2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-1150.2. Definitions.

For the purposes of the Oklahoma Sanitarian and Environmental Specialist Registration Act:

1. "Board" means the State Board of Health of the State of Oklahoma;

2. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health of the State of Oklahoma;

3. "Council" means the Sanitarian and Environmental Specialist Registration Advisory Council;

4. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality;

5. "Person" means individuals;

6. "Registration" means a certificate issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Sanitarian and Environmental Specialist Registration Act; and

7. "Sanitarian or environmental specialist" means a person uniquely qualified by education in the sciences, specialized training, and documented field experience to effectively plan, organize, manage, execute and evaluate one or more of the many diverse elements comprising the fields of public health or environmental protection or both public health and environmental protection. The term "sanitarian or environmental specialist" may be interpreted to include environmental sanitarian, environmental protection specialist, environmental health specialist or other similar terms.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 225, § 17. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 291, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-2201 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 360, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 91, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.