                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 40.1-139)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;American Board of Industrial Hygiene&#8221; or &#8220;ABIH&#8221; means
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, examination and maintenance requirements.
		&#8220;Associate Safety Professional&#8221; or &#8220;ASP&#8221; means an
individual who has been certified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals
as an Associate Safety Professional and whose certification has not lapsed or
been revoked.
		&#8220;Board of Certified Safety Professionals&#8221; or &#8220;BCSP&#8221;
means a nonprofit corporation established to improve the practice and
educational standards of the safety profession by certifying individuals who
meet its education, experience, examination, and maintenance requirements.
		&#8220;Certified Associate Industrial Hygienist&#8221; or &#8220;CAIH&#8221;
means an individual who has been certified by the American Board of Industrial
Hygiene as a Certified Associate Industrial Hygienist and whose certification
has not lapsed or been revoked.
		&#8220;Certified Industrial Hygienist&#8221; or &#8220;CIH&#8221; means an
individual who has been certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene as
a Certified Industrial Hygienist and whose certification has not lapsed or been
revoked.
		&#8220;Certified Safety Professional&#8221; or &#8220;CSP&#8221; means an
individual who has been certified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals
as a Certified Safety Professional and whose certification has not lapsed or
been revoked.
		&#8220;Construction Health and Safety Technologist&#8221; or
&#8220;CHST&#8221; means an individual who, by virtue of education, experience
and examination, has been certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene
and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals as a Construction Health and
Safety Technologist and whose certification has not lapsed or been revoked.
		&#8220;Industrial Hygiene&#8221; means the science and art devoted to the
anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of 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 that may
also affect the workplace&#8217;s community.
		&#8220;Industrial Hygienist in Training&#8221; or &#8220;IHIT&#8221; means an
individual certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene as an
Industrial Hygienist in Training and whose certification has not lapsed or been
revoked.
		&#8220;Occupational Health and Safety Technologist&#8221; or
&#8220;OHST&#8221; means an individual certified by the American Board of
Industrial Hygiene and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals as an
Occupational Health and Safety Technologist and whose certification has not
lapsed or been revoked.
		&#8220;Safety Profession&#8221; means the science and discipline concerned
with the preservation of human and material resources through the systematic
application of principles drawn from technological advancements in the fields of
education, design, chemistry, the physical and biological sciences, ergonomics,
psychology, physiology, and management for anticipating, identifying and
evaluating potentially hazardous systems, conditions and practices, and for
developing, implementing, administering, and advising others on hazard control
design, methods, procedures, and programs.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 742.