The following definitions apply to OAR 338-005-0020 through 338-020-0050.

1. (1) “CEU” means a continuing education unit and the numerical value determined by the Board to be earned by a renewal applicant by attending a specified training course. The terms “continuing education credit” and “continuing education unit” are synonymous and may be used interchangeably.
2. (2) “Duties of an environmental health specialist” means activities which include, but are not limited to, the enforcement of regulations and statutes; planning or conducting surveys, investigations, and inspections; interpretation and utilization of data to promote environmental health as it affects the health of the public or the quality of the environment.
3. (3) “Duties of an environmental health specialist trainee” means the utilization of the same skills, responsibilities and activities as the duties of an environmental health specialist, but in a learning, training capacity and under the supervision of a registered or other qualified person as determined by the Board.
4. (4) “Duties of a waste water specialist” means activities limited to those identified in ORS 700.056(1).
5. (5) “Duties of a waste water specialist trainee” means the utilization of the same skills, responsibilities and activities as the activities of a waste water specialist, but in a learning, training capacity and under the supervision of an environmental health specialist, waste water specialist or other qualified person as determined by the Board.
6. (6) “Environmental health” means the art and science of applying sanitary, biological and physical science principles and knowledge to improve and control the environment and factors therein for the protection of the health and welfare of the public.
7. (7) “NEHA” means National Environmental Health Association.
8. (8) “Office” means the Health Licensing Office.
9. (9) “Official Transcript” means an original document certified by an accredited college or university indicating hours and types of coursework, examinations and scores that the student has completed that has been submitted by the accredited college or university.
10. (10) “Supervision” means the direction and control exercised over one person by another in a traditional employee/employer relationship. Supervision includes ongoing oversight of work in the field and office, and review of reports, investigations or inspections conducted.
11. (11) “Supervisor” means an individual who is overseeing work in the field and office, and reviews reports, investigations or inspections conducted.
12. (12) “Trainee Extension” means the renewal of a trainee registration, in one-year increments.
13. (13) “Waste water sanitation” means the art and science of applying sanitary, biological and physical science principles in the treatment of waste water and in the evaluation of soil for subsurface or surface disposal of waste water, or for the land application of sludge, and to determine the appropriate design of systems that use soil in the final stage of the waste water treatment process.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 676.560, ORS 700.005-700.240, ORS 700.995 & Senate Bill 844 (2025)

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 676.560, ORS 700.005-700.240, ORS 700.995 & Senate Bill 844 (2025)

History

EHRB 1-2026, amend filed 02/09/2026, effective 03/01/2026
EHRB 1-2018, minor correction filed 02/02/2018, effective 02/02/2018
EHRB 3-2011, f. & cert. ef. 8-1-11
SRB 2-2004, f. 6-29-04, cert. ef. 7-1-04
SRB 1-1998, f. 4-29-98, cert. ef. 5-1-98
SRB 2-1996, f. 5-31-96, cert. ef. 6-1-96, Renumbered from 338-010-0010 & 338-020-0020
SRB 1-1987, f. 6-10-87, cert. ef. 6-15-87
SRB 1-1985, f. & cert. ef. 11-1-85
SRB 2, f. 4-7-72, cert. ef. 5-1-72