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AR Code § 17-43-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians|§ 17-43-203. Duties and powers

 (a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall have such authority as is reasonably necessary to administer this chapter.  (b) The Chair of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians and the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians may administer oaths and subpoena witnesses.  (c) The secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings of the board, including a register of all holders of a current certificate of registration. These records shall be open to the public at all reasonable times.  (d) [Repealed.]  (e) As a means to maintain professional competency, the board shall promulgate rules establishing standards for continuing education. The continuing education units shall be direct participation in a course or courses approved by the board. The standards shall be established in a manner to assure that a variety of alternative forms of continuing education are available to registered sanitarians, including, but not limited to, academic studies, in-service education, institutes, seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, extension courses, home study programs, articles published, and scientific papers published. The standards should recognize specialized areas of endeavor. The board may contract with another agency or association to perform part or all of the duties in establishing procedures to record and retain continuing education units data for all registered sanitarians in good standing.  (f) The board shall have power to determine all matters within its jurisdiction, subject to review of the circuit court or at the option of the aggrieved party by the circuit court of the county in which he or she resides.
AR Code § 17-43-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians|§ 17-43-204. Disposition of funds — Report

 (a) All fees or payments of any type collected by the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians under this chapter shall be kept in a separate fund.  (b) The board shall make a report annually to the Secretary of the Department of Health, showing all receipts and disbursements of moneys and a summary of all business transacted during the year.  (c) The expenses provided in this chapter shall be paid by the board from the fees collected by it.
AR Code § 17-43-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians|§ 17-43-205. Operating expenses

 The operating expenses of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall be paid solely from cash funds of the board, and no funds shall be used either directly or indirectly from general revenues for such support.
AR Code § 17-43-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians|§ 17-43-206. Board seminars or workshops — Travel expenses

 The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians may authorize payments to be made to each registered sanitarian as partial reimbursement for actual travel expenses incurred, but not to exceed the amounts authorized for state employees for such expenses and not otherwise reimbursed, in attending seminars or workshops sponsored by the board in accordance with state travel rules.
AR Code § 17-43-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians|§ 17-43-207. Transfer of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians

 (a)  (1) Effective July 1, 2013, the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians is transferred to the Department of Health and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Department of Health.  (2) All authority, powers, duties, functions, records, authorized positions, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the board are transferred to the department.    (b) In order to protect the board, to allow for continuation of necessary procedures, and to provide for a smooth transition to the department, the secretary may not realign the functions and records of the board before July 1, 2014.
AR Code § 17-43-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-301. Certificate required

 (a) No person shall offer his or her service as a registered sanitarian or use, assume, or advertise in any way any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a registered sanitarian unless he or she is the holder of a current certificate of registration issued by the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians.  (b) A holder of a current certificate of registration may append to his or her name the letters “R.S.”
AR Code § 17-43-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-302. Examination — Scope

 (a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall hold examinations to test the fitness of applicants for registration at such times and places within this state as the board shall determine, but shall hold at least one (1) examination every year.  (b) The scope of the examination shall be determined by the board.
AR Code § 17-43-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-303. Application for examination

 (a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall admit to examination any person who makes application to the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians on forms prescribed and furnished by the board and pays an application fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) to defray the expense of examination.  (b) The minimum requirements for admission to examination as a registered sanitarian shall be as follows:  (1) A bachelor's degree or master's degree in public health with specialization in sanitary sciences from an approved school of public health; or  (2) A college graduate in one (1) of the natural sciences, i.e., biology, chemistry, physics, math, earth science, or geology, or engineering, with a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours or its equivalent of those subjects, plus one (1) year's experience in environmental sanitation or approved training courses.    (c) Any person who meets the educational qualifications of subdivision (b)(2) of this section but who does not meet the experience requirements of subdivision (b)(2) of this section may make application to the board through a process prescribed by the board for acceptance as a sanitarian-in-training. The board shall accept the application when submitted, if accompanied by the required fee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00), as prescribed by the board.  (d) Within ninety (90) days after an application is filed with the secretary, the board shall notify the applicant whether his or her application for examination was accepted or rejected and, if rejected, the reason therefor.  (e) One-half (½) of the application fee shall be returned to each rejected applicant.
AR Code § 17-43-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-304. Notice of time and place of examination

 The Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall give reasonable notice by mail of the time and place of examination to each applicant accepted for examination.
AR Code § 17-43-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-305. Notice of examination results

