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58-20a-302. Qualifications for licensure.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), an applicant for licensure as an environmentalhealth scientist shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character;
(d) hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited program in a university or college, whichdegree includes completion of specific coursework as defined by rule;
(e) pass an examination as determined by division rule in collaboration with the board;and
(f) pass the Utah Law and Rules Examination for Environmental Health Scientistsadministered by the division.
(2) An applicant for licensure who is currently actively engaged in the practice ofenvironmental health science in Utah on July 1, 1995, and has been practicing in Utah for at leastthree consecutive months immediately prior to July 1, 1995, shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character;
(d) hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited program in a university or college, whichdegree includes completion of specific coursework as defined by rule;
(e) pass the Utah Law and Rules Examination for Environmental Health Scientistsadministered by the division; and
(f) submit an affidavit from the applicant's immediate supervisor in the applicant'semployment, attesting to the applicant's competence to practice environmental health science.
(3) An applicant for licensure as an environmental health scientist-in-training shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character;
(d) hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited program in a university or college, whichdegree includes completion of specific coursework as defined by rule;
(e) pass the Utah Law and Rules Examination for Environmental Health Scientistsadministered by the division; and
(f) present evidence acceptable to the division and the board that the applicant, whenlicensed, will practice as an environmental health scientist-in-training only under the generalsupervision of a supervising environmental health scientist licensed under this chapter.

Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session