Maryland Environment Section 11-301

      (a)      Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice as an environmental sanitarian in this State.

      (b)      This section does not apply to:

            (1)      A sanitarian-in-training;

            (2)      A student participating in a field experience as part of an educational program;

            (3)      An applicant for licensure in accordance with § 11-304 (b)(5) of this title; and

            (4)      A qualified individual in any of the following job classifications:

                  (i)      Industrial hygienists as defined by the American Industrial Hygiene Association;

                  (ii)      Certified industrial hygienists and industrial hygienists in training as defined by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene;

                  (iii)      Health planners or natural resource planners;

                  (iv)      Building and housing inspectors;

                  (v)      Geologists;

                  (vi)      Chemists;

                  (vii)      Meteorologists;

                  (viii)      Laboratory scientists;

                  (ix)      Professional engineers who are licensed in this State under Title 14 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article and whose professional activities are normally included in § 11-101(e) of this title;

                  (x)      Public health engineers and water resources engineers employed by the State or a local subdivision;

                  (xi)      Hydrographers and hydrographic engineers;

                  (xii)      Natural resources managers;

                  (xiii)      Natural resources biologists;

                  (xiv)      Program administrators, administration directors, administrators, administrative officers, and administrative specialists;

                  (xv)      Paraprofessional personnel, aides, and technicians whose routine duties include monitoring, sampling, and recording of data;

                  (xvi)      Persons employed by the Department of Natural Resources or related county departments who perform duties and responsibilities under the Natural Resources Article;

                  (xvii)      Persons employed by the Department of the Environment or related county departments who perform duties and responsibilities for erosion and sediment control, stormwater management, or oil pollution control under Title 4 of this article;

                  (xviii)      Persons employed by the Department of the Environment or related county departments who perform duties and responsibilities for ambient air monitoring under Title 2 of this article or for motor vehicle pollution control under Title 2 of this article or Title 23 of the Transportation Article;

                  (xix)      Persons employed by the Division of Labor and Industry of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation who perform duties and responsibilities under the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act;

                  (xx)      Occupational safety and health technologists as defined by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals;

                  (xxi)      Safety professionals as defined by the American Society of Safety Engineers;

                  (xxii)      Certified safety professionals and associate safety professionals as defined by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals;

                  (xxiii)      Persons employed by industrial operations whose environmental services are performed solely for their employer; and

                  (xxiv)      State milk safety inspectors performing duties under the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments and employed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.