State of Maryland

This is the first supervisory level in the Sanitarian series. It is advanced work in the promotion of environmental health, for the protection of the environment and for the enforcement of State and local environmental health laws and regulations for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Department of the Environment. Employees perform, on a routine basis, inspections and investigations to aid in securing compliance with the health laws and regulations specifically pertaining to control of the public health aspects of the environment. In small and medium local health departments the employee in this classification serves as a supervisor of a program, such as food sanitation, milk and dairy products, food processing, eating and drinking establishments, or air quality control, and in large health departments the employee acts as a supervising Sanitarian of a program directed by a higher-level Sanitarian. On the headquarters staff employees in this class are program specialists in a specific program, such as, but not limited to, housing, swimming pools, rodent control, bedding and upholstery, and training. In addition to providing leadership to lower-level workers, employees in this classification are responsible for the coordination of environmental control and regulatory activities with other public health programs.

Work requires the exercise of considerable independent judgment in the interpretation of regulations as they apply to specific situations and in the determination of the best methods to abate or eliminate unsatisfactory conditions.

Employees in this classification work under the supervision of the Director of Environmental Health Services of the county, or under a section head on the headquarters staff.

Work effectiveness is determined through conferences and reports from investigations.

Work of this position may require supervision of lower-level Sanitarians and Environmental Health Aides.

Assists in integrating and coordinating environmental control activities with related activities of other official local agencies, such as police, public works, zoning and sanitary commissions, and county/city health departments;

Serves as an environmental health program head in a small or medium county health department, or as a program specialist at the headquarters level;

Cooperates with local groups in developing public appreciation and acceptance of program activities;

Participates in evaluating the extent of environmental problems and the effectiveness of control programs;

May serve as an expert consultant to sanitarians in local health departments on environmental health problems relating to shellfish control, milk control, eating and drinking establishments, insect and rodent control, and air pollution;

May supervise the work of lower-level Sanitarians or Environmental Health Aides;

Performs other related duties.

Class Descriptions are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies.  Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position. 

Class Descriptions provide information about the Nature of Work, Examples of Work, General Requirements and Acknowledgements.  The Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities; Minimum Education and Experience Requirements; Special Requirements; and recruitment and testing procedures are set by the using agency.

This is a Professional Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Professional Service positions.  Some positions in Professional Service classifications may be designated as Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit, as indicated by the designation of S (Supervisor), M (Manager), T (Agency Head), U (Board or Commission Member), W (Student), X (Used by Agency or Excluded by Executive Order), or Z (Confidential).  As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.