California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Registered Environmental Health Specialists

• Section 106600.
  It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this article to safeguard the health, safety, and general welfare of the public by the registration...
• Section 106605.
  This article does not require registration of individuals, such as industrial hygienists, health physicists, safety engineers, civil engineers, land surveyors, other registered professional engineers, or...
• Section 106610.
  The department may, upon recommendation of the Environmental Health Specialist Registration Committee appointed pursuant to Section 106675, adopt any regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes...
• Section 106615.
  The words and phrases defined in this section shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Department” means the State Department of Public...
• Section 106620.
  Except for the design of onsite septic systems, nothing in this article shall authorize registered environmental health specialists to design any of the fixed works...
• Section 106625.
  The governing body of a local health department may employ on a full-time basis one or more registered environmental health specialists, each of whom shall...
• Section 106630.
  Any person may make an application to the department to be registered as an environmental health specialist. The department shall accept complete applications if accompanied...
• Section 106635.
  The requirements for registration of environmental health specialists shall be a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a department approved educational institution or an educational...
• Section 106640.
  Educational institutions requesting approval of their environmental health degree program shall first submit their program to the committee for review. If the program meets the...
• Section 106645.
  Those persons who meet the educational, experience, and training requirements of Section 106635 shall be eligible for admission to the examination for registration as an...
• Section 106650.
  Any person who has applied for environmental health specialist registration, or who is enrolled in an approved environmental health science curriculum, or who is certified...
• Section 106655.
  A person who possesses a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a department-approved educational institution or an educational institution of collegiate grade listed in the...
• Section 106660.
  Any person meeting the educational qualifications pursuant to Section 106635, but who does not meet the experience requirement of that section, may make application to...
• Section 106665.
  An approved environmental health training plan shall include program elements in the training, duration of training, and types of training.(a)  Program elements, duration of training,...
• Section 106670.
  (a)  On and after January 1, 1989, only persons who meet the educational and experience requirements as established under Section 106635 shall be eligible for...
• Section 106675.
  (a)  An Environmental Health Specialist Registration Committee shall be appointed to advise and to make recommendations to the department with respect to, and to take...
• Section 106680.
  The terms of the members of the committee first appointed shall be determined by lot and shall expire as follows: two members on January 1,...
• Section 106685.
  (a)  The members of the committee shall, annually, in the month of April, elect from their number a chairperson and a secretary. (b)  The committee...
• Section 106690.
  (a)  The committee shall keep a record of its proceedings. (b)  The department shall maintain a register of all applications for registration and retain examination...
• Section 106695.
  A registered environmental health specialist may maintain registration under a retired biennial registration provided the following requirements are met:(a)  Has been a working registered environmental...
• Section 106700.
  (a) A nonreturnable fee shall be paid by a person for each application for registration, application for examination, and biennial renewal.(b) Fees shall not exceed the actual...
• Section 106705.
  The department upon recommendation of the committee, may, by regulation, establish the requirement and standards for continuing education for registered environmental health specialists. The standards...
• Section 106710.
  A valid registration as an environmental health specialist under this article shall only be issued to a person who has:(a)  Met the applicable education and...
• Section 106715.
  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the department upon the recommendation of the committee may suspend, deny, refuse to renew, or revoke a...
• Section 106720.
  The department and the committee may use the following criteria to evaluate the potential for rehabilitation or actual rehabilitation of a person prior to denying,...
• Section 106725.
  The department shall, upon application therefor and upon payment of the current application and biennial renewal fees, as determined by the department upon the recommendation...
• Section 106730.
  This article does not affect or replace any other requirements or qualifications imposed pursuant to state or federal law on persons involved in activities under...
• Section 106735.
  Only a person who has qualified as a registered environmental health specialist and who holds a valid registration certificate issued in conformance with Section 106710...

Last modified: October 22, 2018