Connecticut § 20-362 - Licensure requirement. Use of title.
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§ 20-362. Licensure requirement. Use of title.
Sec. 20-362. Licensure requirement. Use of title. (a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of an environmental health specialist, as defined in section 20-358, unless such person is licensed pursuant to section 20-361.
(b) No person shall use the title of licensed environmental health specialist unless such person is the holder of a current license issued by the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter. A holder of a current license may append to his or her name the letters “R.E.H.S.”. Any certificate granted by the commissioner prior to October 1, 1995, shall be deemed a valid license permitting continuance of practice subject to the provisions of chapter 395.
(1967, P.A. 459, S. 6; P.A. 81-473, S. 30, 43; P.A. 87-521, S. 8; P.A. 95-271, S. 24; P.A. 24-68, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 81-473 added prohibition against use of title “certified” sanitarian except by holder of certificate and deleted references to board and registration; P.A. 87-521 deleted reference to “registered” sanitarians and substituted “department” for “commissioner”; P.A. 95-271 added Subsec. (a) prohibiting practice without a license, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b), deleted reference to certification and deemed a certification issued prior to October 1, 1995, to be a license; P.A. 24-68 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “a sanitarian” with “an environmental health specialist” and making technical changes and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “sanitarian” with “environmental health specialist” and “R.S.” with “R.E.H.S.” and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2024.
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