West Virginia Code 30-17-12 – License from another state
The board may issue a license or a certificate to practice environmental health science or public health sanitation in this state, without requiring an examination, to an applicant from another jurisdiction who:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-17-12
- Board: means the State Board of Sanitarians. See West Virginia Code 30-17-3
- Certificate: means a document issued to a sanitarian under the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 30-17-3
- Environmental health science: means public health science that includes, but is not limited to, the following bodies of knowledge: air quality, food quality and protection, hazardous and toxic substances, consumer product safety, housing, institutional health and safety, community noise control, radiation protection, recreational facilities, solid and liquid waste management, vector control, drinking water quality, milk sanitation and rabies control. See West Virginia Code 30-17-3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- License: means a document issued to a registered sanitarian under the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 30-17-3
- Sanitarian: means a person who is certified by the board and is uniquely qualified by education in the arts and sciences, specialized training and credible field experience to assist in the enforcement of public health sanitation laws and environmental sanitation regulations, and to effectively plan, organize, manage, evaluate and execute one or more of the many diverse disciplines comprising the field of public health sanitation. See West Virginia Code 30-17-3
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(1) Is of good moral character;
(2) Holds a valid sanitarian license or other authorization to practice environmental health science or public health sanitation in another jurisdiction and meets requirements which are substantially equivalent to the requirements set forth in this article;
(3) Is not currently being investigated by a disciplinary authority of this state or another jurisdiction, does not have charges pending against his or her license or other authorization to practice environmental health science or public health sanitation, and has never had a license or other authorization to practice environmental health science or public health sanitation revoked;
(4) Has not previously failed an examination for licensure in this state;
(5) Has paid all the applicable fees;
(6) Completes any additional training as determined by the board; and
(7) Completes such other action as required by the board.