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007.04.17-6. Examinations

AR ADC 007.04.17-6Arkansas Administrative CodeEffective: August 1, 2022

West's Arkansas Administrative Code
Title 007. Department of Health
Division 04. Environmental Health Services
Rule 17. Rules Pertaining to State Board of Sanitarians
Effective: August 1, 2022
Ark. Admin. Code 007.04.17-6
007.04.17-6. Examinations
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(A) The board shall hold examinations to test the fitness of applicants for registration at such times and places within this state as the board shall determine but shall hold at least one examination every year. The scope and examination shall be determined by the board.
(B) The board shall admit to examination any person who makes application to the secretary of the board on forms prescribed and furnished by the board, pays an application fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) to defray the expense of examination and submits evidence satisfactory to the board that he is a citizen of the United States of good moral character. The minimum requirements for admission to examination as a registered sanitarian shall be as follows:
(1) A bachelor's degree of public health or master's degree of public health with specialization in sanitary sciences from an approved school of public health; or
(2) College graduate in one of the natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, math, earth and/ or geology) or engineering, with a minimum of 30 semester hours or its equivalent of the above subjects, plus one year's experience in environmental sanitation or approved training courses.
(a) Any person meeting the educational qualifications of this Section, but who does not meet the experience requirements of this Section, may make application to the Board through a process prescribed by the Board for acceptance as a Sanitarian-in-training. The Board shall accept such application when submitted, if accompanied by the required fee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00), as prescribed by the Board.
(C) Within 90 days after an application is filed with the secretary, the board shall notify the applicant whether his application for examination was accepted or rejected and if rejected, the reason therefore. One half of the application fee shall be returned to each rejected applicant.
(D) The secretary of the board shall give reasonable notice by mail of the time and place of examination to each applicant accepted for examination.
(E) Within 60 days after the examination is given, the board shall notify by mail each person who took the examination that he has passed or failed the examination.

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Adopted Aug. 1, 2022.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 007.04.17-6, AR ADC 007.04.17-6
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