Judah wrote in message . ..
Does a safety pilot have to be Instrument Rated in order to be Safety
Pilot while the PIC is under the hood?

By your logic, that would seem to be the case. But we both know it not to
be the case. Why would a CFI be required to have an instrument rating to
teach Simulated IFR?

A CFI does not need an instrument rating to teach instruments, he must
have an instrument rating to fill out an application for a CFI rating.
A CFI's pilot instrument rating has nothing to do with what he can
teach. For example, a CFI is never required to maintain instrument
currency unless he needs to serve as PIC under IFR (which private
instruction is almost never done under).

-Robert, CFI