2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-3702 — Terms, defined.

Section 71-3702
Terms, defined.

For purposes of sections 71-3702 to 71-3715, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Board shall mean the Board of Registration for Environmental Health Specialists;

(2) Environmental health specialist shall mean a person who by education and experience in the physical, biological, and sanitary sciences is qualified to carry out educational, investigational, and technical duties in the field of environmental sanitation;

(3) Registered environmental health specialist shall mean a person who has the educational requirements and has had experience in the field of environmental sanitation required by section 71-3703 and is registered in accordance with sections 71-3702 to 71-3715;

(4) Trainee shall mean a person who is qualified by education but does not have at least one full year of experience in the field of environmental sanitation and is registered in accordance with sections 71-3702 to 71-3715;

(5) Certificate of registration shall mean a document issued as evidence of registration and qualification to practice as an environmental health specialist or trainee under sections 71-3702 to 71-3715, bearing the designation Registered Environmental Health Specialist or Trainee, and showing the name of the person, date of issue, serial number, seal, and signatures of the members of the board authorized to grant such certificates; and

(6) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure.

Source:

Laws 1963, c. 400, § 2, p. 1279

Laws 1989, LB 344, § 27

Laws 1991, LB 703, § 38

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 666

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 116

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska