Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-16-403

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-16-403 - Requirements for an Environmental Health Sanitarian Aide

A. An environmental health sanitarian aide may perform and assist in any of the following environmental health services:

1. Inspections related to food establishments, food processing, food distribution, sewage and refuse disposal, water supplies, hotels, motels, campground, swimming pools, and other related public facilities regulated under A.A.C. Title 9, Chapter 8;

2. Investigations of complaints to ensure compliance with environmental regulations;

3. Routine samplings of water, sewage, food, and other samples for analysis; or

4. Application of ordinances, codes, rules, and regulations governing public health.

B. An environmental health sanitarian aide shall:

1. Have reports reviewed by a registered environmental health sanitarian;

2. Not approve or disapprove the operation of an establishment under A.A.C. Title 9, Chapter 8; and

3. Not sign on behalf of a registered environmental health sanitarian.

C. A sanitarian aide, who has completed at least five years of employment as an environmental health sanitarian aide in a position directly related to environmental health, may apply for registration as an environmental health sanitarian according to R9-16-405.

D. An individual who provides supervision to an environmental health sanitarian aide shall:

1. Ensure that the number of hours and type of supervision in providing environmental health services is consistent with:

a. The sanitarian aide's skills and experience,

b. The setting where the environmental health services are provided, and

c. The tasks assigned;

2. Establish a record for the environmental health sanitarian aide who receives supervision that includes:

a. The sanitarian aide's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number;

b. A plan indicating the types of skills and the number of hours allocated to the development of each skill that the environmental health sanitarian aide is expected to complete;

c. Documentation of evaluations provided to the environmental health sanitarian aide during the time supervision was provided; and

d. Documentation of when supervision began and ended; and

3. Maintain a sanitarian aide's record throughout the period that the environmental health sanitarian aide received supervision.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-403

New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2444, effective May 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). Former R9-16-403 renumbered to R9-16-404; new R9-16-403made by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3004, effective September 11, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 3038, effective 10/5/2017.