SECTION 3. SPS 175.025 is created to read:
SPS 175.025 Required Education and Work Experience. An applicant for registration must have completed one of the following combinations of education and work experience:
(a)
A baccalaureate or higher degree in environmental health from an accredited college or university with at least 30 semester or 45 quarter hour academic credits in environmental, physical, biological, chemical, or environmental health areas and one year of full-time equivalent employment in the field of environmental health.(b)
A baccalaureate or higher degree in physical or biological sciences from an accredited college or university with at least 30 semester or 45 quarter hour academic credits in environmental, physical, biological, chemical, or environmental health areas and 2 years of full-time equivalent employment in the field of environmental health.(c)
A baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited college or university and 4 years of full-time equivalent employment in the field of environmental health.(d)
An associate degree from an accredited college, community college or technical institute in environmental, physical, biological or chemical sciences, and 5 years of full-time equivalent employment in the field of environmental health.(e)
An associate degree from an accredited college, community college or technical institute and 8 years of full-time equivalent employment in the field of environmental health.SECTION 4. SPS 175.03 is repealed.
SECTION 5. SPS 175.04 is repealed.
SECTION 6. SPS 175.05 (1) and (2) are amended to read:
SPS 175.05 (1) An applicant shall submit a completed application for examination registration and the application fees prior to the scheduled review of applications by the department. The department application procedures and application fees policies in ch. SPS 4 shall apply to the review and processing of applications for examination. (2) The department, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall make an investigation as it deems necessary to determine if the applicant shall be admitted to the examination for receive a certificate of registration and may request additional documentation prior to approving an application.
SECTION 7. SPS 176.01 (2) is amended to read:
(2) Notice of eligibility to take the national examination shall be provided to each applicant with a completed and approved application on file. The notice of eligibility shall be presented by the applicant to gain attendance admittance to the examination site.
SECTION 8. SPS 176.01 (3) is repealed.
SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. The rules adopted in this order shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin administrative register, pursuant to s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (END OF TEXT OF RULE)
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