Current Changes Index
Latest Policy and Procedure Changes
Over the course of the year, a range of policy changes, procedure updates and other modifications occur. We want to make everyone aware of these changes on a regular basis, as well as keep an archive of the announcements.
Below is the current year's changes. Pay close attention to the Effective Dates as some policy changes do not go into affect until late 2010 or 2011.
Eligibility/Application
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
- Certified Safety Professional Application Fee Increase to $160.00
- CHST and OHST/CLCS Application Fee Increase to $140.00
- Revised academic minimum requirement for Certified Safety Professional: Associate Degree in Safety, Health, and Environment
- BCSP requires that all degrees from colleges and universities
outside the United States be evaluated for U.S. equivalency by the
Consultancy on International Education (CIE). Once your degree has been
evaluated, CIE will return to you your original documents with your
evaluation report and send a copy of the report directly to BCSP. To
complete the foreign degree evaluation process, please visit
http://www.international-education.com/ or contact CIE directly.
Consultancy on International Education
P.O. Box 2792
Champaign, IL 61825-2792
Phone: 217-359-9602
Email: cie@international-education.com
Effective Date: Fourth Quarter, 2010
- Before one can qualify for the Comprehensive Practice Examination (CSP) you must have at least three years of applicable work experience. Education and other credentials cannot be substituted for work experience.
- The requirements for references changed and CSP, OHST/CLCS and CHST applicants no longer have to supply a reference from their current supervisor. The reference requirement is two professional references. This does not apply to STS candidates.
- The new requirements for CHST are as follows:
+ Candidates must have a High School Diploma/or GED.
+ If a candidate has no college experience, they need 3 years of construction experience where at least 35% of the work includes safety duties.
+ If a candidate has an associate’s degree or higher, they would need 2 years of construction experience with at least 35% of the work includes safety duties.
+ If a candidate has any ABET accredited safety-related associate degree or higher they would need 1 year of construction work where safety is at least 35% of the job duties. - A candidate can sit for the CHST exam without having met the certification requirements. They would hold the ACHST interim certification until they have met the full requirement.
Effective Date: Fourth Quarter, 2010
- Expansion of the Graduate Safety Practitioner program. All safety-related BS and MS degrees which are ABET accredited and fall within the Applied Science (ASAC) category.
- Becoming certified within 10 years of your graduation date was lifted. GSPs will now be given the full three years from their eligibility date, like all other applicants, to take the Comprehensive Practice examination to become a CSP.
- The time period to submit the annual renewal is now due by March 31.
Examination
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
- Safety Fundamentals and Comprehensive Practice Fee Increase to $350 US & Canada
- Safety Fundamentals and Comprehensive Practice Fee Increase to $450 International
Effective Date: January 3, 2011
- The STS-Construction examination blueprint will change on January 3, 2011. This change will only affect the construction examination. The General Industry examination and the Petrochemical examination remain the same.
- Application Deadline for the old STS-Construction examination: December 17, 2010. Any application received on or after December 17, 2010 will not be processed until January 3, 2011 and will take the new construction examination
- Exam registration for the old STS-Construction examination: December 30, 2010. Any examination registrations that are received after December 30, 2010 will take the new construction examination.
Recertification
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
- Eliminated consecutive extensions for Continuance of Certification
- Individuals requesting a Leave of Absences may not be engaged in safety practice during the leave of absence period.
- Limit one Leave of Absence per life of certification
- Continuance of Certification Category 10 additions/revisions:
Certified Professional Ergonomist, 15 points (revised from 10)
Senior Professional in Human Resources, 10 points
Certified Healthcare Safety Professional, 3 points
Professional in Human Resources, 3 points
Certified Water and Waste Water Operator, PA<, 2 points
Building Analyst Professional, 1 point
Certified Electrical Inspector (IAEI), 1 point
Certified Healthcare Environmental Manager, 1 point
LEED AP, 1 point
Effective Date: Fourth Quarter, 2010
- Recertification period to submit points will move from June 1st of each year to March 31st. The first reporting cycle this will affect is those ending on 12/31/2010 and reporting by March 31st, 2011.
Reinstatement
Effective Date: January 1, 2010
- Rescinded 30-day reinstatement option for invalidation due to non-compliance of Continuance of Certification.
Effective Date: January 1, 2011
- Retired status holders who have passed their recertification cycle and want to return to active certified status are required to purchase and pass their certification examination.
- Retired status holders who have not passed their recertification cycle can return to active status by paying the difference in annual fees for the years they held retired status.
- For those who have been invalidated for non-payment and their recertification cycle has past, they will have to demonstrate compliance for recertification by passing and sitting for the certification examination they once held, plus pay renewal and reinstatement fees.
- The invalidation date of someone's certification will begin on December 31, 20xx of the previous year.
