Section 338.3901. Definitions.

Rule 1. As used in these rules:

(a) "Advisory committee" means the advisory committee on sanitarians. (b) "Code" means 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101.

(c)    "Completed an environmental health educational   program   acceptable    to the advisory committee" means that an applicant has completed either  of the following:

(i)     An undergraduate or graduate environmental health educational program approved by  the  advisory   committee  pursuant  to  the  provisions   of  R 338.3903(1) or (2).

(ii)     An undergraduate or graduate program at an institution     approved     by the advisory committee pursuant to R 338.3903(3) or (4) that includes both of the following:

(A)   The equivalent of 15 semester hours in the  following    3     categories with the equivalent of at least 3 semester hours in each category:

(1)   Chemistry: inorganic or organic.

(2)   Physics.

(3)   Biology: zoology, human physiology, or ecology.

(B)  The equivalent of 40 semester hours in at  least  2  of the following areas:

(1)   Microbiology: general, applied, environmental, immunology, or virology.

(2)   Biostatistics.

(3)   Epidemiology.

(4)   Public health organization and administration.

(5)   Environmental health: water and waste water, food  protection, air  quality, vector        control,         housing, solid/hazardous waste, institutional/occupational health and safety, occupational health, radiation health, industrial hygiene, noise control, soil   science,    and recreational environmental health.

(6)    Internship or  international  study   which  provides  exposure  to  the applied aspect of environmental health.

(7)   Technical report writing and risk communication.

(d)  "Department" means the department of community health.

History: 1982 AACS; 1991 AACS; 2008 AACS.