Indiana Code 24-4-11-5. “Education” defined
(1) a baccalaureate or graduate degree from an accredited college or university in:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-4-11-5
- accredited college or university: refers to a college or university that is accredited by one (1) of the following regional accrediting agencies:
Indiana Code 24-4-11-2
- board: refers to the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, a nonprofit corporation established to improve the practice and educational standards of the profession of industrial hygiene by certifying individuals who meet its education, experience, and examination requirements. See Indiana Code 24-4-11-3
- 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
(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 accredited college or university that has at least sixty (60) credit hours in undergraduate or graduate level courses (of which at least fifteen (15) credit hours must be in junior or higher level courses) in the following:
(A) Science.
(B) Mathematics.
(C) Engineering.
(D) Technology.
If the degree is heavily comprised of only one (1) of these subject matter areas, the board may accept the degree under this definition only if the applicant has taken additional science courses from an accredited college or university or has completed a related graduate degree from an accredited college or university.
As added by P.L.175-1996, SEC.1.