(a)

1. (1) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall hold examinations to test the fitness of applicants for registration at such times and places within this state as the board shall determine but shall hold at least one (1) examination every year.
2. (2) The scope and examination shall be determined by the board.

(b) The board shall admit to examination any person who:

1. (1) Makes application to the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians on forms prescribed and furnished by the board;
2. (2) Pays an application fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) to defray the expense of examination; and
3. (3) Submits evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she is a citizen of the United States of good moral character.

(c)

1. (1) The minimum requirements for admission to examination as a registered sanitarian shall be as follows:

   1. (A) A bachelor’s degree of public health or master’s degree of public health with specialization in sanitary sciences from an approved school of public health; or
   2. (B) College graduate in one (1) of the natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, math, Earth, and/or geology) or engineering, with a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours or its equivalent of the above subjects, plus one (1) year’s experience in environmental sanitation or approved training courses.

2. (2)

   1. (A) Any person meeting the educational qualifications of this section, but who does not meet the experience requirements of this section, may make application to the board through a process prescribed by the board for acceptance as a sanitarian-in-training.
   2. (B) The board shall accept such application when submitted, if accompanied by the required fee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00), as prescribed by the board.

(c)

1. (1) Within ninety (90) days after an application is filed with the secretary, the board shall notify the applicant whether his or her application for examination was accepted or rejected and if rejected, the reason therefore.
2. (2) One-half (1/2) of the application fee shall be returned to each rejected applicant.