La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXI-2115

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

Section LXXI-2115 - Approval of Instructional Courses and Training Materials

A. To be approved for training credit by the board, all instructional courses and training materials, including those identified in Subsection B or C of this Section, shall meet the following general requirements.

1. The board must have on file a copy of the outline of the training course, seminar, workshop, etc.

2. Information must include dates, place held, sponsoring organization, speaker/instructor's names, time (length of presentation on subject matter), and target audience.

3. No blanket approvals (from year to year) will be given or implied and a separate approval must be given by the board each time training is given.

4. An active registered sanitarian or an organization who is aggrieved by a decision of the board relative to denial by the board of an instructional course being approved for training credit may apply for an administrative hearing to contest the board's action. The administrative hearing shall be conducted by a panel of board members or the entire board.

B. Types of instructional courses, short courses, technical sessions, seminars, workshops, etc., generally recognized by the board as potentially fulfilling the requirements of this Chapter include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. annual educational conference of the Louisiana Public Health Association, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

2. annual educational conference of the American Public Health Association, regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

3. annual educational conference of the Louisiana Environmental Health Association, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

4. annual educational conference of the National Environmental Health Association, regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

5. annual educational conference of the Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage and Industrial Wastes, regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

6. annual training and technical conference of the Louisiana Rural Water Association, regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

7. annual conference of the American Water Works Association, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

8. annual conference of the Southwest Section of the American Water Works Association, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

9. annual conference of the Water Environment Federation, regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

10. Louisiana Water Environment Association regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

11. Louisiana Environmental Training Center, at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, training courses, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

12. college or university and vocational-technical sponsored water, wastewater, epidemiology, zoology, microbiology, virology, engineering, and other courses related to public health or environmental protection;

13. regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars, workshops and/or training programs, sponsored and/or cosponsored by the Department of Health and Hospitals or the Department of Environmental Quality;

14. short schools, technical courses, seminars, workshops and training programs sponsored by other states; or

15. online courses offered by the federal Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Agriculture, etc., and other recognized agencies.

C. Organizations not listed in Subsection B of this Section may apply to the Course Approval Advisory Committee, if established, or to the board itself for recognition by the board as potentially fulfilling the requirements of this Chapter.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXI-2115

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Examiners for Sanitarians, LR 29:2798 (December 2003).

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