Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 338 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH LICENSING OFFICE, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REGISTRATION BOARD › Division 5 - REGISTRATION: GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Section 338-005-0020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to OAR 338-005-0020  through
				338-020-0050.
(1) "CEU" means a
			 continuing education unit and the numerical value determined by the Board to be
			 earned by a renewal applicant by attending a specified training course. The terms
			 "continuing education credit" and "continuing education unit" are synonymous and
			 may be used interchangeably.
(2)
			 "Duties of an environmental health specialist" means activities which include,
			 but are not limited to, the enforcement of regulations and statutes; planning or
			 conducting surveys, investigations, and inspections; interpretation and
			 utilization of data to promote environmental sanitation as it affects the health
			 of the public or the quality of the environment.
(3) "Duties of an environmental health
			 specialist trainee" means the utilization of the same skills, responsibilities
			 and activities as the duties of an environmental health specialist, but in a
			 learning, training capacity and under the supervision of a registered or other
			 qualified person as determined by the board.
(4) "Duties of a waste water specialist" means
			 activities limited to those identified in ORS
			 700.056(1).
(5) "Duties of a waste water specialist
			 trainee" means the utilization of the same skills, responsibilities and
			 activities as the activities of a waste water specialist, but in a learning,
			 training capacity and under the supervision of an environmental health
			 specialist, waste water specialist or other qualified person as determined by the
			 board.
(6) "Full-time employment or
			 equivalent hours" means employment consisting of a 40 hour work week for a
			 minimum of 96 consecutive weeks not to exceed two years; or a period of
			 employment with a cumulative total of 3,840 clock hours, obtained in no more than
			 208 consecutive weeks, not to exceed four years.
(7) "NEHA" means National Environmental Health
			 Association.
(8) "Office" means the
			 Health Licensing Office.
(9)
			 "Official Transcript" means an original document certified by an accredited
			 college or university indicating hours and types of coursework, examinations and
			 scores that the student has completed that has been submitted by the accredited
			 college or university by mail or courier to the Office in a sealed envelope in
			 accordance with ORS 700.030,
			 700.035,
			 700.053 and
			 700.062.
(10) "Supervision" means the direction and
			 control exercised over one person by another in a traditional employee/employer
			 relationship. Supervision includes ongoing oversight of work in the field and
			 office, and review of reports, investigations or inspections conducted.
(11) "Trainee Extension" means a renewal of
			 trainee registration, in six-month increments.
(12) "Waste water sanitation" means the art and
			 science of applying sanitary, biological and physical science principles in the
			 evaluation of soil for subsurface or surface disposal of waste water or for the
			 land application of sludge; and determining the appropriate design of systems
			 that use soil in the final stage of the waste water treatment
			 processes.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 676.560, ORS
				  700.005-700.240 & ORS
				  700.995
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 676.560, ORS
				  700.005-700.240 & ORS
				  700.995