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California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 106635

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The requirements for registration of environmental health specialists shall be a minimum of a bachelor's degree from a department-approved educational institution or an educational institution of collegiate grade listed in the directory of accredited institutions of postsecondary education compiled by the American Council on Education.

(b) A transcript shall demonstrate both of the following:

(1) Basic science coursework taken from a department-approved educational institution in accordance with Section 106640 or an educational institution of collegiate grade listed in the directory of accredited institutions of postsecondary education compiled by the American Council on Education.

(2) Basic science coursework, as follows:

 

 

 

Basic Requirements

Experience

Training

 

I.

30 semester or 45

18 months

600 hrs.

 

 

quarter basic science units.

* * * Three of the required basic science courses shall include a laboratory.

General Chemistry * * *

General Physics * * * or Organic Chemistry

* * *

General Microbiology * * *

General Biological Science * * *

Calculus or College Algebra

II.

45 semester or 68

one year

450 hrs.

 

quarter

 

basic science units* * *.

Three of the required basic science courses shall include a laboratory.

General Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

General Physics

General Microbiology

General Biological Science

Calculus or College Algebra

III.

30 semester or 45

9 months

300 hrs.

 

quarter

basic science units* * *.

Three of the required basic science courses shall include a laboratory.

General Chemistry * * *

General Physics * * * or Organic Chemistry * * *

 

General Microbiology * * *

General Biological Science * * *

Calculus or College Algebra plus

 

Three semester or four quarter unit courses in each of the following:  

 

 

 

Epidemiology

Statistics

Public Administration or Environmental Health Administration and;

10 semester or 15 quarter units in environmental health science, including one or more of the following:

 

water quality, waste management, food and consumer protection, housing and institution sanitation, vector control, recreational health, air quality, milk and dairy products, occupational health, electromagnetic radiation, noise control, toxicology, soil science, or land use development.

IV.

45 semester or 68

6 months

200 hrs.

 

quarter

basic science units, including the following:  

Three of the following required basic science courses shall include a laboratory:

General Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

General Physics

General Microbiology

General Biological Science

Calculus or College Algebra plus

 

Three semester or four quarter unit courses in each of the following:  

 

 

 

Epidemiology

Statistics

Public Administration or Environmental Health Administration and;

10 semester or 15 quarter units in

Environmental Health Science, including one or more of the following:

 

water quality, waste management, food and consumer protection, housing and institution sanitation, vector control, recreational health, air quality, milk and dairy products, occupational health, electromagnetic radiation, noise control, toxicology, soil science, or land use development.

V.

Possess a minimum of

None

None

 

a bachelor's degree

required

required

in environmental health from a National Environmental Health Science & Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC) approved institution or an
institution approved by the committee,
which includes:  

One year of lecture and laboratory coursework in each of the following:

General Chemistry

General Physics

General Biological Science, and

 

One semester course in:

 

 

 

Calculus or College Algebra

Organic Chemistry

General Microbiology with Laboratory

Public Administration or Environmental Health Administration

Epidemiology

Statistics

Field Orientation Course in Environmental Health

 

Fifteen semester units of environmental health science
courses selected from:

water quality, waste management, food and consumer protection, housing and institution sanitation, vector control, recreational health, air quality, milk and dairy products, occupational health, electromagnetic radiation, noise control, toxicology, soil science, or land use development.

(c)(1) For purposes of this section, “basic sciences” include life sciences, natural sciences, physical sciences, and health sciences.

(2) Social science courses, such as sociology or psychology, shall not count toward the basic science requirements.

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