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IC 25-17.6-7
Chapter 7. Exemptions From Certification Requirements
IC 25-17.6-7-1
Exemptions from requirements of certification
Sec. 1. The following persons are exempt from the requirements
of licensure under this article:
(1) An officer or employee of the United States government,
state government, or local government while engaged in
providing geological services for the officer's or employee's
employers.
(2) A person engaged solely in geological research or the
instruction of geology.
(3) A person not engaged in the public practice of geology.
(4) A professional engineer registered under IC 25-31 who
applies geology to the practice of engineering.
(5) A soil scientist who is certified as a soil classifier or soil
scientist by the American Registry of Certified Professionals in
Agronomy, Crops and Soils (ARCPACS) and the Indiana
Association of Professional Soil Classifiers (IAPSC) and who
applies geology in the practice of soil science.
As added by P.L.161-1996, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.17-1999,
SEC.29.
IC 25-17.6-7-2
Unlawful preparation of geological report or document
Sec. 2. Except for:
(1) a person exempted under section 1 of this chapter; and
(2) a person who, in addition to a licensed professional
geologist, is authorized by statute or administrative rule to
prepare the report or document;
it is unlawful for a person other than a licensed professional
geologist or a subordinate under the direction of a licensed
professional geologist to prepare any geological report or document
that is required by a statute or an administrative rule to be prepared
by a licensed professional geologist.
As added by P.L.161-1996, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.17-1999,
SEC.30.
IC 25-17.6-7-3
Use of title or description by noncertified persons
Sec. 3. A person may not engage in the public practice of geology
or offer to publicly practice geology in Indiana or otherwise assume
or advertise in any way a title or description tending to convey the
impression that the person is a licensed professional geologist unless
the person has been licensed under this article.
As added by P.L.161-1996, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.17-1999,
SEC.31.
