(a) Minimum qualifications of applicants seeking licensure as professional geologists are the following:
- (1) Graduation from a course of study in geology, or from a program which is of four or more years' duration and which includes at least 30 semester or 45 quarter hours of credit with a major in geology or a geology specialty, that is adequate in its preparation of students for the practice of geology;
- (2) proof of at least four years of experience in geology of a character satisfactory to the board, as defined by rules and regulations of the board; and
- (3) the satisfactory passage of such examinations in the fundamentals of geology and in geologic practice as utilized by the board.
- (b) The board may issue an intern geologist certificate to a person who meets the education and examination qualifications prescribed by the board.
L. 2014, ch. 88, § 16; July 1.