Statute · California Business and Professions Code
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 20700 — General Provisions
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 20700
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Business and Professions Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1994-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
As used in this chapter:
Citator
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 20700 — General Provisions is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
As used in this chapter:
(a) “Industrial hygiene” means the science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental factors or stresses which may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort and inefficiency among workers or among the citizens of a community.
(b) “Certified industrial hygienist (CIH)” means a person who has met the education, experience, and examination requirements of an industrial hygiene certification organization.
(c) “Industrial hygiene certification organization” means a professional organization of certified industrial hygienists that has been established to improve the practice and educational standards of the profession of industrial hygiene through a certification process, by certifying industrial hygienists through an examination administered by the certification organization. The organization shall have the certifying examinations evaluated by a national testing service and shall maintain certification criteria that are at least the equivalent of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.