Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-16-404

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-16-404 - Continuing Education Requirements; Continuing Education Deferral; and Renewal Extension

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A. A registered environmental health sanitarian shall complete 12 continuing education hours during the 12 months prior to December 31 of each calendar year, unless the registered environmental health sanitarian:

1. Has been a registered environmental health sanitarian for less than 12 months as indicated on the renewal application;

2. Was prevented from completing continuing education according to subsection (A) due to a personal or immediate family member's illness during at least six continuous months of the preceding 12 months; or

3. Was called to active military service.

B. Except for a registered environmental health sanitarian in subsection (A)(1) and (3), by November 1 of each calendar year, a registered environmental health sanitarian may request to defer continuing education by submitting:

1. A request in a Department-provided format that contains:

a. The registered environmental health sanitarian's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number;

b. The registered environmental health sanitarian's registration number;

c. A statement regarding the registered environmental health sanitarian's personal or immediate family member's illness;

d. Indicate the number of continuing education hours requesting to defer;

e. An attestation that the Department is authorized to verify all information provided in the continuing education deferral request; and

f. The registered environmental health sanitarian's signature, including date of signature;

2. Documentation that verifies the duration of the registered environmental health sanitarian's personal or immediate family member's illness from the physician treating or who treated the registered environmental health sanitarian's personal or immediate family member's illness; and

3. If a registered environmental health sanitarian has completed any continuing education hours, report the completed continuing education hours according to R9-16-406(D)(1)(h).

C. A registered environmental health sanitarian that deferred continuing education in subsection (B) shall obtain:

1. The deferred continuing education by the end of the subsequent renewal year, and

2. The continuing education required in subsection (A) for the current renewal year.

D. A registered environmental health sanitarian called to active military service:

1. Shall submit:

a. Written notice for renewal extension to the Department that includes:

i. The registered environmental health sanitarian's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number;

ii. The registered environmental health sanitarian's registration number;

iii. A statement stating the reason for the notice of renewal extension; and

iv. The registered environmental health sanitarian's signature, including date of signature; and

b. A copy of the registered environmental health sanitarian's deployment documentation;

2. Retains registration as an environmental health sanitarian for the term of service or deployment plus 180 calendar days;

3. Defers the requirement for completing the continuing education for the term of service or deployment plus 180 calendar days; and

4. Shall submit a renewal application packet according to R9-16-406 after the term of service or deployment plus 180 calendar days.

E. The Department shall review the request to defer continuing education submitted in subsection (B) for approval according to R9-16-407 and Table 4.1.

F. If the Department denies a registered environmental health sanitarian's request to defer continuing education, the registered environmental health sanitarian shall submit the required continuing education hours in subsection (A) according to R9-16-406(D)(1)(h).

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-404

New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2444, effective May 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). Former R9-16-404 renumbered to R9-16-406; new R9-16-404 renumbered from R9-16-403and 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.