NRS625A.110. Environmental health specialist: Qualifications for certificate; exceptions; issuance of certificate by reciprocity.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, to be eligible for a certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist, an applicant:

      (a) Must:

             (1) Possess a baccalaureate or higher degree from an institution of higher education approved by the Board;

             (2) Have satisfactorily completed at least 45 quarter hours or 30 semester hours of academic work in basic science courses, including biology, chemistry, physics, geology, sanitary engineering or environmental engineering;

             (3) Have passed the written examination pursuant to NRS 625A.120; and

            (4) Have at least 2 years of experience approved by the Board in the practice of environmental health;

      (b) Must possess a baccalaureate or higher degree in environmental health or environmental health science from an institution of higher education approved by the Board and have passed the written examination pursuant to NRS 625A.120;

      (c) Must possess a master’s degree in public health from an institution of higher education approved by the Board and have passed the written examination pursuant to NRS 625A.120; or

      (d) Must possess training or experience obtained during service in the military forces of this State or the United States which the Board determines is equivalent to at least 2 years of experience in the practice of environmental health and have passed the written examination pursuant to NRS 625A.120.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Board shall issue a certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist to a person who is not qualified under subsection 1 if the Board determines to its satisfaction that the person:

      (a) Was actively engaged in the practice of environmental health in this State on July 1, 2005; and

      (b) Has completed at least 2 years of successful experience in the practice of environmental health.

Ê To be eligible to be issued a certificate of registration pursuant to this subsection, a person must apply to the Board for a certificate of registration not later than July 1, 2007.

      3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 to the contrary, upon written application, the Board may issue a certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist to a person by reciprocity if the person is registered as:

      (a) An environmental health specialist with the National Environmental Health Association; or

      (b) An environmental health specialist, environmental health scientist or registered sanitarian in another jurisdiction recognized by the Board as having requirements for that registration which are substantially similar to the requirements for the issuance of a certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist in this State.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 1158; A 1995, 91; 2005, 1989)