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To amend sections 4777.01, 4777.02, 4777.03, and | 1 |
4777.04 of the Revised Code to change the | 2 |
professional title "Industrial Hygienist in | 3 |
Training" to "Certified Associate Industrial | 4 |
Hygienist" with respect to the practice of | 5 |
industrial hygiene. | 6 |
Section 1. That sections 4777.01, 4777.02, 4777.03, and | 7 |
4777.04 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 4777.01. As used in this chapter: | 9 |
(A) "The practice of industrial hygiene" means the | 10 |
anticipation, prevention, recognition, evaluation, elimination, | 11 |
and control of environmental, biological, chemical, physical, and | 12 |
ergonomic factors and stresses arising in or from the workplace | 13 |
that may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or | 14 |
significant discomfort among workers or the general public. | 15 |
(B) "Certified Industrial Hygienist" or "CIH" means a person | 16 |
who meets the requirements of division (A) of section 4777.03 of | 17 |
the Revised Code. | 18 |
(C) " | 19 |
Industrial Hygienist" or
" | 20 |
requirements of division (B) of section 4777.03 of the Revised | 21 |
Code. | 22 |
(D) "The practice of occupational safety" means the | 23 |
preservation of human and material resources through the | 24 |
systematic application of education, chemistry, physics, | 25 |
biological, ergonomic, psychological, physiological, and | 26 |
management principles for anticipating, identifying, and | 27 |
evaluating hazardous systems, conditions, and practices in the | 28 |
workplace and developing, implementing, and administering programs | 29 |
to alleviate those hazards. | 30 |
(E) "Certified Safety Professional" or "CSP" means a person | 31 |
who meets the requirements of division (C) of section 4777.03 of | 32 |
the Revised Code. | 33 |
(F) "Associate Safety Professional" or "ASP" means a person | 34 |
who meets the requirements of division (D) of section 4777.03 of | 35 |
the Revised Code. | 36 |
Sec. 4777.02. No person shall assume or use the title or | 37 |
designation "Certified
Industrial Hygienist," " | 38 |
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"Certified Safety Professional," or "Associate Safety | 40 |
Professional,"
or any of the abbreviations
"CIH," " | 41 |
"CSP," or "ASP," unless the person has been awarded the title by | 42 |
the American board of industrial hygiene or the board of certified | 43 |
safety professionals as specified in section 4777.03 of the | 44 |
Revised Code. | 45 |
Sec. 4777.03. (A) In order to use the title "Certified | 46 |
Industrial Hygienist | 47 |
possess a valid, unexpired certification from the American board | 48 |
of industrial hygiene. | 49 |
(B) In order to use the title
" | 50 |
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abbreviation " | 52 |
unexpired certification from the American board of industrial | 53 |
hygiene. | 54 |
(C) In order to use the title "Certified Safety | 55 |
Professional | 56 |
valid, unexpired certification from the board of certified safety | 57 |
professionals. | 58 |
(D) In order to use the title "Associate Safety | 59 |
Professional | 60 |
valid, unexpired certification from the board of certified safety | 61 |
professionals. | 62 |
Sec. 4777.04. The following persons are not prohibited from | 63 |
engaging in the practice of industrial hygiene and the practice of | 64 |
occupational safety: | 65 |
(A) A person working as an apprentice under the supervision | 66 |
of a Certified Industrial Hygienist,
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Safety Professional, or Associate Safety Professional; | 69 |
(B) A person engaging in the supervised practice of | 70 |
industrial hygiene or the practice of occupational safety through | 71 |
a course of study in that practice; | 72 |
(C) A person who holds a certification, registration, or | 73 |
license under another section of the Revised Code if that person | 74 |
does not violate section 4777.02 of the Revised Code; | 75 |
(D) A person engaging in activities within the scope of the | 76 |
practice of industrial hygiene or the practice of occupational | 77 |
safety who does not meet the requirements specified in section | 78 |
4777.03 of the Revised Code, including a person who is certified, | 79 |
registered, or licensed by groups, organizations, or certifying | 80 |
bodies other than the American board of industrial hygiene or the | 81 |
board of certified safety professionals, if that person does not | 82 |
violate section 4777.02 of the Revised Code. | 83 |
Section 2. That existing sections 4777.01, 4777.02, 4777.03, | 84 |
and 4777.04 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 85 |