 Within sixty (60) days after the examination is given, the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall notify by mail each person who took the examination as to whether he or she has passed or failed the examination.
AR Code § 17-43-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-306. Issuance

 Each person who passes the examination to the satisfaction of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall be issued a certificate of registration upon payment of a registration fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
AR Code § 17-43-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-307. Reciprocity

 The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall issue a certificate of registration without examination to any person who makes application on forms prescribed and furnished by the board, pays a registration fee of ten dollars ($10.00), and submits satisfactory proof that he or she:   (1) Has had at least two (2) years' experience in the field of environmental sanitation; and  (2) Is registered as a sanitarian in a state in which the qualifications for registration are not lower than the qualifications for registration in this state at the time he or she applies for registration.
AR Code § 17-43-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-308. Expiration and renewal

 Each certificate of registration issued by the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall expire on June 30 following the date of issuance. A renewal certificate may be issued:   (1) To the holder of a current certificate of registration who makes application before the expiration of his or her current certificate and pays a renewal fee of twenty dollars ($20.00). Satisfactory proof of complying with the board's continuing education requirements must accompany renewal applications; and  (2) To a former registered sanitarian whose certificate has been suspended or revoked, who makes application not more than sixty (60) days after the expiration date of the last certificate issued to him or her, and who pays a renewal fee of forty dollars ($40.00) and complies with continuing education requirements.
AR Code § 17-43-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-309. Grounds for suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew — Duty of board to hire independent investigator — Scope of investigation

 (a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration upon proof that the applicant is guilty of fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in relation to his or her duties as a sanitarian.  (b)  (1) When necessary to determine whether grounds exist under this section to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration, the board shall hire and fix the compensation of an independent investigator to perform the investigation.  (2) The scope of the investigation shall not exceed matters that are reasonably necessary to determine whether grounds exist under this section to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration.
AR Code § 17-43-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 43 - Sanitarians|Subchapter 3 - Certificate of Registration|§ 17-43-310. Proceedings for suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew

 (a) Before the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration, it shall set the matter for a hearing before the board.  (b) At least twenty (20) days before the date set for hearing, the board shall give written notice of the charges made and the date and place of the hearing to the accused.  (c) Service of the notice may be made by personal service or by sending it by registered mail to the last known business address of the accused.  (d) The accused shall have the opportunity to be heard in person and by counsel.  (e) A stenographic record of the hearing shall be kept and a transcript of the hearing filed with the board.  (f) The order of the board shall be made within thirty (30) days after the termination of the hearing.  (g) Notice of the order of the board shall be given to the accused, either by personal service or by registered mail sent to the last known business address of the accused within ten (10) days after the order is made.
AR Code § 17-47-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 47 - Soil Classifiers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-47-102. Penalties

 (a) Each of the following shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, for each offense of which he or she is convicted, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200):  (1) Any person who:  (A) Practices or offers to practice professional soil classifying in this state without being registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;  (B) Attempts to use an expired or revoked or nonexistent certificate of registration;  (C) Falsely claims that he or she is registered under this chapter;  (D) Presents or attempts to use the certificate of registration of another;  (E) Falsely impersonates any other registrant of like or different names;  (F) Gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers or to any member thereof in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate of registration; or  (G) Practices or offers to practice when not qualified;    (2) Any person, firm, partnership, organization, association, corporation, or other entity using or employing the words “soil classifier” or “professional soil classifer” or any modification or derivative thereof in its name or form of business or activity except as authorized in this chapter; or  (3) Any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity who violates any of the provisions of this chapter.    (b) Each violation and each day of any violation shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 17-47-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 47 - Soil Classifiers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-47-103. Exemptions

