N.J. Admin. Code § 8:7-1.10

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 8:7-1.10 - Qualifications of candidates for licensure

(a) Regarding the qualifications of health officer candidates, applicants shall meet one of the following qualifications:

1. Diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine or complete eligibility therefor;

2. Degree of doctor or master from an accredited college or university program in a health-related field recognized as such by the Department of Education such as medicine, osteopathy, veterinary medicine, public health, environmental science, health administration, social work, nursing or health education. The core course work for the degree shall include or be supplemented by at least three credits in each of the following: planning, administration, environmental science, social science, biostatistics and epidemiology at the undergraduate, junior or senior level; and

i. Unless otherwise exempted by statute, satisfactory completion of two years full-time employment in a position providing administrative experience in at least three of the five existing recognized public health activities as specified in N.J.A.C. 8:52.

3. What a candidate for health officer license should know:

i. The health officer is expected to provide leadership in the field of public health in his or her community. In addition to being the chief executive officer of a local health department, he or she is responsible for evaluating the health problems of his community, planning appropriate activities to meet their health problems, developing necessary budget procedures to cover these activities, and directing the department's staff, so as to carry out the activities efficiently, economically and in accordance with accepted policies and practices as defined at N.J.A.C. 8:52, Public Health Practice Standards of Performance for Local Boards of Health in New Jersey. Applicants are examined relative to these essential activities.

(b) Registered environmental health specialist qualifications are as follows:

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university recognized as such by the Department of Education, with a minimum of 32 credits in the biological sciences, physical sciences, environmental sciences, and mathematics; and

2. Successful completion of a course in the environment and public health conducted by an accredited college or university recognized as such by the Department of Education. This course must be equivalent to that offered by Rutgers--The State University; and

3. Successful completion of a field training course approved as such by the Department . Full-time employment for a minimum period of one year in a local health agency (under the supervision of either licensed health officer or registered environmental health specialist), as defined at N.J.A.C. 8:52, Public Health Practice Standards of Performance for Local Boards of Health in New Jersey, will be accepted in lieu of the field training course only if an approved field training course is not available.

4. What a candidate for registered environmental health specialist license should know:

i. The registered environmental health specialist is responsible for making inspections, compiling proper records of such inspections, informing operators of establishments of violations, the sanitary basis thereof, methods of abating such violations, and securing evidence that may be necessary for legal action. Such inspections shall be in all environmental sanitation activities and in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:52, Public Health Practice Standards of Performance for Local Boards of Health in New Jersey. Applicants are examined relative to these indicated activities.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:7-1.10

Recodified by R.1990 d.502, effective 11/19/1990.
See: 22 New Jersey Register 1977(a), 22 New Jersey Register 3545(a).
Amended by R.1995 d.537, effective 10/16/1995.
See: 27 New Jersey Register 2362(a), 27 New Jersey Register 3933(b).
Amended by R.1998 d.568, effective 12/7/1998.
See: 30 New Jersey Register 3005(a), 30 New Jersey Register 4212(b).
In (a)2, substituted "biostatistics and epidemiology at the undergraduate, junior or senior level" for "and epidemiology" following "social science," in the introductory paragraph, and changed N.J.A.C. reference in i; rewrote (a)3; and in (b), substituted references to registered environmental health specialists for references to sanitary inspectors, first class throughout, and substituted "and in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:52," for ", particularly those indicated in the" following "activities" in 4i.
Notice of readoption with technical change, effective 1/3/2022.
See: 54 N.J.R. 52(a).