CHAPTER 11. REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS
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Chapter 11. Regulation of Industrial Hygienists
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Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) A person employed as an apprentice under the supervisionof an industrial hygienist, an industrial hygienist in training, ora certified industrial hygienist.
(2) A student of industrial hygiene who is engaged insupervised activities related to industrial hygiene.
(3) A person licensed under IC 25 who is engaged in activitiespermitted under the person's license, if the person does notrepresent to the public that the person is an industrial hygienist,an industrial hygienist in training, or a certified industrialhygienist.
(4) A person who uses the title industrial hygienist within thescope of the person's employment if, when using the titleindustrial hygienist, the person:
(A) furnishes services as an industrial hygienist only onbehalf of the employer for whom the person works; and
(B) does not furnish or offer to furnish services as anindustrial hygienist to any person other than the employerfor whom the person works.
(5) An individual practicing within the scope of meaning ofindustrial hygiene, if the person does not do the following:
(A) Use any of the following titles:
(i) Industrial hygienist.
(ii) Industrial hygienist in training.
(iii) Certified industrial hygienist.
(B) Use any of the following sets of initials:
(i) IH.
(ii) IHIT.
(iii) CIH.
(C) Represent to the public that the person is:
(i) An industrial hygienist.
(ii) An industrial hygienist in training.
(iii) A certified industrial hygienist.
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"Accredited college or university" defined
Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "accredited college oruniversity" refers to a college or university that is accredited by one(1) of the following regional accrediting agencies:
(1) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
(2) New England Association of Colleges and Schools.
(3) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
(4) Northwest Association of Colleges and Schools.
(5) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. (6) Western Association of Colleges and Schools.
(b) A college or university located outside the United States isconsidered an accredited college or university if the college oruniversity is accredited within the jurisdiction of the college oruniversity by an accrediting agency having accreditation standardsthat are at least equal to the accreditation standards of the accreditingagencies listed in subsection (a).
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"Board" defined
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the AmericanBoard of Industrial Hygiene, a nonprofit corporation established toimprove the practice and educational standards of the profession ofindustrial hygiene by certifying individuals who meet its education,experience, and examination requirements.
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"Certified industrial hygienist (CIH)" defined
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "certified industrial hygienist(CIH)" is a person who has received the designation certifiedindustrial hygienist from the American Board of Industrial Hygieneand whose certification has not lapsed or been revoked.
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"Education" defined
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "education" means:
(1) a baccalaureate or graduate degree from an accreditedcollege or university in:
(A) industrial hygiene;
(B) biology;
(C) chemistry;
(D) engineering;
(E) physics; or
(F) a closely related physical or biological science; or
(2) a baccalaureate or graduate degree from an accreditedcollege or university that has at least sixty (60) credit hours inundergraduate or graduate level courses (of which at leastfifteen (15) credit hours must be in junior or higher levelcourses) in the following:
(A) Science.
(B) Mathematics.
(C) Engineering.
(D) Technology.
If the degree is heavily comprised of only one (1) of thesesubject matter areas, the board may accept the degree under thisdefinition only if the applicant has taken additional sciencecourses from an accredited college or university or has
completed a related graduate degree from an accredited collegeor university.
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"Experience" defined
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "experience" means thecompletion of professional level work sufficient to providecompetence in the following:
(1) The anticipation and recognition of workplaceenvironmental factors and stresses, including chemical,physical, biological, and ergonomic stresses, and theunderstanding of their effect on people and their well-being.
(2) The evaluation, through observation, sampling, testing, andwith the use of quantified measurement techniques, of themagnitude of workplace environmental factors and stresses.
(3) The prescription of methods for prevention, elimination,control, or reduction of environmental factors and stresses andtheir effects. Methods include the following:
(A) Engineering.
(B) Administrative control.
(C) Personnel protective equipment.
(D) Training.
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"Industrial hygiene" defined
Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "industrial hygiene" means thescience and practice of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, andcontrolling the environmental factors and stresses arising in or fromthe workplace that may cause sickness, impaired health andwell-being, or significant discomfort among workers and the generalcommunity.
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"Industrial hygienist (IH)" defined
Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "industrial hygienist (IH)" meansa person who has the education and experience to practice industrialhygiene.
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"Industrial hygienist in training (IHIT)" defined
Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "industrial hygienist in training(IHIT)" means a person who has received the designation industrialhygienist in training from the American Board of Industrial Hygieneand whose certification has not lapsed or been revoked.
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Prohibitions against use of title
Sec. 10. (a) A person may not use the title industrial hygienist, usethe initials IH, or represent to the public that the person is anindustrial hygienist, unless the person is an industrial hygienist asdefined in this chapter.
(b) A person may not use the title industrial hygienist in training,use the initials IHIT, or represent to the public that the person is anindustrial hygienist in training, unless the person is an industrialhygienist in training as defined in this chapter.
(c) A person may not use the title certified industrial hygienist,use the initials CIH, or represent to the public that the person is acertified industrial hygienist, unless the person is a certifiedindustrial hygienist as defined in this chapter.
(d) A person may not use a title that incorporates the wordsindustrial hygiene or a variation of the words industrial hygieneunless the person meets the requirements of:
(1) an industrial hygienist;
(2) an industrial hygienist in training; or
(3) a certified industrial hygienist;
as defined in this chapter.
As added by P.L.175-1996, SEC.1.
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Violations
Sec. 11. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class Amisdemeanor.
As added by P.L.175-1996, SEC.1.