Requirements For Certification: Safety Engineers and Safety

Consultants PURPOSE: This rule defines the requirements for certification as a certified safety engineer or certified safety consultant. (1) Individuals applying for certification as a certified safety engineer and/or safety consultant shall submit a properly completed and typed application, together with all required documentation to the Missouri Workers’ Safety Program. (2) Each applicant seeking certification pursuant to 287.123, RSMo to be a safety engineer or safety consultant certified by the state pursuant to this rule shall furnish evidence to the division that the applicant: (A) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age; (B) Is a United States’ citizen or a legal alien; and (C) Has not been convicted of a felony during the ten (10) years immediately preceding the application for certification. (3) In addition to the qualifications as set forth in section (2), an applicant for certification as a certified safety engineer shall submit evidence of having obtained licensure as a professional engineer from the Missouri Board for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors. (4) In addition to the qualifications set forth in section (2), an applicant for certification as a certified safety consultant shall submit evidence of meeting one (1) of the following qualifications: (A) Obtained a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree from an acceptable educational institution in— 1. Industrial hygiene; 2. Engineering, with a major or concentration in occupational/industrial safety and health; or 3. Science, with a major or concentration in occupational/industrial safety and health; (B) Obtain a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree from an acceptable educational institution with an academic degree training program designed to teach primarily the principles and techniques of safety and health and shall be designed to train the students to become a professional in safety and health, and to engage in the practice of professional safety and health. The teaching of safety and health principles and techniques shall not be incidental to the degree program, but shall be the major course of study; (C) Be certified as a safety professional by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), and currently engaged in the fulltime practice of safety consulting; (D) Be certified as an industrial hygienist by the American Board of Industrial Hygienists (ABIH), and currently engaged in the full-time practice of safety consulting; (E) Be certified as an occupational health nurse certified by the American Board of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., and currently engaged in the full-time practice of safety consulting; (F) Be certified as an occupational health physician in occupational medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine, and currently engaged in the full-time practice of safety consulting; or (G) Be currently engaged in the full-time practice of safety consulting, and has been engaged in a full-time practice for three (3) years. The applicant must complete an academic requirement exemption form provided by the Missouri Workers’ Safety Program. AUTHORITY: sections 287.123 and 287.650, RSMo Supp. 1999.* Emergency rule filed July 7, 1994, effective July 17, 1994, expired Nov. 13, 1994. Emergency rule filed Oct. 24, 1994, effective Nov. 14, 1994, expired March 13, 1995. Original rule filed July 8, 1994, effective Jan. 29, 1995. Amended: Filed May 23, 2000, effective Jan. 30, 2001. *Original authority: 287.123, RSMo 1993 amended 1998; and 287.650, RSMo 1939, amended 1949, 1961, 1980, 1993, 1995, 1998.