1. A. Except as provided in R9-16-404(D), a registered environmental health sanitarian shall submit an application packet for registration renewal on or before December 31 of each calendar year.
2. B. A registered environmental health sanitarian who does not submit a renewal application packet by December 31 has a grace period until February 15 to submit a renewal application packet.
3. C. A registered environmental health sanitarian, who does not submit a renewal application packet by February 15, shall not practice as a registered environmental health sanitarian.

4. D. By December 31 of each calendar year, an applicant shall submit to the Department a renewal application packet containing:

   1. 1. The following information in a Department-provided format:

      1. a. The applicant’s name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number;
      2. b. The applicant’s environmental health sanitarian registration number;
      3. c. Whether the applicant, since the applicant last submitted an application packet or renewal application packet, has had a license as a sanitarian suspended or revoked by a state or jurisdiction or entered into a consent agreement with another jurisdiction;

      4. d. If the applicant has had a license as a sanitarian suspended or revoked or entered into a consent agreement with another jurisdiction, the:

         1. i. Reason for the suspension, revocation, or consent agreement;
         2. ii. Date of the suspension, revocation, or consent agreement; and
         3. iii. Name, address, and telephone number of the licensing agency that suspended, revoked, or entered into a consent agreement;
      5. e. Whether the applicant, since the applicant last submitted a renewal application packet, has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor related to the applicant’s employment or occupation as a sanitarian in this state or another jurisdiction;

      6. f. If the applicant has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor as stated according to subsection (D)(1)(e):

         1. i. The date of the conviction,
         2. ii. The state or jurisdiction of the conviction,
         3. iii. An explanation of the crime of which the applicant was convicted, and
         4. iv. The disposition of the case;
      7. g. Whether the applicant requested to defer continuing education due to a personal or immediate family member’s illness according to R9-16-404(B);
      8. h. Except for a registered environmental health sanitarian in R9-16-404(A), for each continuing education course completed during the previous 12 months, the following:

      9. i. The course title,

         1. ii. A course description,
         2. iii. The name of the individual providing the continuing education course,
         3. iv. The date the continuing education course was completed, and
         4. v. The total number of continuing education hours attended;
         5. i. Whether the applicant has been a registered environmental health sanitarian for less than 12 months according to R9-16-404(A)(1);

      10. j. An attestation that:

          1. i. The applicant affirms that the continuing education courses specified according to subsection (h) are applicable and consistent with the Department’s approved continuing education courses or with the practice of a registered environmental sanitarian described in R9-16-402(C);
          2. ii. The applicant authorizes the Department to verify all information provided in the renewal application packet; and
          3. iii. The information submitted as part of the renewal application packet is true and accurate; and
      11. k. The applicant’s signature and date of signature;
   2. 2. If applicable, a copy of the approved request to defer continuing education, and
   3. 3. The $10 renewal application fee.

5. E. If a registered environmental health sanitarian does not submit a renewal application packet in subsection (D) by February 15:

   1. 1. The registered environmental health sanitarian’s registration expires on February 16; and
   2. 2. Before practicing as a registered environmental health sanitarian, a registered environmental health sanitarian whose environmental health sanitarian registration expired shall submit a new application packet according to R9-16-405.
6. F. The Department shall review the renewal application packet for approval of registration as an environmental health sanitarian according to R9-16-407 and Table 4.1.

Historical Note

Adopted effective September 29, 1976 (Supp. 76-4). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2444, effective May 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). Former R9-16-406 renumbered to R9-16-408; new R9-16-406 renumbered from R9-16-404 by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3004, effective September 11, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 3038, effective October 5, 2017 (Supp. 17-4).