(a) Courses acceptable to meet the initial educational requirements for examination as a sanitarian or sanitarian in training include the following:
  (1) air pollution;
  (2) anatomy;
  (3) animal science;
  (4) bacteriology;
  (5) biochemistry;
  (6) biology;
  (7) biomedical science;
  (8) biophysics;
  (9) biostatistics;
  (10) botany;
  (11) cell physiology;
  (12) chemical engineering;
  (13) chemistry;
  (14) community health;
  (15) computer science;
  (16) dairy science;
  (17) ecology;
  (18) embryology;
  (19) entomology;
  (20) environmental health;
  (21) environmental science;
  (22) environmental diseases;
  (23) environmental law;
  (24) epidemiology;
  (25) food bacteriology;
  (26) food science;
  (27) food technology;
  (28) genetics;
  (29) geophysics;
  (30) geology;
  (31) hazardous waste;
  (32) histology;
  (33) hydrogeology;
  (34) hydrology;
  (35) industrial hygiene;
  (36) infectious diseases;
  (37) limnology;
  (38) mathematics;
  (39) courses taken in an accredited allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine;
  (40) meteorology;
  (41) microbiology;
  (42) molecular biology;
  (43) occupational health;
  (44) occupational safety;
  (45) parasitology;
  (46) pathology;
  (47) physics;
  (48) physiology;
  (49) plant taxonomy;
  (50) public health;
  (51) public health education;
  (52) public health law;
  (53) radiological health;
  (54) sanitary engineering;
  (55) soil science;
  (56) statistics;
  (57) toxicology;
  (58) vector control;
  (59) veterinary medical courses;
  (60) veterinary public health;
  (61) virology;
  (62) wastewater treatment;
  (63) water quality; or
  (64) zoology.
(b) The courses may be offered by any academic department so long as the course is acceptable.
(c) No more than six semester hours or its equivalent will be acceptable for courses in:
  (1) biophysics;
  (2) computer science;
  (3) embryology;
  (4) mathematics beyond algebra;
  (5) accredited allopathic or osteopathic courses;
  (6) meteorology;
  (7) physics;
  (8) public health education;
  (9) statistics; and
  (10) veterinary medical courses.
(d) Courses considered not acceptable are:
  (1) anthropology;
  (2) archaeology;
  (3) astronomy;
  (4) education;
  (5) geography;
  (6) government;
  (7) history;
  (8) kinesiology;
  (9) languages;
  (10) physical education;
  (11) psychology; and
  (12) sociology.
(e) Courses not listed may be submitted for consideration for acceptance by the department.

Source Note: The provisions of this §119.23 adopted to be effective November 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 4643