|
|
State
Board of Sanitarian Registration
Use of Environmental Interns/Aides/Technicians
Updated Policy Adopted October 31, 2001
Environmental
health interns are students enrolled in an environmental health
curriculum. The internship is typically a credit course taken
by the student to fulfill, in most cases, degree requirements
at a college or university. Internships are training/educational
experiences designed to familiarize students with selected aspects
of environmental health science. Since the student has not fulfilled
the requirements of Section 4736.08 of the Ohio Revised Code,
the individual may not engage in the practice of environmental
health as specified by division (E) of section 4736.01 of the
Revised Code.
Environmental
Health Aide/Technician - Health departments may utilize sanitarian
aides and technicians to perform vector control and other duties
that do not require specialized knowledge and skills in the field
of environmental health.
Section
4736.01(E) does provide some exclusions from the practice of environmental
health including sampling, testing, controlling vectors, reporting
of observations, or other duties that do not require the application
of specialized knowledge and skills in environmental health science
under the supervision of a registered sanitarian.
Interns/aides/technicians
duties may include, but are not limited to the following. The
Board recommends that the duties be performed under the supervision
of a registered sanitarian:
1. Collect/deliver
samples for which specialized knowledge and skills in the
field of environmental health science are not required.
2. Perform
environmental tests such as chlorine residual, ph, temperature,
linear and volumetric measurements.
3. Report
what was seen and what was written in a particular situation
e.g., presence/absence of solid wastes, animal feces, etc.
4. Conduct
field surveys and personal interviews with home owners, e.g.,
sewage surveys designed only for the collection of information,
where individual orders will not be issued.
5. Assist
in the completion of inspection and investigation reports
done by registered sanitarians, e.g., measuring between manufactured
homes, lifting of dry well lids, cistern lids, septic tank
lids, using a punch bar, etc.
6. Place
dye in septic water fixtures. Can look for and report the
presence/absence of dye at a specific location(s).
7. Interview
and collect information from animal owners/bite victims regarding
circumstances/facts of a biting incident. Can contact animal
owners to inform them of applicable rules and to determine
health/vaccination status of a biting animal.
8. Decapitation
of animal heads, if rabies vaccinated.
9. Any
vector control work as permitted by Ohio Department of Agriculture
(ODA) rules.
Interns/aides/technicians
shall not (for purposes specified in 4736.01(E):
1. Collect
samples for which specialized knowledge and skills in the
field of environmental health science are required.
2. Interpret
or analyze the results of samples or tests performed.
3. Develop
conclusions or recommendations based on observations and sampling
results.
4. Complete
and sign an official agency inspection report of violations
of Ohio Revised Code or Ohio Administrative Code chapters
specified in 4736.01(E).
5. Conduct
investigations or inspections of the adequacy of compliance.
6. Evaluate
equipment, policies, procedures, methods, or techniques that
have the primary purpose of improving a facility's compliance
with the provisions specified in Section 4736.01(E) of the
Ohio Revised Code.
7. Conduct
education programs or instruct operators of facilities regulated
by ORC and OAC section specified in 4736.01.
8. Initiate
action or act as an expert witness in an enforcement action
emanating from activities specified in section 4736.01(E).
|
|
