Post-Baccalaureate Experience in Geology

PURPOSE: This rule defines the requirements for post-baccalaureate experience. (1) A person applying for licensure as a registered geologist with three (3) years post-baccalaureate experience shall have completed the post-baccalaureate experience prior to the time of application, and the experience shall consist of the practice of geology in responsible charge. (A) Responsible charge geological work shall be provided pursuant to the order, oversight, guidance, and full professional responsibility of the supervising registered geologist. 1. Post-baccalaureate experience on or after May 30, 2008, must have been obtained under the supervision of a supervising registered geologist unless otherwise approved by the board. For the purpose of this rule, a supervising registered geologist shall mean one who is licensed/registered by this board or a board of another jurisdiction which is a member of the Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOGTM). 2. Qualifying post-baccalaureate experience obtained on or after May 30, 2011, must have been obtained under the supervision of a supervising registered geologist. (B) One (1) year of post-baccalaureate experience shall be equivalent to nineteen hundred (1,900) hours of the practice of geology in responsible charge and under the supervision of a registered geologist. (2) The phrase, actual geological work, as defined in 256.468.3, RSMo, means the practice of geology as defined in 256.453.7, RSMo, beginning after the satisfactory completion of the educational requirements set forth in 20 CSR 2145-2.020. (A) Practical experience in other disciplines, including but not limited to environmental, engineering, chemistry, or biology, which includes no actual geologic work, as defined in 256.468.3, RSMo, or no practice of geology, as defined in 256.453.7, RSMo, shall not be accepted to fulfill the three (3) years of post-baccalaureate experience. (B) For practical experience that contains work in other disciplines, including but not limited to environmental, engineering, chemistry, or biology other than actual geologic work, as defined in 256.468.3, RSMo, or no practice of geology, as defined in 256.453.7, RSMo, only that portion of the experience that meets the definitions of actual geologic work or the practice of geology should be included in the three (3) years of post-baccalaureate experience. (3) A registered geologist shall not serve as a supervisor if his/her license is currently subject to terms of probation, suspension, or revocation. (4) The supervising registered geologist must certify to the board, on a form provided by the board, the applicant has complied with these requirements for post-baccalaureate experience. For the purposes of this rule, a supervising registered geologist may not be a current board member or relative of the applicant. A relative of an applicant shall mean a spouse, parent, child, sibling of the whole or half-blood, grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the applicant, or one who is or has been related by marriage. AUTHORITY: section 256.462.3, RSMo 2000, and section 256.468.3, RSMo Supp. 2013.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 145-2.030. Emergency rule filed June 29, 1995, effective July 9, 1995, expired Nov. 5, 1995. Original rule filed Sept. 28, 1995, effective May 30, 1996. Amended: Filed April 1, 2003, effective Sept. 30, 2003. Moved to 20 CSR 2145-2.030, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Nov. 7, 2007, effective May 30, 2008. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 2009, effective Feb. 28, 2010. Amended: Filed May 22, 2013, effective Jan. 30, 2014. *Original authority: 256.462, RSMo 1994 and 256.468, RSMo 1994, amended 1997, 2005.