LAC 46:LXXI.1901. Qualifications

A. The qualifications required of an applicant for a sanitarian permit shall be: 1. graduation from an accredited college or university, with a bachelor's degree and concentration of courses in the general area of environmental health. In lieu thereof, an applicant may offer a bachelor's degree which includes at least 30 semester hours (or the equivalent) of courses in the physical and biological sciences, with minimum of six hours in the physical sciences and a minimum of 10 hours in the biological sciences, plus one year of field experience in environmental health acceptable to the board. The physical sciences will be said to include only chemistry and physics; the biological sciences include but are not limited to biology, entomology, microbiology, zoology, and such applied sciences as animal husbandry, dairy husbandry, environmental sciences, environmental engineering, and veterinary science; 2. the board may by further regulation require, also, that the field experience include specified phases of environmental health and the applicant complete a short intensive training course in environmental health. B. Applicants for examination shall have the college or university which they attend transmit a transcript of their college credits to the secretary of the board.