GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 595

Short Title:  Sanitarian Reg. Clarified.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Walker.
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Referred to:  Environment and Natural Resources.
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March 29, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION AS A SANITARIAN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90A-53 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90A-53.  Qualifications and examination for registration as a sanitarian.
The Board shall issue certificates to qualified persons as registered sanitarians.  A certificate as a registered sanitarian shall be issued to any person upon the Board's determination that such person:
(1)	Has made application to the Board on a form prescribed by the Board;
(2)	Is of good moral character;
(3)	Has received a baccalaureate degree from a post-secondary educational institution rated as acceptable by the Board with a minimum of 30 semester hours or its equivalent in the physical and/or biological sciences;
(4)	Has satisfactorily completed a course in specialized instruction and training approved by the Board which course shall be designed as to content and so administered as to present sufficient knowledge of the needs properly to be served by public health sanitation, the elements of good environmental health sanitation, the laws and regulations governing sanitation in environmental health and the protection of the public health;
(5)	Has had at least two years' experience in the field of environmental health as defined in this Article.  Provided, however, that only one year of experience in the field of environmental health as defined in this Article is required of a sanitarian intern who is a graduate of a bachelor's or master's degree program that is accredited by the National Accreditation Council for Environmental Health Curricula of the National Environmental Health Association.
(6)	Has passed an examination administered by the Board designed to test for competence in the subject matters of environmental health sanitation.  The examination shall be in a form prescribed by the Board and may be oral, written, or both.  The examination for applicants shall be held annually or more frequently as the Board may by rule prescribe, at a time and place to be determined by the Board.  A person shall not be registered if such person fails to meet the minimum grade requirements for examination specified by the Board.  Failure to pass an examination shall not prohibit such person from being examined at subsequent times and places as specified by the Board; and
(7)	Has paid a fee set by the Board not to exceed the cost of the examination.
No person who has complied with the requirements of this section shall be denied registration.  The denial of registration solely on the basis of work status or place of employment is prohibited."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to registrations applied for on or after this date.