00SENATE BILL NO. 58                                                                                                      
01 "An Act restricting the use of the title `industrial hygienist' and related titles and                                  
02 initials."                                                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 45.50.471(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                          
05   (38)  violating AS 45.50.477(a) - (c).                                                                               
06    * Sec. 2.  AS 45.50 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                      
07  Sec. 45.50.477.  USE OF TITLES RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE.                                                        
08 (a)  A person may not use the title "industrial hygienist," the initials "I.H.," another                                
09 term  that includes the phrase "industrial hygiene" or similar words, or represent to the                               
10 public that the person is an industrial hygienist, unless the person has a baccalaureate                                
11 or graduate degree in industrial hygiene, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, or                                  
12 a closely related physical or biological science from a college or university accredited                                
13 by a national or regional accreditation association recognized by the Council on                                        
14 Postsecondary Accreditation and has acquired competence in industrial hygiene through                                   

01 special studies sufficient to provide the person with the ability and competence to                                     
02   (1)  anticipate and recognize the environmental factors and stresses                                                 
03 associated with work and work operations and to understand their effects on people                                      
04 and their well-being;                                                                                                   
05   (2)  evaluate, on the basis of training and demonstrated work experience                                             
06 and with the aid of quantitative measurement techniques, the magnitude of the factors                                   
07 and stresses identified under (1) of this subsection in terms of their ability to impair                                
08 human health and well-being; and                                                                                        
09   (3)  prescribe methods to prevent, eliminate, control, or reduce the                                                 
10 factors and stresses identified under (a) of this subsection when necessary to alleviate                                
11 their effects.                                                                                                          
12  (b)  A person may not use the title "industrial hygienist in training," the initials                                  
13 "I.H.I.T.," another term involving the phrase "industrial hygiene" or a variation of                                    
14 those words, or represent to the public that the person is an industrial hygienist in                                   
15 training, unless the person is certified as an industrial hygienist in training by the                                  
16 American Board of Industrial Hygiene.                                                                                   
17  (c)  A person may not use the title "certified industrial hygienist," the initials                                    
18 "C.I.H.," another term involving the phrase "industrial hygiene" or a variation of those                                
19 words, or represent to the public that the person is a certified industrial hygienist                                   
20 unless the person is certified as a certified industrial hygienist by the American Board                                
21 of Industrial Hygiene.                                                                                                  
22  (d)  A state or local government agency may not prohibit or restrict the practice                                     
23 of industrial hygiene by a qualified individual who complies with this section except                                   
24 to the extent that a state statute allows the agency to regulate a specific activity that                               
25 may be included  in the practice of industrial hygiene.                                                                 
26  (e) In this section,  "industrial hygiene" means the science and practice devoted                                     
27 to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental factors and                                  
28 stresses arising in or from the workplace that may cause illness, impaired health or                                    
29 well-being, or significant discomfort among workers and may also affect persons                                         
30 outside the workplace.