California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 106635

I.

30 semester or 45

18 months

600

quarter basic science units

hrs.

including each of the following:

General Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory

General Physics Lecture and Laboratory or Organic

Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory

General Microbiology Lecture and Laboratory

General Biological Science Lecture and Laboratory

Calculus or College Algebra

II.

45 semester or 68

one year

450

quarter basic science

hrs.

units including the following:

Three of the required 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

quarter basic science

hrs.

units including each of the following:

General Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory

General Physics Lecture and Laboratory or Organic Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory

General Microbiology Lecture and Laboratory

General Biological Science Lecture and Laboratory

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

quarter basic science

hrs.

units including the following:

Three of the following required

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 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.