(a) This chapter implements Occupations Code, Chapter
1953, which requires the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation
to adopt rules to implement a program for the registration of sanitarians.
(b) These sections apply to persons whose duties in
consumer health require the application of scientific knowledge to
recognize, evaluate, and control hazards associated with the distribution
of contaminated, adulterated, unsafe and misbranded foods, drugs,
medical devices, and cosmetics and to persons whose duties in environmental
health or sanitation require the application of scientific knowledge
to recognize, evaluate, and control environmental hazards and to preserve
and improve environmental factors for the achievement of the health,
safety, comfort, and well-being of humans.
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