# Title 33 — State Department of Health

## Article 33-30 — Environmental Health Practitioner Licensure

## Chapter 33-30-01 — Board of Environmental Health Practitioner Licensure and General Provisions

### § 33-30-01-01. Organization of the board of environmental health practitioner licensure.

1. History and function. The 1985 legislative assembly passed legislation to license
environmental health practitioners, codified as North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-43.
This chapter authorized the secretary of state to carry out all functions necessary to licensure
and to utilize the services of an advisory board as needed. The 1987 legislative assembly
transferred this licensing function from the office of the secretary of state to the state health
officer. The 2003 legislative assembly provided the authority to create specialty licenses within
the practice of environmental health. The board's responsibility is advisory only. All statutory
power is vested with the state health officer.
2. Board membership. The board consists of five members - the state health officer or an
appointed agent; the commissioner of the North Dakota department of agriculture or an
appointed agent; the president of the North Dakota environmental health association or an
appointed agent; one member from a district or a local health unit who is a licensed
environmental health practitioner; and one consumer. The environmental health practitioner
and consumer must be appointed by the state health officer.
3. Officers. The state health officer shall serve as chairperson. The state health officer may
appoint an executive secretary as necessary.
4. Inquiries. Inquiries may be addressed to:
State Health Officer
State Department of Health
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0200
History: Effective February 1, 1988; amended effective May 1, 1994; May 1, 2004.
General Authority: NDCC 43-43-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-43-04
### § 33-30-01-02. Scope of practice.

This article applies to persons whose duties in environmental health and food safety require the
application of scientific knowledge to recognize, evaluate, and control food and environmental hazards

to preserve and improve environmental factors for the achievement of the health, safety, comfort, and
well-being of the consuming public. It is the intent of the advisory board that these rules apply to all
persons engaged in the practice of environmental health and the supervisors of those persons. Exempt
are those supervisors employed on May 1, 2004.
History: Effective May 1, 2004.
General Authority: NDCC 43-43-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-43-04
### § 33-30-01-03. Definitions.

1. "Board eligible" means having completed an application for licensure, paid the required fee,
and met the necessary education requirements.
2. "Certified professional - food safety" means a person who, by education and experience in
food safety, is qualified, licensed, and limited to inspecting retail food, food service, food
production or food manufacturing facilities, or conducting plan reviews for such
establishments. For inspectors in the State Department of Agriculture's meat and poultry
inspection program, certification through passage of the USDA-FSIS Food Safety Regulatory
Essentials course, or its' state equivalent, shall be commensurate with the certified
professional-food safety credential.
3. "Continuing education unit" means ten contact hours earned in continuing education courses,
seminars, workshops, and college courses. Ten hours of contact equals one continuing
education unit.
4. "Environmental health practitioner" means a person who, by environmental health science
education and experience, is qualified and licensed to practice environmental health.
History: Effective May 1, 2004; amended effective April 1, 2012.
General Authority: NDCC 43-43-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-43-04
