Alabama Administrative Code › Title 364 - ALABAMA BOARD OF LICENSURE FOR PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS › Chapter 364-X-6 - EXPERIENCE › Section 364-X-6-.01 - Qualifying Experience

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The applicant for licensure as a professional geologist must
				have at least five (5) years of full-time professional work experience. In
				evaluating experience offered as qualifying experience under Section
				34-41-10,
Code of Ala.
				1975
, the Board will take into consideration the following:
(1) Experience should be progressive and of
			 an increasing standard of quality and responsibility and should follow receipt
			 of a bachelor's or graduate degree as defined in Section
			 34-41-10,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(2) Experience
			 must be gained either as a Geologist-in-Training or in geologic work related to
			 the public practice of geology that is acceptable to the Board. In all cases,
			 the Board shall determine if the applicant has demonstrated his or her ability
			 by having gained experience by performing work in a responsible position. The
			 adequacy of the required supervision and experience shall be documented to the
			 Board and its approval is solely at the discretion of the Board.
(3) The term "Geologist-in-Training" shall
			 mean a person who holds a degree in geology, engineering geology, or one of the
			 related geological sciences from an accredited college or university and who
			 has successfully passed the part of the professional examination covering
			 fundamental or academic geological subjects. A "Geologist-in-Training" must be
			 working under the direct supervision of a registered or licensed professional
			 geologist or a geologist whose credentials are equal to or greater than the
			 minimum qualifications acceptable for licensure under Section
			 34-41-10,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(4) If all or a
			 portion of the claimed experience was not obtained as a
			 "geologist-in-training," then the indirect supervision should be fully
			 explained with clarification and documentation of the degree of supervision
			 received. Such verification of this and other claimed experience must be on
			 forms provided with the application. It is the responsibility of the applicant
			 to see that these forms are completed and returned by the supervisor directly
			 to the Board Office at least ten (10) days prior to the Board meeting at which
			 the application is to be considered, or forty-five (45) days before the
			 examination date.
(5) The Board, at
			 its discretion, may give a maximum of one (1) year's experience credit for each
			 graduate degree in geology, engineering geology, or one of the related geologic
			 sciences.
(6) The Board, at its
			 discretion, may consider work in related fields as acceptable work
			 experience.
(7) Professional
			 geologic research of applicants either teaching at the college or university
			 level or in research agencies of state or federal government shall be credited
			 and applied toward the experience requirements, provided this research is
			 acceptably documented to the Board and of a sufficiently responsible nature to
			 be equivalent to the experience requirements set forth in Section
			 34-41-10,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(8) Experience
			 must not be anticipated, that is, the application must not be postdated. The
			 experience must have actually been received at the time the application is
			 submitted.
Author:
Thornton Neathery
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										34-41-10.