RPH EXAM ENROLL V3.6 (2014)

Registered Professional Hygienist Registration and Examination Board

Hong Kong Institute of Occupational and Environment Hygiene

Application for sitting

Examination for Registration of Professional Occupational Hygienist

NAME:

(English) (Chinese)

ADDRESS:

COMPANY ______

POST ______

TELEPHONE: / Work / Home / Mobile ______
FAX: / e-mail: ______

GRADE of MEMBERSHIP OF HKIOEH :

YEAR

r FELLOW MEMBER ______

r MEMBER ______

r ASSOCIATE / AFFILIATED MEMBER ______

r OTHERS ______

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS *Use separate sheets if space provided is insufficient.):

Please provide photocopy of certificate of your academic and professional qualifications

Signature : ______Date ______

(Applicant for examination)

WORKING EXPERIENCE OF CANDIDATE TO ENROLL

Examination for Registration of Professional Occupational Hygienist

Experience/Post/ Year (Use separate sheets if there is no sufficient space below.)

FEES

ALL examinations / Oral only
Application fee / HK$ 600 / HK$ 600
Examination fee / HK$ 3,100 / HK $1,500

Note : Please select the appropriate box and give a tick inside. A crossed check with the suitable amount in HK$ made payable to “Hong Kong Institute of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene” is sent together with this application form to Chairman of examination Board at P.O. Box 9645, General Post Office, Central, HONG KONG, CHINA.

The examination fee is valid for one attempt within TWO years from the date of the first launch of the application. Candidates will have to pay the examination fee again on each re-entry (written exam = 1,600; oral exam = 1,500) subsequent to an unsuccessful attempt. Refund is considered only for the unattempt part of the examination.

To be signed by Referee

I ( ) certify the candidate ( ) have a suitable and relevant working experience in occupational and environmental hygiene to enable him to enroll the Examination for Registration of Professional Occupational Hygienist.

Signature of Referee: ______

Date : ______

Qualifications : ______

Agreement and professional ethics

Persons who have been accepted by the Registration & Examination Board (R&EB) and granted the title of Registered Professional Hygienist (RPH) have the right to use the title – RPH for a 5-year period, and they must maintain the professional development competence within the 5-year cycle. In addition, they MUST observe the follows rules:-

(a)  Every RPH shall at all times so order his or her conduct as to uphold the dignity and reputation of the profession of occupational and environmental hygiene and to safeguard the public interest in matters of health and safety and otherwise. He or she shall exercise his or her profession skill and judgment to the best of his or her ability and discharge his or her responsibility with integrity.

(b)  Each RPH shall observe the Code of Ethics agreed upon and promulgated by the RPH R&E Board of HKIOEH. The Code is usually publicised in the website of HKIOEH and will be reviewed periodically to match with the IOHA code of ethics as far as possible.

(c)  Each RPH shall have right to express his or her opinion on the institute and in the science and practice of occupational and environmental hygiene. The opinion may be in the form of written communication to the RPH R&E Board. Unless the communication is considered by the RPH R&E Board of HKIOEH as personal attack or irrelevant to the opinion of the institute, the written communication shall be distributed to other RPHs on the list within reasonable time. The person shall reduce the written communication to less than one thousand words if requested by the RPH R&E Board of HKIOEH.

The title of RPH will be removed from the list of RPH accordingly when it has been proved and agreed by the RPH R&E Board of HKIOEH that the person fails to said rules.

APPEXAM.doc (July 2014)

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