105 CMR, § 803.200 - Minimum Standards and Qualifications
(1) An
applicant for certification as a Certified Health Officer must possess the
following minimum education and/or experience in order to be eligible for
certification:
(a) A degree in medicine or a
holder of a license to practice medicine in Massachusetts and one year of
professional experience in a position requiring administrative responsibility
for public health programs and completion of a course on public health law, as
determined by the Department; or
(b) A graduate degree in public health or
equivalent as may be determined by the Department from an Approved School of
Public Health as defined in
105
CMR 803.020 and one year of professional
experience in a position requiring administrative responsibility for public
health programs and completion of a course on public health law, as determined
by the Department; or
(c) A
bachelor's degree with a minimum of 30 semester hours credit in public health
related disciplines from an institution recognized as accredited by the United
States Department of Education, or any like institution approved by the
Department, plus two years of professional experience in a position requiring
administrative responsibility for public health programs and completion of a
course on public health law, as determined by the Department.
1. The 30 semester hours credit must be in at
least two of the following disciplines:
a.
biological, environmental, or related sciences;
b. public health;
c. public health emergency
preparedness;
d. health promotion
and disease prevention;
e.
occupational health;
f. public
health and environmental law;
g.
infectious disease and surveillance;
h. public health administration and
management;
i.
epidemiology.
2. The 30
semester hours credit may be taken outside the applicant's bachelor's degree
program but must be offered by an institution recognized as accredited by the
United States Department of Education, or any like institution approved by the
Department.
3. As pertains to a
particular applicant, the Department shall determine whether a course meets the
disciplines listed in
105
CMR
803.200(l)(c)l.
4. In making any determination set forth in
105
CMR 803.200(l)(c)3., the
Department reserves its right to require an applicant to submit documentation,
which may include a syllabus, explaining course content to assist the
Department in determining whether a specific course qualifies. It is the
applicant's responsibility to provide sufficient information regarding specific
course content.
(2) The Department may, in its discretion,
grant credit to an applicant for education received at an institution outside
of the United States if the applicant submits proof satisfactory to the
Department that such foreign education is substantially equivalent to that
provided in an institution recognized as accredited by the United States
Department of Education or otherwise approved by the Department.
(3) Notwithstanding the requirements set
forth in
105
CMR 803.200(1), the
Department may, in its discretion, determine that an applicant who has passed
the examination as required in
105
CMR 803.220 and completed a course on public
health law that is satisfactory to the Department, meets the minimum education
and/or experience in order to be eligible for certification as a Certified
Health Officer.
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