Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-401 - Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article, unless otherwise specified:
1. "Accredited"
means that an educational institution is recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education as providing standards necessary to meet acceptable levels of quality
for its graduates to gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher
learning or to achieve credentials for professional practice.
2. "Administrative completeness review
time-frame" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
41-1072.
3. "Applicant" means an individual who
submits an application packet or renewal application packet for registration as
an environmental health sanitarian.
4. "Application packet" means the
information, documents, and fees required by the Department to:
a. Determine eligibility to take a sanitarian
examination, and
b. Be registered
as an environmental health sanitarian.
5. "Calendar day" means each day, not
including the day of the act, event, or default from which a designated period
of time begins to run and including the last day of the period unless it is a
Saturday, Sunday, statewide furlough day, or legal holiday, in which case the
period runs until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday,
statewide furlough day, or legal holiday.
6. "Continuing education" means a course that
provides instruction and training that is designed to develop or improve a
registered environmental health sanitarian's professional competence in
disciplines directly related to the practice of a registered environmental
health sanitarian.
7. "Continuing
education hour" means 50 to 60 minutes of continuous course work.
8. "Course" means a workshop, seminar,
lecture, conference, or other learning program activities as approved by the
Department.
9. "Department" means
the Arizona Department of Health Services established in A.R.S. §
36-104 and the Sanitarians Council
established in A.R.S. §
36-136.01.
10. "Environmental health" means the science
and practice of preventing human injury and illness and promoting well-being by
identifying sources that produce potential hazardous physical, chemical, and
biological agents in air, water, soil, food, and other conditions; and
eliminating or minimizing exposure to the sources that adversely affect or may
adversely affect human health.
11.
"Environmental health sanitarian aide" means an individual who performs and
assists with environmental health services as described and under the
supervision of an individual in
R9-16-403.
12. "Hazardous environmental agent" means a
material, whether liquid, solid, gas, or sludge, that contains properties that
make the material potentially harmful to public health or the
environment.
13. "Immediate family
member" means an individual related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
14. "License or licensed" means a permit,
certificate, or similar form of approval issued by a state agency according to
state law that an individual may practice in the profession indicated by the
approval.
15. "Natural science"
means a branch of science that deals with the physical world, including life,
physical, and health sciences.
16.
"Overall time-frame" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
41-1072.
17. "Practice of a registered environmental
health sanitarian" means acting under the authority of
R9-16-402.
18. "Registered environmental health
sanitarian" means the same as a "registered sanitarian" in A.R.S. §
36-136.01.
19. "Renewal application packet" means the
information, documents, and fees required by the Department to apply for a
renewal registration as an environmental health sanitarian.
20. "Sanitarian examination" means a test
that consists of questions related to environmental health including natural
sciences, facility and system inspections, investigations, compliance,
responding to emergencies, and promoting environmental public health
awareness.
21. "Semester credit"
means one earned academic unit of study or equivalent, with a grade of "C" or
better, at an accredited college or university by:
a. Attending a 50 to 60 minute class session
each calendar week for at least 16 weeks, or
b. Completing practical work for a class as
determined by the accredited college or university.
22. "Substantive review time-frame" has the
same meaning as in A.R.S. §
41-1072.
23. "Supervision" means being responsible for
and providing direction to an individual who:
a. Performs and assists a registered
environmental health sanitarian with environmental health services as described
in R9-16-403, and
b. Is employed as an environmental health
sanitarian aide in a position directly related to environmental
health.
24. "Testing
center" means a facility, approved by the Department that provides a proctored
computer-based sanitarian examination.
Notes
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