 This chapter shall not be construed to prevent or affect:   (1) The practice or offer to practice of soil classifying by a person not a resident or having no established place of business in this state, provided that the person is legally qualified by the provisions of this chapter to practice soil classifying as defined in this chapter in his or her own state which extends similar privileges to persons registered under this chapter and provided that the person shall make application accompanied by the appropriate application fee to the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers in writing before his or her practicing or offering to practice soil classifying. The applicant may be granted a temporary permit for a definite period of time not to exceed one (1) year to do a specific job. However, no right to practice soil classifying shall accrue to the applicant with respect to any other work not set forth in the permit;  (2) The work of an employee or a subordinate of a person holding a certificate or registration under this chapter or an employee of a person practicing lawfully under subdivision (1) of this section, provided that the work does not include final soil classifying decisions and is done under the direct supervision of, and verified by, a person holding a certificate of registration under this chapter or a person practicing lawfully under subdivision (4) of this section;  (3) The practice of any other legally recognized profession or trade; or  (4) The practice of soil classifying by any person regularly employed to perform soil classifying services solely for his or her employer or for a subsidiary or affiliated corporation of his or her employer, when the soil classifying performed is in connection with the property, products, or services of his or her employer.
AR Code § 17-47-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 47 - Soil Classifiers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers|§ 17-47-201. Creation and members

 (a) There is created the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers.  (b)  (1) The board shall consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate and for terms of five (5) years. The Governor shall consult the Arkansas Association of Professional Soil Classifiers before making an appointment under this section.  (2) Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state.  (3) One (1) member of the board shall be a member of a board of directors of a soil conservation district in this state.  (4) Three (3) members of the board shall be registered professional soil classifiers in this state.  (5) One (1) member of the board shall be from the public at large in this state.    (c) A member may be reappointed to succeed himself or herself.  (d) Each member shall hold office until a successor has been duly appointed.  (e) The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty.  (f) Vacancies on the board, however created, shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.  (g) All members shall be subject to confirmation of the Senate.  (h) Each member of the board shall serve without compensation, except that the board member may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 17-47-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 47 - Soil Classifiers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers|§ 17-47-202. Powers of the board

 The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers shall have the power to:   (1) Administer this chapter;  (2) Adopt and amend all bylaws and rules of procedure to administer and carry out the provisions of this chapter and for the conduct of its affairs and functions, consistent with this chapter and the Arkansas Constitution and laws of this state, which may be reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and the regulation of its proceedings, meetings, records, examinations, and the conduct thereof;  (3) Adopt and promulgate a code of ethics which shall be binding upon all persons registered under or subject to this chapter;  (4) [Repealed.]  (5) Apply in the name of the state for relief by injunction, without bond, enforce the provisions of this chapter, or restrain any violation thereof. In this proceeding it shall not be necessary to allege or prove either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable damage would result from the continued violation thereof. The members of the board shall not be personally liable under this proceeding; and  (6) Enter into agreements with the Department of Agriculture to share office, clerical, and secretarial services and to reimburse the department for the cost of the services.
AR Code § 17-47-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 47 - Soil Classifiers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers|§ 17-47-203. Records and reports — Disposition of funds

 The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers shall:   (1) Keep a record of its proceedings and of all applications for registration which shall show the name, age, and last known address of each applicant, his or her education, experience, and other qualifications, type of examination required, whether or not a certificate of registration was granted, whether or not the applicant was rejected, the date of the action of the board, and other information which may be deemed necessary by the board. The record of the board shall be prima facie evidence of the proceeding of the board. A transcript thereof certified by the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers under seal shall be admissible as evidence with the same force and effect as if the original were produced;  (2) Annually submit to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture a report of its transactions of the preceding year and transmit to him or her a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of the board attested by affidavits of the Chair of the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers and the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers; and  (3) Establish accounts in one (1) or more banks in this state, chosen by the board, into which all funds collected by the board under this chapter shall be deposited and from which all expenditures approved by the board, or by the chair and the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers acting on authority of the board, shall be made.
AR Code § 17-47-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 47 - Soil Classifiers|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Certification|§ 17-47-301. Registration required

 No person shall practice or offer to practice professional soil classifying as defined by this chapter unless the person is registered to practice under or exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 17-47-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 47 - Soil Classifiers|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Certification|§ 17-47-302. Eligibility — Application

 (a) To be eligible for registration as a professional soil classifier or certification as a soil classifier-in-training, an applicant shall submit a written application to the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers containing information the board may require, together with five (5) references, three (3) of which shall be professional soil classifiers having personal knowledge of his or her soil classifying experience or, in the case of an application for certification as a soil classifier-in-training, three (3) character references.  (b) Application for registration as a professional soil classifier and for certification as a soil classifier-in-training shall:  (1) Be on a form prescribed and furnished by the board;  (2) Contain statements made under oath showing the applicant's education, a detailed summary of his or her experience, and references as required by this chapter; and  (3) Be accompanied by an application fee established by the board of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).