Minimum Standards and Qualifications

An applicant for registration as a Registered Sanitarian must possess the following minimum education and/or experience in order to be eligible for registration: (a) A bachelor's degree or graduate degree in sanitary science, public health or environmental health from an approved school of public health/environmental health, as defined in 255 CMR 2.03: Definitions; (b) A bachelor's degree or graduate degree in sanitary engineering from an institution on the list of accredited colleges of the United States Office of Education, or any like institution approved by the Board; or (c) A bachelor's degree with a minimum of 30 semester hours credit in basic sciences from an institution on the list of accredited colleges of the United States Office of Education, or any like institution approved by the Board, plus the equivalent of one year full time experience in environmental health. (2) The Board may, in its discretion, grant credit to an applicant for education received at an institution outside of the United States if the applicant submits proof satisfactory to the Board that such foreign education is substantiallyequivalent to that provided in an institution accredited by the United States Office of Education or otherwise approved by the Board.