Sec. 10.60.03.01. Approval of Training

A. Board-approved training shall be designed to improve, advance, or extend professional skill and knowledge relating to the practice of an environmental health specialist.

B. For courses for which continuing education units (CEUs) have been assigned, one CEU is equivalent to 10 clock or classroom hours of approved training.

C. Board-approved training may consist of participation in any of the following:

(1) College-level or post-graduate course work given by an accredited college or university;

(2) Courses, seminars, workshops, or lectures;

(3) Extension studies, on-line courses, and correspondence courses, if there is satisfactory proof of completion, acceptable to the Board;

(4) In-service training, if there is satisfactory proof of completion;

(5) Authoring a paper published in a professional journal requiring peer review; or

(6) Instruction of approved training courses.

D. Approved Training Log. The Board shall maintain a current list of all training that has been approved by the Board and that listing is to be called the Approved Training Log.

E. Assignment of Credit.

(1) The Board shall determine the hours of approved training as follows:

(a) For courses given in educational institutions, 1 hour of approved training is equivalent to 1 hour of classroom training;

(b) Credit hours for training such as online courses, correspondence courses, extension studies, and authored papers shall be determined by the Board on a case-by-case basis; and

(c) Credit hours for participation in instruction of an approved training course shall be:

(i) Credited to the instructor as 1 hour of credit for 1 hour of instruction;

(ii) Accepted for up to 10 hours of training per renewal period; and

(iii) Accepted only once per renewal period for each training course.

(2) Approved training shall be credited to the license renewal period if:

(a) Taken during the renewal period;

(b) Evidence of completion is submitted within 90 days of completion of the training; and

(c) The training meets the requirements set forth in Regulation .01A of this chapter.

(3) Credit shall be received for other training approved by the Board on a case-by-case basis.

(4) Within the license renewal period, credit may not be received for training that is substantially similar to another training as determined by the Board.

F. Procedures. The sponsor of a training course or licensee may request of the Board approval of training on a form provided by the Board.