The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is a professional membership body concerned with environmental health and promoting standards in the training and education of environmental health professionals.
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| Abbreviation | CIEH |
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| Formation | 1883 |
| Legal status | Not-for-profit Royal Chartered professional body |
| Purpose | Enhancing and promoting environmental health |
| Headquarters | Chadwick Court |
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Region served | UK |
| Membership | 7,000[1] |
President-Designate | Mark Elliott |
Main organ | Board of Trustees |
| Affiliations | International Federation of Environmental Health, Environmental Health Registration Board |
| Website | cieh.org |
History
editThe history of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health can be traced back to 1883 when the original organisation was founded and called the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors.[2][3]
In 1984, the then Institute of Environmental Health Officers was granted a Royal Charter, a deed giving it special powers, rights and privileges.[4] It became subject to scrutiny by the Privy Council and spent the next ten years taking additional steps to ensure the professional standards of its membership. This resulted in permission being given in 1994 for the organisation to reflect its chartered status through a change in its name to Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.
The Royal Charter states that the objects of CIEH are: "to promote for the public benefit the theory and science of environmental health in all its aspects and to disseminate knowledge about environmental health."[5]
Activities
editCIEH is based in the UK with approximately 7,000[6] members worldwide; the majority being based in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
CIEH’s head office is Chadwick Court (named after Edwin Chadwick), in Southwark, London.[7]
It also provides a range of professional qualifications and work-based learning[8] including e-learning[9] and corporate training.[10] CIEH’s qualification portfolio includes food safety, health and safety, first aid, fire safety and environmental protection.
CIEH also works with organisations in the private, public and charity sectors, helping them comply with legal requirements and best practice, as well as offering training for their employees.
Membership
editCIEH offers four grades of membership: Affiliate; Associate; Member and Fellow.[11]
Members get access to news, regional networks, special interest groups and a range of other benefits.
Professional Registration
editSince 2003 CIEH has awarded the status of Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner.[12] Chartered status can be obtained only by Members with a CIEH accredited degree who have demonstrated their competence through practice.[13]
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners may use the post-nominal letters CEnvH and can gain entry to the Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR).[14]
In 2021 CIEH began to directly award the status of Registered Environmental Health Practitioner[15] and in 2022 CIEH obtained permission for the use of the post-nominal REnvH.
CIEH maintains online registers[16] for Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners, Registered Environmental Health Practitioners, Food Safety Practitioners and Housing Health Practitioners.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ CIEH 2018 renewal brochure
- ^ "CIEH: History of CIEH". Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ Laverack, Glenn (2014). A-Z of Public Health. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 978-1137426178.
- ^ Privy Council: Record of Royal Charters awarded
- ^ "CIEH: Governance Documents". Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ CIEH 2018 renewal brochure
- ^ CIEH: Contact us
- ^ "CIEH Training courses".
- ^ "Welcome to The Enterprise Knowledge Platform". Archived from the original on 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Corporate Solutions web page by CIEH". Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ Membership grades web page by CIEH
- ^ "Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner web page by CIEH". Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ "Chartered Status web page by CIEH". Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ OSHCR: Professional Bodies
- ^ "Qualifying as an Environmental Health Practitioner".
- ^ "Professional Registration - CIEH".