La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXI-2113

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXXI-2113 - Course Approval Advisory Committee

A. The board is authorized, at its option, to establish a Course Approval Advisory Committee to assist the board in its review of instructional courses and training materials which would qualify as being approved for the purposes of this Chapter.

B. If established, the Course Approval Advisory Committee shall consist of nine active registered sanitarians, The board shall appoint each member to the committee with each member representing each of the nine Department of Health and Hospitals-Office of Public Health (DHH-OPH) geographical regions. At least once every two years, the board shall appoint one of the nine members to act as chairman of the committee. Committee members are not required to be employed by the state of Louisiana. Active registered sanitarians who agree to serve shall do so voluntarily and without any compensation. The chairman of the committee shall call meetings as needed and necessary. Nothing herein shall prohibit any or all such meetings to be held by teleconference. Five members shall constitute a quorum to transact official business of the committee.

C. If established, each active registered sanitarian appointed to the original Course Approval Advisory Committee shall be appointed to terms beginning with the effective date of this Section or a date specified by the board, as follows:

1. members representing DHH-OPH geographical Regions 1, 3, 5, 8, and 9 for one year;

2. members representing DHH-OPH geographical Regions 2, 4, 6, and 7 for two years;

3. thereafter, each active registered sanitarian appointed to the Course Approval Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of two years.

D. If established, the chairman of the Course Approval Advisory Committee shall submit the recommendations on course approvals to the board chair. Any such course, regardless of whether or not it has gone through the Course Approval Advisory Committee, shall be deemed to not be officially approved for the purposes of this Chapter until such time as the board rules and issues a formal notification of approval.

E. Once established, the Course Approval Advisory Committee may be disbanded by a simple majority vote of the board. It may be reestablished by a simple majority of the board. If reestablished, it shall conform to the requirements of this Section.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXI-2113

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Examiners for Sanitarians, LR 29:2797 (December 2003).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2104 and 37:2105.