90A-50. State Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners. (a) There is hereby created a State Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners to register qualified environmental health specialists to practice within the State. Each registered sanitarian and registered sanitarian intern shall be a registered environmental health specialist or a registered environmental health specialist intern as applicable. […]
90A-51. Definitions. The words and phrases defined below shall when used in this Article have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Board" means the Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners. (2) "Certificate of registration" means a document issued by the Board as evidence of registration and qualification to practice as a […]
90A-52. Practice without certificate unlawful. (a) In order to safeguard life, health and the environment, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice as an environmental health specialist or an environmental health specialist intern in the State of North Carolina or use the title "registered environmental health specialist" or "registered environmental health specialist intern" […]
90A-53. Qualifications and examination for registration as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist intern. (a) The Board shall issue a certificate to a qualified person as a registered environmental health specialist or a registered environmental health specialist intern. A certificate as a registered environmental health specialist or a registered environmental health specialist intern […]
90A-55. State Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners; appointment and term of office. (a) Board Membership. – The Board shall consist of 12 members who shall serve staggered terms: the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary’s duly authorized representative, one public-spirited citizen, one environmental sanitation educator from an accredited college or university, […]
90A-56. Compensation of Board members; expenses; employees. Members of the Board may receive compensation and be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with G.S. 93B-5. Notwithstanding G.S. 93B-5(a), the per diem for eligible Board members shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). The Board may employ necessary personnel for the performance of its functions and fix […]
90A-57. Election of officers; meetings; regulations. (a) The Board shall annually elect a chair, vice-chair, and a secretary-treasurer from among its membership. The officers may serve more than one term. The Board shall meet annually in the City of Raleigh, at a time set by the Board, and it may hold additional meetings and conduct […]
90A-58. Applicability of Chapter 93B. The Board shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 93B of the General Statutes of North Carolina. (1959, c. 1271, s. 5; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1274, s. 2.)
90A-59. Record of proceedings; register of applications; registry of registered environmental health specialists and environmental health specialist interns. (a) The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings. (b) The Board shall maintain records for registration, which shall include: (1) The place of residence, name and age of each applicant; (2) The name and address […]
90A-62. Certification and registration of environmental health specialists registered in other states. The Board may, without examination, grant a certificate as a registered environmental health specialist to any person who at the time of application, is registered as a registered environmental health specialist by a similar board of another state, district or territory whose standards […]
90A-63. Renewal of certificates. (a) A certificate as a registered environmental health specialist or registered environmental health specialist intern issued pursuant to the provisions of this Article will expire on the thirty-first day of December of the current year and must be renewed annually on or before the first day of January. Each application for […]
90A-64. Suspensions and revocations of certificates. (a) The Board shall have the power to refuse to grant, or may suspend or revoke, any certificate issued under provisions of this Article for any of the causes hereafter enumerated, as determined by the Board: (1) Fraud, deceit, or perjury in obtaining registration under the provisions of this […]
90A-65. Representing oneself as a registered environmental health specialist or registered environmental health specialist intern. A holder of a current certificate of registration may append to his or her name the letters, "R.E.H.S." or "R.E.H.S.I." (1959, c. 1271, s. 12; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1274, s. 2; 2009-443, s. 14.)
90A-66. Violations; penalty; injunction. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The Board may appear in its own name in the superior courts in an action for injunctive relief to prevent violation of this Article and the superior courts have power to grant injunctions regardless […]
90A-67. Code of Ethics. The Board shall prepare and adopt, by rule, a Code of Ethics to be made available in writing to all registered environmental health specialists and registered environmental health specialist interns and each applicant for registration under this Article. All registered environmental health specialists and registered environmental health specialist interns shall adhere […]
