HB2967ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Michael Tryon

Filed: 4/18/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2967

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2967 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

(225 ILCS 37/20)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)

Sec. 20. Qualifications for licensure registration as an environmental health practitioner.

(a) A person is qualified to be licensed as an environmental health practitioner if that person:

(1) Has applied in writing on the prescribed forms, has paid the required fee, and holds one of the following:

(A) A Bachelor's Degree in environmental health science from a college or university approved by the National Environmental Health Association Accreditation Council for environmental health curricula or its equivalent as approved by the Department.

(B) A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university which included a minimum of 30 semester hours or equivalent of basic sciences acceptable to the Department and 12 months of full time experience.

(C) A Master's Degree in public health or environmental health science from an accredited college or university if the applicant has completed a minimum of 30 semester or equivalent hours of basic science acceptable to the Department.

(2) Passes an examination authorized by the Department. The examination shall be of a character to give a fair test of the qualifications of the applicant to practice as an environmental health practitioner.

(b) Upon the payment of all required fees, the Department shall issue a license as an environmental health practitioner, without the required examination, to an applicant holding a current credential as a Registered Sanitarian or a Registered Environmental Health Specialist from the National Environmental Health Association.

(Source: P.A. 89-61, eff. 6-30-95; 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)".