(1) An applicant for registration shall file with the cabinet a written application for registration and submit evidence that the applicant:
(a) Has completed at least an approved four (4) year high school or the equivalent; and

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 223.030

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(b) Has completed a four (4) year degree from a college or university, with a minor or twenty-four (24) semester hours in environmental health, biological science, or physical science.
(2) An applicant shall be required to pass a written examination in those subjects that the cabinet prescribes. Written examinations may be supplemented by an oral examination. Upon successfully passing these examinations, the applicant shall be issued a registration as an environmental health specialist or sanitarian.
(3) Those persons previously registered by the cabinet and not engaged in environmental health practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but desiring to maintain the privilege to use the designation of environmental health specialist or “E.H.S.” and sanitarian or “R.S.” may apply and be granted inactive status by the cabinet in accordance with administrative regulations of the cabinet. Inactive status shall be renewed at least every two (2) years, and those persons granted inactive status shall not be governed by continuing education provisions contained in this chapter. A registered environmental health specialist or sanitarian on inactive status may petition the cabinet for renewal of registration. In that case the registrant shall meet the requirements of this chapter before being reclassified to active status.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 309, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1). — Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 3, effective July 1, 1960.