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700.005Purpose 700.010Definitions 700.020Registration required 700.025Persons not required to register 700.030Qualifications of environmental health specialist applicant; fees; rules 700.035Registration of environmental health specialist trainees; fees; rules 700.040[Repealed by 1967 c.476 §21] 700.050[Amended by 1967 c.476 §8; 1983 c.189 §3; 1995 c.572 §10; 1999 c.885 §35; 2003 c.547 §95; 2005 c.648 §107; 2013 c.314 §61; 2013 c.568 §128; repealed by 2025 c.624 §23] 700.052[2003 c.547 §101; 2005 c.648 §108; 2013 c.568 §129; repealed by 2025 c.624 §23] 700.053Qualifications of waste water specialist applicant; application; examination; fees; rules 700.056Duties allowed for waste water specialist; environmental health specialist may perform duties 700.059[1995 c.572 §5; 2003 c.547 §98; 2005 c.648 §110; 2013 c.314 §63; 2013 c.568 §131; repealed by 2025 c.624 §23] 700.060[Repealed by 1967 c.476 §21] 700.062Waste water specialist trainee registration; fees 700.070[Repealed by 1967 c.476 §21] 700.080[Amended by 1967 c.476 §9; 1975 c.526 §11; 1983 c.222 §1; 1995 c.572 §11; 2003 c.547 §100; 2005 c.648 §112; 2009 c.701 §64; repealed by 2013 c.314 §65] 700.082[1983 c.222 §2; 1985 c.565 §117a; 1991 c.703 §37; repealed by 1995 c.572 §25] 700.085[1967 c.476 §19; repealed by 1995 c.572 §25] 700.090[Amended by 1967 c.476 §10; 1995 c.572 §12; repealed by 2003 c.547 §118] 700.100[Amended by 1967 c.476 §11; 1983 c.189 §4; 1995 c.572 §13; 1997 c.249 §212; 2001 c.274 §2; 2003 c.547 §103; 2005 c.648 §113; 2009 c.701 §65; repealed by 2013 c.314 §65] 700.105[1983 c.189 §11; 1995 c.572 §14; 2003 c.547 §104; 2005 c.648 §114; repealed by 2013 c.314 §65] 700.110[Amended by 1967 c.476 §12; 1983 c.189 §5; 1995 c.572 §15; repealed by 2003 c.547 §118] 700.111Grounds and procedure for discipline 700.115[1971 c.734 §168; 1973 c.829 §70; 1995 c.572 §16; repealed by 2003 c.547 §118] 700.120[Amended by 1967 c.476 §13; repealed by 1971 c.734 §21] 700.130[Amended by 1967 c.476 §14; repealed by 1973 c.829 §71] 700.210Environmental Health Registration Board 700.220Members’ qualifications; term; removal; vacancies; compensation and expenses 700.230Meetings; chairperson; quorum 700.240Authority of Health Licensing Office and Environmental Health Registration Board; rules 700.250[Repealed by 1973 c.427 §38 (700.251 enacted in lieu of 700.250)] 700.251[1973 c.427 §39 (enacted in lieu of 700.250); 1999 c.885 §36; repealed by 2003 c.547 §118] 700.260[1967 c.476 §17; 1995 c.79 §352; 1995 c.572 §18; 1997 c.249 §214; repealed by 2003 c.547 §118] 700.310[1967 c.476 §6; repealed by 1995 c.572 §25] 700.990[1967 c.476 §18; repealed by 1995 c.572 §25] 700.992[1995 c.572 §20; 2003 c.547 §111; repealed by 2005 c.648 §121] 700.995Criminal penalty

Chapter 700 — Environmental Health Specialists; Waste Water Specialists

ORS 700.056 Duties allowed for waste water specialist; environmental health specialist may perform duties

(1)

A person who is registered as a waste water specialist under ORS 700.053 shall not perform the duties of a registered environmental health specialist, except that the person may:

(a)

Evaluate soils for subsurface or surface disposal of waste water or for the land application of sludge; and

(b)

Based on the soil evaluation, determine the appropriate design of systems that use soil in the final stage of the waste water treatment process.

(2)

This section does not prohibit a registered environmental health specialist from performing the duties of a waste water specialist.

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2026-01-01

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