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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 26.07.01.03" title_num="26" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="01" heading="Licensing and Examination.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall license an applicant if the applicant:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Qualifies for examination as provided in §B of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Takes and passes the examination;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Has not committed an act which, under COMAR 26.07.04.01, would subject the applicant to disciplinary action by the Board; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Pays the necessary fees.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An applicant is eligible to take the examination if the applicant has satisfied one of the following combinations of education and experience:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Combination 1:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Graduated from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree in environmental science or environmental health, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Obtained 12 months of experience in a sanitarian-in-training program approved by the Board;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Combination 2:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Graduated from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree in the physical, biological or environmental sciences including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A minimum of 60 semester credits or the equivalent quarter credits of physical, biological, and environmental sciences acceptable to the Board, which includes at least one laboratory course in two of the following fields: chemistry, physics, and biology, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A course in mathematics; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Obtained 12 months of experience in a sanitarian-in-training program approved by the Board;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Combination 3:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Graduated from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree that includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>30 semester credits or the equivalent in quarter credits in the physical, biological, and environmental sciences acceptable to the Board, which includes at least one laboratory course in two of the following fields: chemistry, physics, and biology, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A course in mathematics; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Obtained 24 months of experience in a sanitarian-in-training program approved by the Board; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Combination 4:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Graduated from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in public or environmental health science that includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>30 semester credits or 45 quarter credits of physical, biological, or environmental sciences acceptable to the Board, which includes at least one laboratory course in two of the following fields: biology, chemistry, and physics, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A course in mathematics; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Completed an internship.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>