59 states. The new nonlegislated registrations in Florida and Washington were seeking recognition by the National Environmental Health Association. In 1987, reciprocity is granted to those registered in voluntary state programs if the requirements are the same as NEHA?s.
States in which Registration Acts have been passed are:
California ..................1945 Utah .......................1951 Oregon ..................... 1951 Oklahoma ..................1953 Louisiana ...................1954 Hawaii .....................1955 Colorado ...................1957 Georgia ....................1957 Wisconsin ..................1957 Massachusetts ...............1958 Arkansas ...................1958 Florida .....................1959 Montana ....................1959 New Mexico ................ 1959 Kentucky ................... 1960 North Carolina ..............1960
Washington .................1960 South Carolina ..............1962 Idaho ......................1963 Indiana .....................1963 Michigan ...................1963 Nebraska ................... 1963 Tennessee ..................1963 Alabama ...................1964 Illinois .....................1965 Mississippi..................1966 Connecticut .................1967 Oregon ..................... 1967 Maryland ...................1969 Rhode Island ................1970 Virginia .................... 1970 Ohio .......................1977
States where there is no Registration for Sanitarians in 1987 are Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming and West Virginia.
Registration bodies, without legislation, exist in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.
The Eighties
Since there were many changes in the Registration status in the various states, NEHA conducted a study in 1979 to delineate the national registration picture. A question naire was administered to all state governments, and the returns showed that 33 states had registration acts; 17 did not (five of which had rescinded the acts); and 27 states had Sunset Laws. The report, published in the January/February 1980 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health, showed the following information for states having registration: the date of the law; whether a degree was required and its major discipline(s); experience required and in which program areas; which examination was required; forms of reciprocity; fees - initial, renewal and reciprocity; and whether registration was mandatory for employment. NEHA took an official stand on sunset legislation and published its position paper in the May/June 1980 Journal. In its continuous drive for a more educated and profi cient environmental health work force, and for strong credentialing programs based on community health needs, NEHA laid out a three-point program ofsupport for registra tion acts. It would act as monitor and clearinghouse on sunset legislation and develop a program to assist state boards and affiliates in evaluating existing acts or adopting new ones. President Amer El-Ahraf (1980-81) appointed a task force to investigate trends in sunset legislation and to counteract the effects of this legislation on Sanitarian
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