Rep. Michael Tryon
Filed: 4/18/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2967




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2967 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 1. The Environmental Health Practitioner 
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Licensing Act is amended  by changing Section 20 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 37/20)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)

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    Sec. 20. Qualifications for licensure
registration as an 
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environmental health
practitioner.

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    (a) A person is qualified to be licensed as an 
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environmental
health practitioner if that person:


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        (1) Has applied in writing on the prescribed forms, has 
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    paid the
required fee, and holds one of the following:


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            (A) A Bachelor's Degree in environmental health 
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        science from
a college or university approved by the 
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        National Environmental Health
Association 
 


 






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        Accreditation Council for environmental health 
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        curricula or its
equivalent as approved by the 
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        Department.


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            (B) A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college 
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        or university
which included a minimum of 30 semester 
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        hours or equivalent of
basic sciences acceptable to the 
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        Department and 12 months of full time
experience.


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            (C) A Master's Degree in public health or 
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        environmental health
science from an accredited 
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        college or university if the applicant has completed
a 
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        minimum of 30 semester or equivalent hours of basic 
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        science acceptable to the
Department.


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        (2) Passes an examination authorized by the 
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    Department.  The examination
shall be of a character to give 
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    a fair test of the qualifications of the
applicant to 
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    practice as an environmental health practitioner.

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    (b) Upon the payment of all required fees, the Department 
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shall issue a license as an environmental health practitioner, 
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without the required examination, to an applicant holding a 
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current credential as a Registered Sanitarian or a Registered 
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Environmental Health Specialist from the National 
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Environmental Health Association.

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(Source: P.A. 89-61, eff. 6-30-95; 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)".