N.J. Admin. Code § 8:7-1.13

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 8:7-1.13 - License renewal and continuing education requirements

(a) By the end of each annual licensing period, each person employed as a health officer or registered environmental health specialist shall meet the requirements for an active license. Persons failing to meet the requirements of an active license will be issued written notice, which may be served upon the licensee personally, or by registered mail, a copy of which shall be filed with the employer with further notice to advise the Department of its intent and the means by which it shall resolve the matter.

1. As part of the requirement for an active health officer license, licensees shall successfully acquire at least eight contact hours of continuing education from courses approved in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:7-1.16 and among the subject areas listed in N.J.A.C. 8:7-1.15(a)9.

(b) Each health officer and registered environmental health specialist shall be permitted to carry over up to five excess continuing education contact hours from one licensing period to the next.

(c) Each health officer and registered environmental health specialist shall submit to the Public Health Council verification of accumulated continuing education contact hours with their license renewal application. Verification materials shall include evidence of the successful completion through attendance at or faculty-level instruction of an approved course, seminar, or program, in the form of a certificate or similar formal record certified by the approved sponsor.

(d) Licensees shall, within the next licensing period following the date of employment as a health officer or registered environmental health specialist, meet the requirements for an active license in (a) above.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:7-1.13

New Rule, R.1997 d.515, effective 12/1/1997.
See: 29 N.J.R. 3789(a), 29 N.J.R. 5076(a).
Amended by R.1998 d.568, effective 12/7/1998.
See: 30 N.J.R. 3005(a), 30 N.J.R. 4212(b).
Rewrote the section.
Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020), effective 7/13/2020.
See: 52 N.J.R. 1639(a).
Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020), effective 10/13/2020.
See: 52 N.J.R. 2038(a).
Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020), effective 8/19/2021.
See: 53 N.J.R. 1657(a).
Notice of readoption with technical change, effective 1/3/2022.
See: 54 N.J.R. 52(a).