{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-20700","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 20700","heading":"","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(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.\n(b) “Certified industrial hygienist (CIH)” means a person who has met the education, experience, and examination requirements of an industrial hygiene certification organization.\n(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.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","CHAPTER 7. Industrial Hygienist Definition and Registration Act [20700. - 20705.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [20700. - 20700.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9d76c8944d862bc13d1585f95715fd5623a7531dc5a34f8e6cd4a266369d0569","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-20650","next":"us-ca/bpc-20701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}