Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-402 - Eligibility and Responsibilities for a Registered Environmental Health Sanitarian

A. An individual is eligible to be a registered environmental health sanitarian, if the individual meets at least one of the following:

1. Has completed at least 30 semester credits at an accredited college or university in the natural sciences or the equivalent credits from a college or university from outside the United States or its territories verified by a Department-approved third party evaluation service;

2. Has completed at least five years of employment as a sanitarian aide in a position directly related to environmental health;

3. Has completed at least five years of active military service in the field of environmental health;

4. Is currently licensed as a sanitarian in another jurisdiction, has passed a sanitarian examination that is equivalent to this state's examination as specified in A.R.S. § 36-136.01, and has completed at least one of the requirements identified in subsections (A)(1), (2), or (3); or

5. Has received a copy of official sanitarian examination test results from a testing center that contains the sanitarian examination test results with a score of 70% or more and has completed at least one of the requirements identified in subsections (A)(1), (2), or (3).

B. An individual who is eligible to be a registered environmental health sanitarian according to subsection (A)(1) through (3) shall pass a sanitarian examination administered by a testing center.

C. The practice of a registered environmental health sanitarian may include:

1. Investigate, sample, measure, and assess hazardous environmental agents;

2. Recommend and apply protective interventions that control hazards to health;

3. Develop, promote, and enforce guidelines, policies, rules, statutes, and regulations;

4. Perform system analysis;

5. Interpret research utilizing science and evidence to understand the relationship between health and environment; or

6. Interpret data and prepare technical summaries and reports.

D. A registered environmental health sanitarian shall:

1. Comply with A.R.S. § 41-1009;

2. Comply with A.A.C. Title 9, Chapter 8; and

3. Review and, as applicable, sign reports prepared by a sanitarian aide.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-402

Adopted effective September 29, 1976 (Supp. 76-4). Amended effective April 12, 1985 (Supp. 85-2). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2444, effective May 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3004, effective September 11, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 3038, effective 10/5/2017. Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 1875, effective 9/2/2020.