Section 11-301 - Licensure.
§ 11-301. Licensure.
(a) Required.- Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice as an environmental sanitarian in this State.
(b) Applicability.- This section does not apply to:
(1) A sanitarian-in-training;
(2) A student participating in a field experience as part of an educational program;
(3) An applicant for licensure in accordance with § 11-304(b)(5) of this subtitle; and
(4) A qualified individual in any of the following job classifications:
(i) Industrial hygienists as defined by the American Industrial Hygiene Association;
(ii) Certified industrial hygienists and industrial hygienists in training as defined by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene;
(iii) Health planners or natural resource planners;
(iv) Building and housing inspectors;
(v) Geologists;
(vi) Chemists;
(vii) Meteorologists;
(viii) Laboratory scientists;
(ix) Professional engineers who are licensed in this State under Title 14 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article and whose professional activities are normally included in § 11-101(e) of this title;
(x) Public health engineers and water resources engineers employed by the State or a local subdivision;
(xi) Hydrographers and hydrographic engineers;
(xii) Natural resources managers;
(xiii) Natural resources biologists;
(xiv) Program administrators, administration directors, administrators, administrative officers, and administrative specialists;
(xv) Paraprofessional personnel, aides, and technicians whose routine duties include monitoring, sampling, and recording of data;
(xvi) Persons employed by the Department of Natural Resources or related county departments who perform duties and responsibilities under the Natural Resources Article;
(xvii) Persons employed by the Department of the Environment or related county departments who perform duties and responsibilities for erosion and sediment control, stormwater management, or oil pollution control under Title 4 of this article;
(xviii) Persons employed by the Department of the Environment or related county departments who perform duties and responsibilities for ambient air monitoring under Title 2 of this article or for motor vehicle pollution control under Title 2 of this article or Title 23 of the Transportation Article;
(xix) Persons employed by the Division of Labor and Industry of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation who perform duties and responsibilities under the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act;
(xx) Occupational safety and health technologists as defined by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals;
(xxi) Safety professionals as defined by the American Society of Safety Engineers;
(xxii) Certified safety professionals and associate safety professionals as defined by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals;
(xxiii) Persons employed by industrial operations whose environmental services are performed solely for their employer; and
(xxiv) State milk safety inspectors performing duties under the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments and employed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, §§ 735, 736; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1984, ch. 560; 1985, ch. 219; 1987, ch. 306, § 3; 1993, ch. 423; 1995, ch. 120, § 19; 2004, ch. 230; 2006, ch. 44, § 6.]