Licensure by Reciprocity

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the procedures to apply for licensure by reciprocity. (1) An applicant may make application for licensure by reciprocity upon submission of the following to the board: (A) Application form as provided by the board with supporting supplementary documentation, as requested; (B) Proof of certification or registration from another state showing that the applicant is in good standing with the other state; (C) Documentation that the licensing or registration requirements of the applicant’s state of licensure are substantially similar to the requirements of the board at the time the applicant seeks licensure by the board; and (D) Applicable fees. (2) The board will consider the registration or licensing requirements of the other state to be substantially similar to the requirements of the board if the applicant for licensure by reciprocity has met the following criteria, at the time of application to the board: (A) Proof of graduation from an accredited college or university; (B) College and university transcripts showing successful completion of at least thirty (30) semester or forty-five (45) quarter hours, or their equivalent, in geology courses which are on topics involving the investigation and interpretation of the earth, including bedrock, overburden, groundwater and other liquids, minerals, gases, and the history of the earth and its life; (C) Detailed summary of actual geologic work showing that the applicant has completed at least three (3) years of postbaccalaureate work in the practice of geology in responsible charge; and (D) Proof of having achieved a passing score on the Fundamentals of Geology and the Practice of Geology as developed by the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOGTM), or, evidence that the state of licensure, at the time of application to the Missouri Board, requires its applicants to successfully pass the ASBOGTM exam, or, evidence of successful completion of a state administered exam, approved by the board, which tests the applicant’s knowledge. AUTHORITY: section 256.462.3, RSMo 2000 and section 256.468, RSMo Supp. 2007.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 145-2.060. 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 July 11, 2000, effective Jan. 30, 2001. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 18, 2005, effective Sept. 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2145-2.060, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Nov. 7, 2007, effective May 30, 2008. *Original authority: 256.462, RSMo 1994 and 256.468, RSMo 1994, amended 1997, 2005.