ture a bill that would license the use of the terms professional chemists, chemists, and chemical technicians in that state. The licensing would be based upon educational and experience requirements and would involve an "appropriate examination" to be administered by a State Board of Chemists established by the act. This bill has not yet reached the committee level for consideration but if passed would provide penalties of $200 for a first offense and up to $500 for additional offenses in using the licensed categories (3). Considered in Ohio but not introduced into its legislature is a bill that would, in similar manner, provide that "no person shall engage in or offer to engage in the practice of professional chemistry, or contact to offer such services, or use in connection with his name or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he is a professional chemist unless such a person is a (licensed) professional chemist" (4). In California, five separate bills have been introduced in the past 10 years to license analytical chemists. Both the bills in Ohio and in California apply mainly to those chemists who have contact with the public sector and are not mandated
for those chemists who are involved in internal industrial functions. The only current mandatory license practice act is that of the Republic of Philippines. This has been in force since 1952 and involves both academic and examination requirements for licensing. This is a general licensing act required of all chemists. The bill was enacted to recognize the practice of chemistry as a professional entity and to regulate it in accord with the needs of the Philippines. According to the current chairman of the Philippine Board of Chemistry, Remedios Abella Lim, the result of the licensing is that "the licensed chemist in his technical and social environments is more selfconfident, more responsible, and more secure, professionally" (5). Official ACS policy on these matters is summed in the following two statements: The American Chemical Society endorses the licensure of those members of the clinical chemistry profession who direct or supervise chemical work in order to provide data for the purpose of prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, or the treatment of disease or otherwise assessing a medical condition.
The American Chemical Society endorses the registration of licensure of members of the chemical profession who are in responsible charge or supervision of chemical work involving analyses of air, water, food, drugs, or other items of concern to the general public. As the licensing and/or registration of chemists working in areas affecting public health and safety come under scrutiny in the states, it is imperative that individual chemists express their views. We all have a stake in the outcome and want to be assured that qualifications for minimum competency are valid and realistic as they are mandated in the individual states. References (1) D.A.H. Roethel, letter to author, Apr. 18, 1978. (2) "Progress Report of the Task Committee for Certification of Water Laboratory Personnel, California-Nevada Section, American Water Works Association, George Miller, Chairman, June 7, 1978. (3) Assembly Bill No. 1541, State of New Jersey, Introduced June 26, 1978, by Assemblyman Bornheimer. (4) Ohio State Senator John K. Mahoney, proposed bill for Licensure of Chemists in Ohio, 1977-78 Ohio Regular Session. (5) R. A. Lim, J. Chem. Educ, 53, 787 (1976).
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