Nev. Admin. Code § 625A.013

Current through December 31, 2024

Section 625A.013 - Environmental health specialist trainee: Qualification to practice; application for certificate of registration; approval of training program

1. To engage in the practice of environmental health as an environmental health specialist trainee pursuant to NRS 625A.115, a person:

(a) Must be employed in a position in which he or she receives training in environmental health as a part of a training program which has been approved by the Board and in which the person engages in the practice of environmental health under the direct supervision of one or more other persons who hold active and valid standard registrations as environmental health specialists issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 625A.110; and

(b) Must submit to the Board not later than 30 days after the date on which the person initially becomes employed in a position described in paragraph (a):

(1) An application for a provisional registration as an environmental health specialist trainee on a form prescribed by the Board;

(2) The application fee for a provisional registration prescribed by section 9; and

(3) The registration fee for a provisional registration prescribed by section 9.

2. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 1, unless an applicant meets the requirements set forth in paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 625A.110, an applicant for a provisional registration must:

(a) Attach to his or her application, in a sealed envelope, his or her official transcript from an accredited institution of higher education approved by the Board; or

(b) Request that the accredited institution of higher education transmit the transcript directly to the Board.

3. The Board may grant an applicant for provisional registration as an environmental health specialist trainee credit towards the 2 years of experience in the practice of environmental health required to register as an environmental health specialist pursuant to NRS 625A.110 for any work experience in the field of environmental health obtained by the applicant:

(a) Before beginning a training program; or

(b) During an initial period of training if a provisional registration is reinstated by the Board.

Nev. Admin. Code § 625A.013

Added to NAC by Bd. of Reg. Environmental Health Sp. by R003-06, eff. 3-23-2007; A by R049-16A, eff. 6/21/2017; A by R075-19A, eff. 5/21/2020

NRS 625A.115 and section 6 of Assembly Bill No. 175, chapter 344, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 2113 (NRS 625A.057 )