2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-3710 — Registration; application; renewal; continuing competency; exemptions.

Section 71-3710
Registration; application; renewal; continuing competency; exemptions.

(1) The board shall prescribe and provide an application form for the use of all applicants. Applicants for registration as environmental health specialists and for registration as trainees shall submit fees for credentialing activities as provided in section 71-162.

A registered environmental health specialist may renew his or her registration by paying the renewal fee as provided in section 71-162. Such fee shall be due and payable on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year for which a renewal registration is issued. All registrations shall expire on December 31 of each even-numbered year. Procedures for renewal shall be in accordance with section 71-110.

In no case shall registration for a trainee exceed a two-year period.

(2) Each registered environmental health specialist or trainee in active practice in the state shall, on or before December 31 of each even-numbered year, complete continuing competency activities as required by the board and adopted and promulgated by the department in rules and regulations as a prerequisite for the registrant's next subsequent biennial registration renewal. Continuing education is sufficient to meet continuing competency requirements. The requirements may also include, but not be limited to, one or more of the continuing competency activities listed in section 71-161.09 which a registrant may select as an alternative to continuing education.

Each registered environmental health specialist and trainee in active practice within the State of Nebraska shall, on or before December 31 of each even-numbered year, certify to the department that he or she has complied with this subsection during the preceding two-year period. Any registrant who has not complied with such requirements shall not be issued a renewal registration except if he or she is exempt as provided in subsection (3) of this section. Procedures for nonrenewal of the registration of such registrants shall be identical to those for nonpayment of renewal fees as provided in sections 71-110 and 71-149. In cases other than nonrenewal, the procedures in sections 71-149 and 71-150 for refusal to renew shall apply.

(3) A registrant shall be exempt from the requirements of subsection (2) of this section if he or she:

(a) Holds a Nebraska certificate of registration but is not practicing as a registered environmental health specialist or registered trainee in Nebraska;

(b) Serves in the regular armed forces of the United States during any part of the twenty-four months immediately preceding the biennial certificate of registration renewal date;

(c) Attends a college, university, or other institution of higher education for a residence period of time in excess of eight months during any part of the twenty-four months immediately preceding the biennial certificate of registration renewal date;

(d) Submits proof that he or she was suffering from a serious or disabling illness or physical disability during the twenty-four months immediately preceding the biennial certificate of registration renewal date which prevented his or her completion of continuing competency requirements established by the board;

(e) Had first registered within the twenty-four months immediately preceding the biennial certificate of registration renewal date; or

(f) Is a registered environmental health specialist in good standing with the board who has completely retired from the active practice of environmental sanitation.

Source:

Laws 1963, c. 400, § 10, p. 1283

Laws 1969, c. 578, § 4, p. 2328

Laws 1983, LB 542, § 3

Laws 1986, LB 926, § 61

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 145

Laws 1991, LB 703, § 47

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 122

Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 49

Laws 1997, LB 307, § 189

Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 80

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 121

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska