§30-17-6 Examination for registration as a sanitarian.
§30-17-6. Examination for registration as a sanitarian.
(a) On and after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, only persons who meet the education and experience requirements in section four, subdivisions (a),(b) and (c) of this article, shall be eligible for admission to examination for registration as a sanitarian.
(b) Examination for the registration of sanitarians-in-training may be required by the discretion of the board.
(c) Examination for registration of sanitarians under this article, shall be administered not less than once each calendar year, in the state at such times and places as may be specified from time to time by the board. Such examination may be written, oral, or both, and shall include applicable subjects in the field of environmental sanitation as it relates to public health and such other subjects pertinent to the qualifications of sanitarians such as, the board may prescribe, physical, biological and sanitary sciences or environmental health and community hygiene. The examination shall be objective and of practical character. The examination papers shall not disclose the name of any applicant, but shall be identified by a number assigned by the chairperson of the board.
(d) A person shall not be registered if he or she fails to meet the minimum grade requirements for examination specified by the board. If an applicant fails to meet such minimum grade requirements in his or her first examination, he or she may be reexamined at any time and place specified by the board for the administration of such examination and upon resubmitting his or her application accompanied by the prescribed fees.
(e) The board shall hold at least one meeting each year to review and evaluate applications for registration as sanitarians and sanitarians-in-training, conduct examinations, review and approve all bills, prepare and approve reports, and transact all other business as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
(f) The board shall issue certificates of registration to which the official seal of the board has been affixed, and shall annually issue numbered identification cards to applicants who have been found qualified as sanitarians and sanitarians-in-training.
(g) The board may hold hearings for the purpose of administrative adjudication of such matters as may properly come before it, make the necessary determinations in conjunction therewith and issue such orders as may be consistent with the findings. The board may designate one or more of its members as a hearing agent. Such agent or representative shall conduct such hearings in the manner provided by law.
(h) Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum and special meetings of the board shall be called by the chairperson upon written request of any two members of the board, or upon a written request signed by ten registered sanitarians.
(i) All board meetings shall be open to the public with the exception of the executive board sessions.
(j) The chairperson of the board shall receive and account for all money received from the operation of this article.
(k) The examination papers and records pertaining thereto shall be filed with the board and retained for at least one year.