CA Health & Safety Code § 106635 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH|PART 1 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL|CHAPTER 4 - Professional Certification|ARTICLE 1 - Registered Environmental Health Specialists|Section 106635.

106635.  The requirements for registration of environmental health specialists shall be a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a department approved educational institution or an educational institution of collegiate grade listed in the directory of accredited institutions of postsecondary education compiled by the American Council on Education, with coursework prescribed as follows: Basic RequirementsExperienceTrainingI.30 semester or 45  quarter basic science units  including each of the following:18 months600  hrs.General Chemistry Lecture and LaboratoryGeneral Physics Lecture and Laboratory or OrganicChemistry Lecture and LaboratoryGeneral Microbiology Lecture and LaboratoryGeneral Biological Science Lecture and LaboratoryCalculus or College AlgebraII.45 semester or 68  quarter basic science units including the following:  Three of the required science  courses shall include a laboratory:one year450  hrs.General ChemistryOrganic ChemistryGeneral PhysicsGeneral MicrobiologyGeneral Biological ScienceCalculus or College AlgebraIII.30 semester or 45  quarter basic scienceunits including each of the following:9 months300hrs.General Chemistry Lecture and LaboratoryGeneral Physics Lecture and Laboratory or OrganicChemistry Lecture and LaboratoryGeneral Microbiology Lecture and LaboratoryGeneral Biological Science Lecture and LaboratoryCalculus or College AlgebraplusThree semester or four quarter unit courses in each of the following:EpidemiologyStatisticsPublic Administration or Environmental Health Adminis–tration and;10 semester or 15 quarter units in environmental healthscience, 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 68quarter basic scienceunits including the following:6 months200hrs.Three of the following required  science courses shall include a  laboratory:General ChemistryOrganic ChemistryGeneral PhysicsGeneral MicrobiologyGeneral Biological ScienceCalculus or College AlgebraplusThree semester or four quarter  unit courses in each of the following:EpidemiologyStatisticsPublic Administration or Environmental Health Adminis–tration and;10 semester or 15 quarter units inEnvironmental Health Science, including one or more ofthe 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 ofa bachelor’s degreein environmental health from an institution approved by the com­mittee, which includes:One year of lecture and laboratory coursework in each of the  following:NonerequiredNonerequiredGeneral ChemistryGeneral PhysicsGeneral Biological Science, andOne semester course in:Calculus or College AlgebraOrganic ChemistryGeneral Microbiology with LaboratoryPublic Administration or Environmental Health Adminis–trationEpidemiologyStatisticsField Orientation Course in Environmental HealthFifteen 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.All basic science coursework including mathematics shall be equal to that acceptable in an approved environmental health degree program.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)