Except as provided in section 20-365, no person shall be licensed as a sanitarian who does not prove to the satisfaction of the commissioner that such person holds a degree from an accredited college or university following four years of study and has two years of full-time experience, or the equivalent, in the field of environmental health acceptable to the commissioner. An applicant who successfully completes a special training course in environmental health approved by the commissioner may substitute such course for six months of such required experience in the field of environmental health. The applicant shall also be required to pass a written or oral examination in the science of environmental health as determined by the commissioner. An applicant for licensure shall not be required to be licensed while completing the work experience requirements of this section, provided, on and after January 1, 1998, such experience shall be completed under the supervision of a sanitarian licensed pursuant to this chapter or licensed, certified or registered in the jurisdiction in which such experience was completed.

(1967, P.A. 459, S. 4, 5; 1971, P.A. 294; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 53; P.A. 76-113, S. 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 465, 610; P.A. 81-473, S. 29, 43; P.A. 87-521, S. 7; P.A. 89-102; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-271, S. 23; P.A. 96-9, S. 2, 4; P.A. 97-213, S. 4, 13; P.A. 02-89, S. 50.)

History: 1971 act added Subsec. (c) re issuance of certificate without examination to persons serving in armed forces between June 16, 1967, and June 16, 1968; 1972 act reduced minimum required age for sanitarians from 21 to 18, reflecting lowered age of majority; P.A. 76-113 deleted requirement that sanitarian be, or intend to become, a U.S. citizen; P.A. 77-614 required consent of health services commissioner for examination in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-473 amended section to delete all references to board, to provide for certification instead of registration, to delete an obsolete provision concerning registration without examination and to delete requirement of a good moral character; P.A. 87-521 substituted “commissioner” for “department”, deleted provisions re certification of veterans and added a new Subsec. (b) re certification of health department employees; P.A. 89-102 removed outdated language in Subsec. (b) and substituted language pertaining to persons applying between October 1, 1989, and March 31, 1990; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-271 deleted former Subsec. (b) pertaining to persons applying between October 1, 1989, and March 31, 1990, changed certification to licensure, deleted requirement of good physical and mental health, required experience to be full time or the equivalent, allowed substitution of a course for six-months experience and deleted $10 fee for the written or oral examination; P.A. 96-9 added the exemption for applicants who are completing work experience, effective April 29, 1996; P.A. 97-213 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and inserted new Subsec. (b) re exception for certain persons applying on or before October 1, 1997, effective June 26, 1997; P.A. 02-89 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Subsec. (b) and make technical change for purposes of gender neutrality and deleted as obsolete Subsec. (b) authorizing substitution of training and work experience for requirement of educational degree for any person applying for licensure on or before October 1, 1997.