Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 37 - STATE REGISTRATION BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS AND GEOLOGISTS › REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS › Section 37.36 - Requirements for certification as a geologist-in-training and for licensure as a professional geologist

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
General.
The requirements in this section apply to candidates
					 for certification as a geologist-in-training and candidates for subsequent
					 licensure as a professional geologist. A candidate who meets the applicable
					 requirements may apply at the same time both to sit for the fundamentals of
					 geology examination and to sit for the principles and practice of geology
					 examination to be licensed as a professional geologist as provided in §
											37.36a (relating to requirements
					 for licensure as a professional geologist without certification as
					 geologist-in-training).
(b)
Geologist-in-training.
A candidate for certification as a
					 geologist-in-training shall be of good moral character and achieve a passing
					 score on the ASBOG fundamentals of geology examination.
(1) To qualify for the fundamentals of
					 geology examination, the candidate shall possess one of the following
					 qualifications:
(i) Graduation from an
					 accredited institution of higher learning in the United States, having majored
					 in geology, geophysics, geochemistry or engineering geology and having
					 completed 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in the major. A student who has
					 completed 2 years in a program and has maintained current enrollment may, with
					 Board approval, sit for the fundamentals of geology examination, but will not
					 be eligible for certification as a geologist-in-training until the student
					 provides proof of graduation, including compliance with the educational content
					 requirements of paragraph (2). The effective date of certification will be the
					 later of the date of graduation or the date of notification from ASBOG of
					 achieving a passing score on the fundamentals of geology examination.
(ii) Graduation from an accredited
					 institution of higher learning in the United States that does not offer a major
					 in geology, geophysics, geochemistry or engineering geology, having completed
					 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours or an equivalent amount of geological
					 education, including 24 semester hours or an equivalent amount in third-year or
					 fourth-year courses or graduate courses. A student who has completed 2 years in
					 a program and has maintained current enrollment may, with Board approval, sit
					 for the fundamentals of geology examination, but will not be eligible for
					 certification as an geologist-in-training until the student provides proof of
					 graduation, including compliance with the educational content requirements of
					 paragraph (2). The effective date of certification will be the later of the
					 date of graduation or the date of notification from ASBOG of achieving a
					 passing score on the fundamentals of geology examination.
(iii) Graduation from a foreign college or
					 university that World Education Services or other Board-approved professional
					 evaluation service deems equivalent to a bachelor's degree in geology,
					 geophysics, geochemistry or engineering geology from an accredited institution
					 of higher learning in the United States and which satisfies the educational
					 content requirements of paragraph (2).