(225 ILCS 37/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. "Board" means the Board of Environmental Health Practitioners as created
in this Act.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Email address of record" means the designated email address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. "Environmental health inspector" means an individual who, in support
of and under the general supervision of a licensed environmental health
practitioner or licensed professional engineer, practices environmental
health and meets the educational qualifications of an environmental health
inspector.
"Environmental health practice" is the practice of environmental
health by licensed environmental health practitioners within the meaning
of this Act and includes, but is not limited to, the following areas of
professional activities: milk and food sanitation; protection and regulation
of private water supplies; private waste water management; domestic solid
waste disposal practices; institutional health and safety; and consultation
and education in these fields.
"Environmental health practitioner in training" means a person licensed
under this Act who meets the educational qualifications of a licensed
environmental health practitioner and practices environmental health in
support of and under the general supervision of a licensed environmental
health practitioner or licensed professional engineer, but has not passed the
licensed environmental health practitioner examination administered by the
Department.
"License" means the authorization issued by the Department permitting the
person named on the authorization to practice environmental health as
defined in this Act.
"Licensed environmental health practitioner" is a person who,
by virtue of education and experience in the physical, chemical,
biological, and environmental health sciences, is especially trained to
organize, implement, and manage environmental health programs, trained to
carry out education and enforcement activities for the promotion and
protection of the public health and environment, and is licensed as an
environmental health practitioner under this Act. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-796, eff. 8-10-18.)
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