Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 1101 - Geologists, Board of › Chapter 3 - Code of Ethics/Professional Conduct › Rule 30-1101-3.2 - Responsibilities to the public and integrity in the practice of geology

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
Obligation to and protection of
				public -
The registrant or enrollee shall at all times recognize his
				or her primary obligation to safeguard life, health, and property and promote
				the public welfare.
B.
Reporting suspected violators
- The registrant or enrollee
				shall report to the Board any suspected violation of the Rules and Regulations.
				Failure to do so may be construed as aiding and abetting the violator. Section
				73-63-43,
				(Mississippi Code, annotated), provides that a person who reports or provides
				information to the Board in good faith is not subject to an action for civil
				damages.
C.
Qualified for
				assignments
- The registrant or enrollee shall provide professional
				services only when qualified by training, education, and/or experience in the
				specific technical discipline involved.
D.
Use of seal restricted
-
				The registrant shall sign and affix his or her seal only on documents prepared
				by the registrant, prepared under the registrant's direct supervisory control,
				or reviewed by the registrant in sufficient depth to fully assume
				responsibility for the accuracy and adequacy of the specific geologic subject
				matter.
E.
Public
				statements
- The registrant or enrollee shall not knowingly make any
				false, misleading, or unfounded statement, nor make any sensational,
				exaggerated, or unwarranted statement, claim or advertisement when engaged in
				the practice of geology or in matters related to the professional practice of
				geology with the intent to mislead or deceive, even if directed to do so by an
				employer or client, or under any other pressure. The registrant or enrollee
				shall include all relevant and pertinent information in any report, statement,
				or testimony given in the practice of geology or in matters related to the
				professional practice of geology.
F.
Professional opinions
-
				The registrant or enrollee shall not give a professional opinion or submit a
				report without being as thoroughly informed as might be reasonably expected,
				considering the purpose for which the opinion or report is requested. The
				registrant shall, insofar as practicable, distinguish between fact and opinion
				in all evaluations and estimates, and shall set forth all assumptions. The
				registrant or enrollee shall base his or her professional opinions upon the
				honest conviction of the veracity of empirical knowledge and commonly
				recognized geological principles and geologic practice standards.
G.
Use of reports
- The
				registrant or enrollee shall not knowingly permit the publication or other use
				of his or her reports, maps, documents, data, or interpretations for any
				unsound, unethical, or illegal undertaking or enterprise.
H
.Conflict of public interest
- The
				  registrant or enrollee shall disclose the existence of any beneficial interest
				  or expected interest in any property or project in which the registrant
				  provides professional services, geological or otherwise.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										73-63-17(a);
				  §
										73-63-17(k)