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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 310. Oklahoma State Department of Health |
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Chapter 345. Registration of Sanitarians and Environmental Specialists |
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Subchapter 5. Registration |
SECTION 310:345-5-3. Expiration and renewal
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- (a) Expiration. Each certificate and card of registration as a Registered Professional Sanitarian or Registered Professional Environmental Specialist shall expire on the last day of December following its issuance or renewal, and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed.(b) Renewal by December 31. Each Registered Professional Sanitarian or Registered Professional Environmental Specialist desiring to continue the practice of the profession shall renew the certificate prior to the last day of December by paying to the Department a fee of Twenty- Five Dollars ($25.00); in return the Department shall issue a renewal card for the ensuing year.(c) Renewal after February 1. Expired certificates may be renewed prior to February 1 of the year following their expiration without penalty. Beginning February 1 of the year following its expiration, expired certificates shall only be renewed by submitting a renewal fee of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) plus a penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for a total of Thirty-Five Dollars ($35.00).(d) Renewal ineligibility. Except for extraordinary circumstances to be determined by the Council, all certificates which have not been renewed by March 1 of the year following its expiration shall be ineligible for renewal unless the registrant has successfully passed the sanitarian or environmental specialist examination, and the names of such registrants shall not appear in the roster issued annually during the month of September.(e) Department to notify. As of February 1 of each year, the Department will mail a notice to each registrant who has failed to renew his certificate prior to February 1 and has not successfully completed the sanitarian or environmental specialist examination that his certificate will be ineligible for renewal as of March 1 of the year following its expiration.