HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1945

(XII)  PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, ADMINISTRATION
DIRECTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALISTS;

(XIII)  PARAPROFESSIONAL AIDES AND TECHNICIANS;
AND

(XIV)  PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE MARYLAND
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES OR RELATED COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WHO
PERFORM DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PURSUANT TO THE NATURAL
RESOURCES ARTICLE.

[(f)] (D) "Hours of approved training" means the value
given to participation in [organized] continuing education OR
experience [under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and
qualified instruction] AS approved by the Board.

[(g) "Practice of environmental health" means the practice
of applying the knowledge of physical, biological, and sanitary
sciences toward the health aspects of the community environment.
This practice applies at least the following basic principles,
concepts, methods, and techniques toward controlling, preserving,
or improving the human health effects of man's environment: Milk
and food sanitation, water supply, wastewater treatment and
disposal, vector control, recreational, housing, and
institutional health and safety, air quality, and solid waste
management.]

(E)  "LICENSE" MEANS, UNLESS THE CONTEXT REQUIRES OTHERWISE,
A LICENSE ISSUED BY THE BOARD TO PRACTICE AS A REGISTERED
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITARIAN.

(F)  "REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL SANITARIAN" MEANS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITARIAN WHO IS LICENSED BY THE BOARD.

5.5-102.

[(a) Registration with the Board is required for all
individuals practicing environmental health after July 1, 1984.

(b) All individuals currently registered by the Board of
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