Obligations to Professional Colleagues and the Profession

PURPOSE: This rule defines the expectations and requirements for practicing geology as a registered geologist or geologist-registrant in-training. (1) A registrant shall respect the rights, interests, professional status and contributions of professional colleagues. (2) A registrant shall give due credit for work done by others in the course of a professional assignment, and shall not knowingly accept credit due another and shall not plagiarize another in oral and written communications or by using materials prepared by others without appropriate attribution. (3) A registrant shall continually strive to improve the profession of geology, to include their knowledge and skills, and encourage dissemination of geologic knowledge. (4) A registrant having knowledge of a violation of Chapter 256, RSMo, or any rule promulgated thereunder shall contact and shall supply the board with all available specifics and documentation of the violation. AUTHORITY: section 256.462.6., RSMo 1994.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 145-4.040. Emergency rule filed June 29, 1995, effective July 9, 1995, expired Nov. 5, 1995. Original rule filed Sept. 28, 1995, effective May 30, 1996. Moved to 20 CSR 2145-4.040, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority 1994.