§ 43-43-01 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Advisory board" means the following or their appointed agents: state health officer or
designee as chairperson, the commissioner of the North Dakota department of
agriculture, and the president of the North Dakota environmental health association.
The state health officer or designee shall appoint one agent of a district or local health
unit environmental health practitioner and one consumer.
2. "Environmental health practitioner" means a person who, by environmental health
science education and experience, is qualified and licensed under this chapter to
practice environmental health.
3. "Practice of environmental health" means any service or work, such as consultation,
investigation, evaluation, surveys, and inspections in the environmental program areas
of food, beverage, housing, and lodging sanitation.