2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-3705 — Examination; requirements; reexamination.

Section 71-3705
Examination; requirements; reexamination.

(1) Only a person who meets the educational and experience requirements in section 71-3703 shall be eligible for admission to examination for registration as an environmental health specialist.

(2) Examinations for registration as an environmental health specialist under sections 71-3702 to 71-3715 shall be administered not less than once each calendar year and at such times and places in this state as may be specified from time to time by the board. Such examinations may be written, oral, or both and shall include applicable subjects in the field of sanitary science and such other subjects pertinent to the qualifications of environmental health specialists as the board may prescribe. The examination papers shall not disclose the name of the applicant but shall be identified by a number assigned by the secretary of the board. The preparation of the examination shall be the responsibility of the board, but the board may use material prepared by recognized examination agencies.

(3) The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to provide for the review of procedures for the development and administration of examinations and to protect the security of the content of examination questions and answers. The department shall not enter into an agreement to adopt an examination from a national testing service without first obtaining from that service detailed documentation of the process of examination development and maintenance.

(4) A person shall not be registered if he or she fails to meet the minimum grade requirements for examination specified by the board. If an applicant fails to meet such minimum grade requirements in his or her first examination, he or she may be reexamined after a lapse of not less than sixty days at such a place as designated by the board by resubmitting his or her application along with the required examination fee.

(5) The examination papers and records pertaining thereto shall be filed with the secretary of the board and retained for at least one year.

Source:

Laws 1963, c. 400, § 5, p. 1280

Laws 1987, LB 473, § 48

Laws 1989, LB 344, § 30

Laws 1991, LB 703, § 41

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 119

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska