Health Occupations - Environmental Health Specialists - Revisions
Sponsor: Tiffany T. Alston (District 24)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 (as of Nov 9, 2023)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Altering the education requirements for an applicant for licensure as an environmental health specialist; altering the grounds for which the Board may take disciplinary action against an applicant or a licensee to include misfeasance and malfeasance while performing the duties of an environmental health specialist; etc.
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Testimony (23)
MGA witness listFAV 3FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 14Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Curtian , Donald | AA County Health | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sample, Sarah | Maryland Association of Counties | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Alston, Delegate Alstonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Arshavsky, Svetlana | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Atkins, Robert | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Klaus | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Kevin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lee, Mickey | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | MANOHAR, KRISHNA | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Nixon, Bert | Board of Environmental Health Specialists | Oral |
| FWA | Mitchell, Clifford | Maryland Department of Health | Oral |
| FWA | Knapp, Les | Maryland Department of the Environment | Oral |
| FWA | (MD), State of Maryland | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Cumers, Matt | Individual | Oral |
| FWA | State of, Maryland | Individual | Written (PDF) |