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Chapter V deals with examinations. This Chapter is also a review,
but this time of the present system of examinations, and
covers 14 pages, concluding with the recommendations given below.
Chapter VI gives a history of examinations and of the constitution
of the examining board. Criticism of the Technical Institutes
is included and a large part of the Chapter is devoted to suggestions
for a thorough reorganisation.
Summary of Recommendations.
Recommendations requiring Legislation
(i) Evidence of having passed a qualifying examination should
be made obligatory for all new appointments in England and Wales.
(ii) The designation of a sanitary inspector should be altered to
"Public Health Inspector".
Recommendations requiring amendment of the Minister of Health's
regulations
(iii) A sanitary inspector should not be eligible for appointment
by an authority which employs only one inspector until he has had
two years experience as a qualified inspector.
(iv) The Minister's recognition of the Certificate of Competency
for the Office of Sanitary Inspector issued by the Royal Sanitary
Institute and Sanitary Inspectors Examination Joint Board should
be Withdrawn and given instead to the Diploma of the proposed
new authority.
Recommendations concerning the constitution and powers of a new
Examining Authority
(V) A new independent body should be established, to be known
as the Public Health Inspectors Education Board, with power
(a) to examine for and issue a Diploma in Public Health Inspection
as the basic qualification to be recognised by the
Minister's regulations
(b) to examine for other certificates it may consider necessary
for Sanitary Inspectors to possess.
(c) to approve courses of education for all its examinations.
(d) to approve local authorities for the purpose of practical
training.
(e) to keep under review all questions relating to the recruitment,
training and examination of sanitary inspectors.
(vi) The Board should be composed of 24 members selected as
follows:—
10 appointed by the Sanitary Inspectors Association.
3 appointed by the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
1 appointed by the Royal Sanitary Institute.
2 appointed by the Association of Principals of Technical
Institutes
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