Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2145 - Missouri Board of Geologist Registration › Chapter 4 - Code of Professional Conduct › Section 20 CSR 2145-4.030 - Obligations to the Employer or Client

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines the expectations and
				  requirements for practicing geology as a registered geologist or
				  geologist-registrant in-training.
(1) Registrants shall not use their
				professional skills or licensed status in furtherance of or participation in
				any unlawful activity. Registrants, in the conduct of their practice, shall not
				knowingly violate any criminal laws.
(2) The registrant shall be accurate,
				truthful, and candid in all communications and shall not issue a false
				statement or false information which the registrant knows to be false or
				misleading, even though directed to do so by an employer, client or
				colleague.
(3) A registrant shall
				not knowingly engage in false or deceptive advertising, make false, misleading,
				or deceptive representations or claims in regard to the profession of geology
				or which concerns their professional qualifications or abilities or those of
				others or the client.
(4) A
				registrant shall disclose to a perspective employer or client the existence of
				any owned or controlled mineral or other interest which may, whether directly
				or indirectly, have a pertinent bearing on such employment. A registrant having
				or expecting to have a beneficial interest in a property on which the
				registrant reports shall state in the report the fact of the existence of such
				interest or expected interest.
(5)
				A registrant shall protect, to the fullest possible extent, the interest of an
				employer or client so far as is consistent with the public health, safety and
				welfare and shall not use the resources of an employer or client for private
				gain, without prior knowledge and consent of the employer or client.
(6) A registrant employed or retained by one
				(1) employer or client shall not accept, without that employer's or client's
				written consent, an engagement by another if the interests of the two (2) are
				in any manner conflicting.
(7) A
				registrant shall not accept referral fees from any person to whom an employer
				or client is referred; however nothing herein shall prohibit a registrant from
				being compensated by the employer or client for consultation, or for other
				services actually performed.
(8) A
				registrant shall not offer payment referral fees to any person who refers an
				employer or client to the registrant, however nothing herein shall prohibit a
				registrant from compensating the person giving the referral for consultation,
				or other services actually performed.
(9) A registrant shall not use, directly or
				indirectly, any confidential information obtained from or in the course of
				performing services for an employer or client in any way which is adverse or
				detrimental to the interests of the employer or client, except with the prior
				consent of the employer or client or when disclosure is required by
				law.
(10) A registrant who has made
				an investigation for an employer or client shall not seek to profit
				economically from the information gained without written permission of employer
				or client, unless it is clear that there can no longer be a conflict of
				interest with the original employer or client.
(11) A registrant shall engage, or advise an
				employer or client to engage, and cooperate with other experts and specialists
				whenever it is in the best interest of the employer or client.
(12) A registrant shall provide services to
				an employer or client in a diligent and timely manner.
*Original authority: 256.462, RSMo
					 1994.