least a baccalaureate degree, completed a major in environmental health science which included an internship program approved by the director; and completed at least one year of full-time employment as an environmental health specialist;
(3) Graduated from an accredited college or university with a degree higher than a baccalaureate degree, including at least forty-five quarter units or thirty semester units of science courses approved by the director; and completed at least one year of full-time employment as an environmental health specialist.
(C)(1) The director shall register an applicant as an environmental health specialist in training if the applicant meets the educational qualifications of division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, but does not meet the employment requirement of any such division.
(2) An environmental health specialist in training shall apply for registration as an environmental health specialist within four years after registration as an environmental health specialist in training. The director may extend the registration of any environmental health specialist in training who furnishes, in writing, sufficient cause for not applying for registration as an environmental health specialist within the four-year period. However, the director shall not extend the registration more than an additional two years beyond the four-year period.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:47 PM
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- October 3, 2023 – House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly [ View October 3, 2023 Version ]