Policies

          It is the policy of the Washington State Environmental Health Association that every effort shall be made to identify and reward deserving environmental health practitioners through special recognition by their peers.

 1.      Primary responsibility for the identification and selection of qualified candidates shall rest with the Nominations & Awards Committee.

 2.      Final selection of the candidates for the awards of the Association shall be made by action of the Board of Directors.  The selections made by the Board of Directors are final and cannot be appealed.

 3.      All members of the Association are eligible to be nominated for any of the awards; except that officers and elected members of the Board of Directors are not eligible to receive any of the major awards of the Association (i.e., the Jack Hatlen Inspirational Award or the Outstanding Sanitarian Award) while they are sitting on the Board of Directors.  Also, current members are not eligible for an Honorary WSEHA Membership.

Procedures

 1.      The members of the Nominations & Awards Committee shall follow the guidelines established in the following sections of this manual in making their selection of the candidates for the various awards of the Association.

 2.      The Nominations & Awards Committee shall maintain the list of award recipients and notify the Executive Secretary of the Association of each year's recipients.

 3.      Nomination Form is in Appendix

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