Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Contact hour” means 60 minutes of participation in an approved course. 2. “Environmental health sciences” means the science and practice of preventing human injury and illness and promoting human well-being by: (a) Identifying and evaluating hazardous physical, chemical and biological agents that may adversely affect human health and the environmental sources of those agents; and (b) Limiting exposures to those agents in air, water, soil, food and other environmental media or settings. 3. “Registrant” means: (a) A person who holds a registration as an environmental health specialist issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 625A.110 , including, without limitation, a person who holds a registration by endorsement; (b) A person who holds a temporary registration to engage in the practice of environmental health issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 625A.112 ; or (c) A person who holds a provisional registration as an environmental health specialist trainee issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 625A.115 . 4. “Standard registration” means a registration to engage in the practice of environmental health as an environmental health specialist issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 625A.110 . The term includes a person who holds a registration by endorsement. The term does not include a temporary registration to engage in the practice of environmental health issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 625A.112 , or a provisional registration as an environmental health specialist trainee issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 625A.115 .