Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:

(1) A person employed as an apprentice under the supervision of an industrial hygienist, an industrial hygienist in training, or a certified industrial hygienist.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-4-11-1

  • industrial hygiene: means the science and practice of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling the environmental factors and stresses arising in or from the workplace that may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort among workers and the general community. See Indiana Code 24-4-11-7
(2) A student of industrial hygiene who is engaged in supervised activities related to industrial hygiene.

(3) A person licensed under IC 25 who is engaged in activities permitted under the person’s license, if the person does not represent to the public that the person is an industrial hygienist, an industrial hygienist in training, or a certified industrial hygienist.

(4) A person who uses the title industrial hygienist within the scope of the person’s employment if, when using the title industrial hygienist, the person:

(A) furnishes services as an industrial hygienist only on behalf of the employer for whom the person works; and

(B) does not furnish or offer to furnish services as an industrial hygienist to any person other than the employer for whom the person works.

(5) An individual practicing within the scope of meaning of industrial 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.

As added by P.L.175-1996, SEC.1.