Environmental Health Practitioner Licensure Rules
Chapter
33-30-01 Board of Environmental
Health Practitioner License
33-30-02 Initial Licensure and Renewals
33-30-03 Continuing Education
33-30-04 Code of Ethics
33-30-05 Grievances
33-30-06 Information Changes
| 33-30-01-01. Organization of the board of environmental health practitioner licensure. | |
| 1. | History and function. The 1985 legislative assembly passed legislation to license environmental health practitioners, codified as North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-43. This chapter authorized the secretary of state to carry out all functions necessary to license and utilize the services of an advisory board as needed. The 1987 legislative assembly transferred this licensing function from the office of the secretary of state to the state health officer. The board's responsibility is advisory only. All statutory power is vested with the state health officer. |
| 2. | Board membership. The board consists of five members - the state health officer or an appointed agent; the commissioner of the North Dakota department of agriculture or an appointed agent; the president of the North Dakota environmental health association or an appointed agent; one member from a district or a local health unit who is a licensed environmental health practitioner; and one consumer. The environmental health practitioner and consumer must be appointed by the state health officer. |
| 3. | Officers. The state health officer shall serve as chairperson. The stat health officer may appoint an executive secretary as necessary. |
| 4. | Inquiries. Inquiries may be addressed to: State Health Officer, Capitol Building, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505 |
| 33-30-02-01. Licensure application. An application for a license to practice environmental health must be made to the state health officer on forms provided by the officer upon request. The application must contain such information as may be reasonably required. | |
| 1. | Each application for a license must be accompanied by: |
| a. A prescribed fee. | |
| b. A transcript verifying completion of a college degree. | |
| 2. | All applications must be signed by the applicant. |
| 3. | The state health officer may request such additional information or clarification of information provided in the application as the health officer deems reasonably necessary. |
| 4. | If the state health officer so directs, an applicant shall personally appear before the board concerning the application. |
| 33-30-02-02. Licensure renewal. Licenses are renewable biennially in January first of each biennium. They must be renewed on forms provided by the state health officer. The renewal forms must be accompanied by the renewal fee and proof of meeting the continuing education requirements. Any license not renewed within two years of its expiration may not be renewed, and it may not be restored, reissued, or reinstated. A person whose license has expired may reapply for a new license if such person meets the requirements of North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-43 and this article. | |
| 33-30-02-03. Fees. The following fees must be paid in connection with environmental health practitioner applications, renewals, and penalties: | |
| 1. | Application fee for an environmental health practitioner license - $50.00 |
| 2. | Renewal fee for an environmental health practitioner license - $15.00 |
| 3. | Late renewal penalty fee per month - $2.00 |
| 4. | Duplicate or changed license fee - $10.00 |
| Licensure and renewal fees for a particular licensure period must be assessed on a prorated basis. | |
| 33-30-02-04. Qualifications and requirements for licensure. | |
| 1. | Complete an application for licensure and pay the required application fee. |
| 2. | Have received a baccalaureate degree in an accredited environmental health curriculum or a baccalaureate in the physical, chemical, or biological sciences, including at least thirty semester or forty-five quarter credits in a physical, chemical, or biological science, or a degree beyond baccalaureate in environmental health or in a physical, chemical, or biological science. |
| 3. | Pass the national environmental health practitioner registry exam administered by the national environmental health association. Persons meeting the licensure requirements in subsections 1 and 2 who have not yet passed the environmental health practitioner registry exam will be considered board eligible. A person who is board eligible may work in the field of environmental health but such work must be under the direction and supervision of a licensed environmental health practitioner. A person who is board eligible may work under a licensed environmental health practitioner for no more than a total of three years after which such person may work in the field of environmental health only after passing the national environmental health practitioner registry exam. Environmental health practitioners licensed prior to January 1, 1993, will be exempt from the exam requirement. |
| 33-30-02-05. Reciprocity. A person may be licensed to practice environmental health in North Dakota if such person presents an application, application fee, and proof of licensure in another state or county whose requirements for licensure equal those of North Dakota. | |
| 33-30-02-06. Requirement for licensure. Any person engaged in the practice of environmental health in the state shall be required to be licensed. | |