Or. Admin. R. 338-005-0020 - Definitions
The following definitions apply to OAR 338-005-0020 through 338-020-0050.
(1) "CEU" means a
continuing education unit and the numerical value determined by the Board to be
earned by a renewal applicant by attending a specified training course. The terms
"continuing education credit" and "continuing education unit" are synonymous and
may be used interchangeably.
(2)
"Duties of an environmental health specialist" means activities which include,
but are not limited to, the enforcement of regulations and statutes; planning or
conducting surveys, investigations, and inspections; interpretation and
utilization of data to promote environmental sanitation as it affects the health
of the public or the quality of the environment.
(3) "Duties of an environmental health
specialist trainee" means the utilization of the same skills, responsibilities
and activities as the duties of an environmental health specialist, but in a
learning, training capacity and under the supervision of a registered or other
qualified person as determined by the board.
(4) "Duties of a waste water specialist" means
activities limited to those identified in ORS
700.056(1).
(5) "Duties of a waste water specialist
trainee" means the utilization of the same skills, responsibilities and
activities as the activities of a waste water specialist, but in a learning,
training capacity and under the supervision of an environmental health
specialist, waste water specialist or other qualified person as determined by the
board.
(6) "Full-time employment or
equivalent hours" means employment consisting of a 40 hour work week for a
minimum of 96 consecutive weeks not to exceed two years; or a period of
employment with a cumulative total of 3,840 clock hours, obtained in no more than
208 consecutive weeks, not to exceed four years.
(7) "NEHA" means National Environmental Health
Association.
(8) "Office" means the
Health Licensing Office.
(9)
"Official Transcript" means an original document certified by an accredited
college or university indicating hours and types of coursework, examinations and
scores that the student has completed that has been submitted by the accredited
college or university by mail or courier to the Office in a sealed envelope in
accordance with ORS 700.030,
700.035,
700.053 and
700.062.
(10) "Supervision" means the direction and
control exercised over one person by another in a traditional employee/employer
relationship. Supervision includes ongoing oversight of work in the field and
office, and review of reports, investigations or inspections conducted.
(11) "Trainee Extension" means a renewal of
trainee registration, in six-month increments.
(12) "Waste water sanitation" means the art and
science of applying sanitary, biological and physical science principles in the
evaluation of soil for subsurface or surface disposal of waste water or for the
land application of sludge; and determining the appropriate design of systems
that use soil in the final stage of the waste water treatment
processes.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 676.560, ORS 700.005-700.240 & ORS 700.995
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 676.560, ORS 700.005-700.240 & ORS 700.995
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