Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-403 - Requirements for an Environmental Health Sanitarian Aide

An applicant for registration as a sanitarian shall submit to the Council the application form, information, and application fee in R9-16-402 and:

1. If the applicant is registered, certified, or licensed as a sanitarian in another jurisdiction submit to the Council:

a. A copy of the applicant's sanitarian registration, certification, or licensure from the other jurisdiction;

b. A copy of the examination requirements for registration, certification, or licensure in the other jurisdiction;

c. The name of the testing company that provided the sanitarian examination the applicant passed to be registered, certified, or licensed in the other jurisdiction; and

d. Documentation of a score of 70% or more by the applicant on the other jurisdiction's sanitarian examination; or

2. If the applicant is not registered, certified, or licensed as a sanitarian in another jurisdiction:

a. Be approved to take the sanitarian examination,

b. Take and pass the sanitarian examination in R9-16-402 with a score of 70% or more, and

c. Submit to the Council the examination fee in R9-16-402(D) .

A. An environmental health sanitarian aide may perform and assist in any of the following environmental health services:
1. Inspections related to food establishments, food processing, food distribution, sewage and refuse disposal, water supplies, hotels, motels, campground, swimming pools, and other related public facilities regulated under A.A.C. Title 9, Chapter 8;
2. Investigations of complaints to ensure compliance with environmental regulations;
3. Routine samplings of water, sewage, food, and other samples for analysis; or
4. Application of ordinances, codes, rules, and regulations governing public health.
B. An environmental health sanitarian aide shall:
1. Have reports reviewed by a registered environmental health sanitarian;
2. Not approve or disapprove the operation of an establishment under A.A.C. Title 9, Chapter 8; and
3. Not sign on behalf of a registered environmental health sanitarian.
C. A sanitarian aide, who has completed at least five years of employment as an environmental health sanitarian aide in a position directly related to environmental health, may apply for registration as an environmental health sanitarian according to R9-16-405.
D. An individual who provides supervision to an environmental health sanitarian aide shall:
1. Ensure that the number of hours and type of supervision in providing environmental health services is consistent with:
a. The sanitarian aide's skills and experience,
b. The setting where the environmental health services are provided, and
c. The tasks assigned;
2. Establish a record for the environmental health sanitarian aide who receives supervision that includes:
a. The sanitarian aide's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number;
b. A plan indicating the types of skills and the number of hours allocated to the development of each skill that the environmental health sanitarian aide is expected to complete;
c. Documentation of evaluations provided to the environmental health sanitarian aide during the time supervision was provided; and
d. Documentation of when supervision began and ended; and
3. Maintain a sanitarian aide's record throughout the period that the environmental health sanitarian aide received supervision.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-403
New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2444, effective May 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). Former R9-16-403 renumbered to R9-16-404 ; new R9-16-403 made 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.

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