Section R9-16-401. Definitions

In this Article, unless otherwise specified:

1.        “Applicant” means an individual requesting from the Council:

a.         Approval to take the sanitarian examination;

b.        Registration as a sanitarian; or

c.         Renewal of registration as a sanitarian.

2.        “Application packet” means a Council-approved applica- tion form and the documentation necessary to establish an individual’s qualifications for registration as a sanitarian.

3.        “Billet” means an individual’s military job position and job description.

4.        “Council” means the Sanitarians’ Council established under A.R.S. § 36-136.01(A).

5.        “Course” means a program of instruction for which credit toward graduation or certification is given.

6.        “Continuing education” means a course, seminar, lecture, conference, workshop, or programmed learning activity related to employment as a registered sanitarian.

7.        “Day” means calendar day.

8.        “Environmental health” means the well-being of a human as affected or influenced by external conditions such as: bacteria and viruses; transmitted diseases; hygiene; hous- ing; and contamination of food, air, water, or soil.

9.        “Full-time military duty” means active duty in any branch of the United States military service.

10.     “Natural science” means anatomy, bacteriology, bio- chemistry, biology, botany, biophysics, biostatistics, cell physiology, chemical engineering, chemistry, ecology, embryology, endocrinology, entomology, environmental health, epidemiology, food bacteriology, dairy sciences, genetics, geophysics, geology, herpetology, histology, hydro geology, hydrology, ichthyology, limnology, microbiology, molecular biology, ornithology, parasitol- ogy, pathology, pharmacy, physics, physiology, plant tax- onomy, radiological health, sanitary engineering, sewage sanitation, soil science, toxicology, vector control, veteri- nary science, virology, or zoology or the study of air pol- lution, community health, environmental diseases, hazardous waste, industrial hygiene, infectious diseases, occupational safety, or public health.

11.     “Person” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 1-215.

12.     “Practice of a registered sanitarian” means acting under the authority of R9-16-408(A).

13.     “Registration” means the approval issued by the Council to an applicant who meets the requirements in A.R.S. § 36-136.01 and this Article.

14.     “Regulatory authority” has the same meaning as in R9-8- 107(B)(11).

15.     “Supervise” means to oversee and provide guidance for the accomplishment of a function or activity.

Historical Note

Adopted effective September 29, 1976 (Supp. 76-4). Sec- tion expired under A.R.S. § 41-1056(E) at 7 A.A.R. 5257, effective September 30, 2001 (Supp. 01-4). New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2444, effective May 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). Amended by final rulemak-

ing at 10 A.A.R. 3004, effective September 11, 2004

(Supp. 04-3).