Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION › Chapter 119 - SANITARIANS › Section 119.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
(1) Act--Occupations Code,
				Chapter 1953, concerning the registration of sanitarians.
(2) Advanced mathematics--A mathematics
				course equivalent to or beyond calculus that was taken at an accredited college
				or university.
(3) Advisory
				Committee--The Registered Sanitarian Advisory Committee.
(4) Applicant--A person who applies for
				registration under the Act.
(5)
				Applied science--The application of general principles from environmental
				science, agricultural science, public health, epidemiology, food science,
				medical science, and sanitary engineering to solve problems.
(6) Basic science--Science such as anatomy,
				bacteriology, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, geology, microbiology,
				pathology, physiology, and physics.
(7) Consumer health--The application of
				scientific knowledge to recognize, evaluate, and control hazards associated
				with the distribution of contaminated, adulterated, unsafe, and misbranded
				foods, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, toys, or consumer products.
(8) Continuing education hour--Fifty minutes
				of continuing education training or experience, applicable to consumer health,
				environmental health or sanitation, and pre-approved by the department or its
				designee.
(9) Commission--The Texas
				Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
(10) Department--The Texas Department of
				Licensing and Regulation.
(11)
				Environmental health or sanitation--The application of scientific knowledge to
				recognize, evaluate, and control environmental hazards and to preserve and
				improve environmental factors for the achievement of the health, safety,
				comfort, and well-being of humans, to include disaster preparedness and
				response to suspected or known acts of bioterrorism.
(12) Executive Director--The executive
				director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(13) Experience--Two years of full-time
				experience in the fields of consumer health, environmental health, or
				sanitation.
(14) Full-time
				experience--Employment, self-employment, or independent contracting for
				thirty-two hours or more per week in the practice of consumer health,
				environmental health, or sanitation.
(15) Natural science--Branches of science
				such as physics, chemistry, and biology that deal with matter, energy, and
				their interrelations and transformations, or with objectively measurable
				phenomena.
(16) Registered
				sanitarian--A department-registered public health professional qualified by
				specific education, specialized training, and field experience to protect the
				health, safety, and general welfare of the public from adverse environmental
				determinants.
(17) Registrant--A
				person registered under the Act.
(18) Sanitarian in training--A person
				registered in accordance with §119.21(b).