HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     4127

SANITARIAN REGISTRATION WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS REGISTERED
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITARIANS AFTER JULY 1, 1984.

(1) ALL INDIVIDUALS DESIRING TO ENTER THE PRACTICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AFTER JULY 1, 1984 AND WHO MEET THE
EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5.5-302 AND
WHO HAVE NOT OBTAINED THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE SHALL BE SUBJECT
TO FULFILLING THE EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS UNDER RULES AND
REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD TO INSURE PROPER SUPERVISION AND
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC BY INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRIOR TO BEING REGISTERED.

(2) THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD
SHALL STATE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL CURRENTLY
PRACTICING, BUT WHO FAILS THE EXAMINATION FOR REGISTRATION, MAY
CONTINUE TO PERFORM THE DUTIES WHILE AWAITING REEXAMINATION.

(C) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (B) OF
THIS SECTION, THE SECRETARY MAY, BY JULY 1, 1985, WAIVE THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
EMPLOYED BY THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT:

(1) WHILE THAT INDIVIDUAL IS PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF
THAT EMPLOYMENT; AND

(2) WHO THE SECRETARY DETERMINES HAS APPROPRIATE
EXPERIENCE IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESPECTIVE JOB CLASSIFICATION.

(B)(D) (1) FOR NONREGISTERED INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY
PRACTICING AS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS SANITARIANS,
REGISTRATION WITH THE BOARD SHALL BE REQUIRED BY JULY 1, 1985.

(2)(E) A NONREGISTERED INDIVIDUAL CURRENTLY
PRACTICING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER SANITARIAN MAY
BE REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD IF THE INDIVIDUAL:

(I) IF THE INDIVIDUAL EITHER:

1. MEETS THE QUALIFICATION SPECIFIED IN
§ 5.5-302; OR

(1) GRADUATES FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY WITH:

(I) A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE OR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND 12 MONTHS OF EXPERIENCE,
ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD, IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; OR

(II) A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN THE NATURAL
SCIENCES INCLUDING:

1. A MINIMUM OF 60 SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS
OR THE EQUIVALENT QUARTER CREDIT HOURS OF BASIC SCIENCES