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The 2007 ABIH code provides “minimal ethical standards,” not only to those certified by ABIH, but also to candidates seeking certification. “The Code is designed to provide both appropriate ethical practice guidelines and enforceable standards of conduct for all certificants and candidates. The Code also serves as a professional resource for industrial hygienists, as well as for those served by ABIH certificants and candidates.” A revised code is due to be released in July 2020.

There are four major sections in the Industrial Hygiene Code of Ethics:

1 Compliance with organizational rules, policies and legal requirements – In addition to complying with laws and regulations, this section includes activities associated with applying and recertifying for the CIH including not sharing ABIH examination materials, reporting violations of the ethics code when necessary, and “refraining from public behavior that is clearly in violation of professional, ethical or legal standards.”

2 Education, experience, competency, and performance of professional services – This section requires CIHs and those applying to honestly describe their qualifications, certifications, experience, and knowledge. This section also includes the requirement to maintain confidentiality, except where required by law, permitted by the client, or, when the failure to release the information could result in serious harm. The requirement to “recognize and respect” intellectual property rights is also located in this section.

3 Conflict of interest and appearance of impropriety – Certificants and candidates must disclose and avoid conflicts of interest – or that which could be construed as such – that could affect a client, employer, employee, or the public; and, to avoid situations which could affect, or appear to affect, professional judgment.

4 Public health and safety – Certificants and candidates must “Follow appropriate health and safety procedures, in the course of performing professional duties, to protect clients, employers, employees, and the public from conditions where injury and damage are reasonably foreseeable.”

When ABIH receives an ethics complaint, it may be reviewed and acted upon by the ABIH Chief Executive Officer or a representative, Ethics Review Committee, or the Board of Directors Appeals Committee. If the ABIH finds that the charges are indeed a violation of the Code, they may result in one of the following:

 Ineligibility for recertification or certification

 Requirement of corrective action

 Private reprimand and censure

 A public reprimand and censure

 Certification probation for any period up to three (3) years

 Six (6) month to two (2) year suspension of any ABIH certification

 Revocation of ABIH certification(s).

The full ABIH Industrial Hygiene Code of Ethics is located on the ABIH website (http://abih.org/sites/default/files/downloads/ABIHCodeofEthics.pdf).