| (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.
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