Environmental Health Specialist
Registered Environmental Health Specialist Requirements, Options I - IV
106635. The requirements for registration of environmental health specialists shall be a minimum of a bachelor's degree from a department approved educational institution or an educational institution of collegiate grade listed in the directory of accredited institutions of postsecondary education compiled by the American Council on Education, with coursework prescribed as follows:
| Option | Requirements |
Experience |
Training |
|---|---|---|---|
| Option I |
30 semester units of Science coursework including each of the following: Calculus or 3rd Year College Algebra General Biological Science Lecture & Laboratory General Microbiology Lecture & Laboratory General Chemistry Lecture & Laboratory General Organic Chemistry Lecture & Laboratory OR General Physics Lecture & Laboratory |
18 months | 600 hours |
| Option II |
45 semester units of Science coursework, including each of the following* Calculus or 3rd Year College Algebra General Biological Science Lecture General Microbiology Lecture General Chemistry Lecture General Organic Chemistry Lecture General Physics Lecture * Three of the required science courses shall include a laboratory. |
1 Year | 450 Hours |
| Option III | 30 semester units of Science coursework, including each of the following: Calculus or 3rd Year College Algebra General Biological Science Lecture & Laboratory General Microbiology Lecture & Laboratory General Chemistry Lecture & Laboratory General Organic Chemistry Lecture & Laboratory OR General Physics Lecture & Laboratory ANDThree semester or four quarter units in each of the following: Epidemiology Statistics Public Administration or Environmental Health Administration AND10 semester units or 15 quarter units in environmental health science, including one or more of the following: water qualify, waste management, food and consumer protection housing and institution sanitation vector control, recreational health, air quality, milk and dairy products, occupational health, electromagnetic radiation, noise control, toxicology, soil science, or land use development. |
9 Months | 300 Hours |
| Option IV | 45 semester units of Science coursework, including each of the following*: Calculus or 3rd Year College Algebra General Biological Science Lecture General Microbiology Lecture General Chemistry Lecture General Organic Chemistry Lecture General Physics Lecture*Three of the required science courses shall include a laboratory. AND Three semester or four quarter units in each of the following: Epidemiology Statistics Public Administration or Environmental Health Administration AND10 semester units or 15 quarter units in environmental health science including one or more of the following: water quality, waste management, food and consumer protection housing and institution sanitation vector control, recreational health, air quality, milk and dairy products, occupational health, electromagnetic radiation, noise control, toxicology, soil science or land use development. |
6 Months | 200 Hours |
| Option V | Effective January 2013, Option V applicants who possess a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health from an institution approved by the Registration Committee should contact CDPH directly. Please see Option V Requirements for additional information and instructions. |
None Required |
None Required |
All science coursework including mathematics shall be equal to that acceptable in an approved environmental health degree program.*
*NOTE: An approved science course provides the student an understanding of the fundamental principles of the subject. Science courses must normally be acceptable to a science degree. Courses designed only for liberal arts, general education, or non-science degrees are not acceptable. Remedial mathematics and science courses are not acceptable as meeting the science requirements. Credit will not be allowed for more than one course with essentially the same content. The general sciences must be integrative courses that include those principles essential to the overall discipline. The remaining science courses may be limited to one or more divisions within the discipline and may be more descriptive in their approach.
College algebra (third-year algebra) is a course for which intermediate algebra or trigonometry shall normally be a prerequisite.
Universities Offering Approved Environmental Health Curriculum in California, Option IV
California State University, Fullerton
Danny Kim, Ph.D Program Coordinator
Public Health Department
PO Box 6870
Fullerton, CA 92834-6870
Telephone: (657) 278-5649
Department: (657) 278-3316 / dannykim@fullerton.edu