Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 24 > Article 4 > Chapter 11 - Regulation of Industrial Hygienists

• 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
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• education: means :

  Indiana Code 24-4-11-5

• experience: means the completion of professional level work sufficient to provide competence in the following:

  Indiana Code 24-4-11-6

• 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
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5