1. A. The board may approve applicants to sit for the Fundamentals of Geology (FG) examination without having met the experience requirements of 18VAC145-40-70. The applicant must submit an application on forms provided by the board, pay the fee established in 18VAC145-40-20, and satisfy one of the following requirements:

   1. 1. Hold a baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited college or university with a major in geology, engineering geology, geological engineering, or a related geological science.
   2. 2. Hold a baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited college or university and have satisfactorily completed at least 30 semester hours or the equivalent of geological science courses.
   3. 3. Be enrolled in an undergraduate geology, engineering geology, geological engineering, or a related geological science curriculum of at least four years at an accredited college or university and be within 12 months of completing undergraduate degree requirements.
   4. 4. Be enrolled in a graduate geology, engineering geology, geological engineering, or a related geological science curriculum at an accredited college or university and be within six months of completing graduate degree requirements.
2. B. Applicants must provide an official college transcript that demonstrates satisfactory completion of a degree program or course work as applicable to meet the requirements established in subsection A of this section.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 5, eff. January 1, 2013; amended, Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 2, eff. November 1, 2025.