Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-16-401

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 52, December 27, 2024

Section R9-16-401 - Definitions

The following definitions apply in this Article, unless otherwise specified:

1. "Accredited" means that an educational institution is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as providing standards necessary to meet acceptable levels of quality for its graduates to gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher learning or to achieve credentials for professional practice.

2. "Administrative completeness review time-frame" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 41-1072.

3. "Applicant" means an individual who submits an application packet or renewal application packet for registration as an environmental health sanitarian.

4. "Application packet" means the information, documents, and fees required by the Department to:

a. Determine eligibility to take a sanitarian examination, and

b. Be registered as an environmental health sanitarian.

5. "Calendar day" means each day, not including the day of the act, event, or default from which a designated period of time begins to run and including the last day of the period unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, statewide furlough day, or legal holiday, in which case the period runs until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, statewide furlough day, or legal holiday.

6. "Continuing education" means a course that provides instruction and training that is designed to develop or improve a registered environmental health sanitarian's professional competence in disciplines directly related to the practice of a registered environmental health sanitarian.

7. "Continuing education hour" means 50 to 60 minutes of continuous course work.

8. "Course" means a workshop, seminar, lecture, conference, or other learning program activities as approved by the Department.

9. "Department" means the Arizona Department of Health Services established in A.R.S. § 36-104 and the Sanitarians Council established in A.R.S. § 36-136.01.

10. "Environmental health" means the science and practice of preventing human injury and illness and promoting well-being by identifying sources that produce potential hazardous physical, chemical, and biological agents in air, water, soil, food, and other conditions; and eliminating or minimizing exposure to the sources that adversely affect or may adversely affect human health.

11. "Environmental health sanitarian aide" means an individual who performs and assists with environmental health services as described and under the supervision of an individual in R9-16-403.

12. "Hazardous environmental agent" means a material, whether liquid, solid, gas, or sludge, that contains properties that make the material potentially harmful to public health or the environment.

13. "Immediate family member" means an individual related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

14. "License or licensed" means a permit, certificate, or similar form of approval issued by a state agency according to state law that an individual may practice in the profession indicated by the approval.

15. "Natural science" means a branch of science that deals with the physical world, including life, physical, and health sciences.

16. "Overall time-frame" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 41-1072.

17. "Practice of a registered environmental health sanitarian" means acting under the authority of R9-16-402.

18. "Registered environmental health sanitarian" means the same as a "registered sanitarian" in A.R.S. § 36-136.01.

19. "Renewal application packet" means the information, documents, and fees required by the Department to apply for a renewal registration as an environmental health sanitarian.

20. "Sanitarian examination" means a test that consists of questions related to environmental health including natural sciences, facility and system inspections, investigations, compliance, responding to emergencies, and promoting environmental public health awareness.

21. "Semester credit" means one earned academic unit of study or equivalent, with a grade of "C" or better, at an accredited college or university by:

a. Attending a 50 to 60 minute class session each calendar week for at least 16 weeks, or

b. Completing practical work for a class as determined by the accredited college or university.

22. "Substantive review time-frame" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 41-1072.

23. "Supervision" means being responsible for and providing direction to an individual who:

a. Performs and assists a registered environmental health sanitarian with environmental health services as described in R9-16-403, and

b. Is employed as an environmental health sanitarian aide in a position directly related to environmental health.

24. "Testing center" means a facility, approved by the Department that provides a proctored computer-based sanitarian examination.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-401

Adopted effective September 29, 1976 (Supp. 76-4). Section expired under A.R.S. § 41-1056(E) at 7 A.A.R. 5257, effective September 30, 2001 (Supp. 01-4). New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2444, effective May 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3004, effective September 11, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 3038, effective 10/5/2017. Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 1875, effective 9/2/2020.