Sec. 20-362. Licensure requirement. Use of title.

(a) No person shall engage in, practice, or offer to perform the work of a sanitarian, as defined in section 20-358, unless he is licensed pursuant to section 20-361.

(b) No person shall use the title of licensed sanitarian unless he 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 name the letters “R.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.)

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.