Section 119.21 - Registration Requirements(a) To be eligible for registration as a sanitarian, an applicant must: (1) possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university including at least thirty (30) semester hours or its equivalent in a basic or applied science;(2) possess at least two years of full-time experience in the fields of consumer health, environmental health, or sanitation. Regularly assigned duties must have included consumer health, environmental health, or sanitation. The applicant need not have had the title "sanitarian" or "sanitarian in training". The duties may include the following: (A) regulatory inspections or evaluations of retail food establishments; retail grocery stores; food warehousing facilities; food manufacturing facilities; food service at special events; mobile food service vehicles and facilities; producer dairy farms; dairy product manufacturing facilities; frozen dessert manufacturing facilities; on-site sewage facilities; asbestos abatement processes; mass gathering events; industrial pretreatment processes (sewage); municipal sewage facilities and wastewater plants; public and semi-public swimming pools; child care facilities; long term care facilities; hospitals; correctional facilities; public and private schools; youth camps; and recreational areas for children; radiation hazards, including lasers and microwaves; and private and public water systems;(B) site evaluation and design of on-site sewage system facilities as specified in Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rules;(C) Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems or processes;(D) investigation of food borne illnesses; water borne illnesses; vector borne illnesses; zoonotic illnesses; food product contamination or adulteration; the environmental conditions surrounding reported elevated blood lead in children and adults; consumer, governmental agency or industry complaints; and animal bites;(E) performance of vector control activities related to mosquitoes, flies and rodents; environmental assessments; code enforcement activities; and food handler or certified food service manager training;(F) first responder to hazardous material spills and incidents; and natural and man-made disasters; or(G) regulatory review of plans and specifications for food establishments; plans and specifications for public, semi-public and private swimming pools; and plans and specifications for on-site sewage systems facilities;(3) pass the registration examination;(4) submit the completed department-approved application;(5) submit the required fees; and(6) successfully pass a criminal history background check performed by the department.(b) To be eligible for registration as a sanitarian in training, an applicant must: (1) possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university including at least thirty (30) semester hours or its equivalent in a basic or applied science;(2) pass the registration examination;(3) submit the completed department-approved application;(4) submit the required fees; and(5) successfully pass a criminal history background check performed by the department.(c) A registered sanitarian in training who has obtained the necessary experience to qualify as a sanitarian may file an application to upgrade a registration to that of sanitarian. Upon payment of the required upgrade fee and approval by the department, the applicant shall be granted registration as a sanitarian.16 Tex. Admin. Code § 119.21
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 36, September 8, 2017, TexReg 4646, eff. 11/1/2017