Utah |
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Registration Status: |
Licensure | |||
Effective Date: |
July 1, 2002 | |||
Exemptions: |
See Law 58-1 and 58-76 | |||
ASBOG® Membership: |
Member Board | |||
Update: |
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State Contact: |
Rich Oborn | |||
Title: |
Bureau Manager | |||
| UT Department of Commerce | ||||
| Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing | ||||
Address: |
P. O. Box 146741, 160 East 300 South | |||
| Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6741 | ||||
Phone/Fax: |
(801) 530-6377 | (801) 530-6511 | ||
Web site |
www.dopl.utah.gov | |||
Board Composition: |
Four geologists and one public member | |||
Requirements: |
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| Education: | Minimum of Bachelor's degree | |||
| Experience: | Minimum of five years | |||
| Exam: | ASBOG®, required after Jan. 1, 2004. Exam waived based on experience. | |||
| First ASBOG® Exam: | March 2004 | |||
| Continuing Education: | No | |||
Grandfathering: |
ASBOG® PG and FG examinations required after January 1, 2004. | |||
Cooperative Licensure - (Comity/Reciprocity): |
Yes | |||
Registrant count: |
PGs: |
890 | GITs: |
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Information updated:: |
October 26, 2011 | |||
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Vermont |
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Registration Status: |
No registration, certification, or definition requirement exists. | |||
Effective Date: |
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Exemptions: |
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ASBOG® Membership: |
No | |||
Update: |
No changes reported. | |||
State Contact: |
Laurence R. Becker | |||
Title: |
State Geologist and Director | |||
Address: |
Vermont Geological Survey/Division of Geology and Mineral Resources | |||
| Department of Environmental Conservation | ||||
| 103 South Main Street | ||||
| Laundry Building. | ||||
| Waterbury, VT 05671-2420 | ||||
Phone/Fax: |
(802) 241-3496 | (802) 241-4585 | ||
| laurence.becker@state.vt.us | ||||
Web site |
www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/geo/vgs.htm | |||
Board Composition: |
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Requirements: |
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| Education: | ||||
| Experience: | ||||
| Exam: | ||||
| Continuing Education: | ||||
Grandfathering: |
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Cooperative Licensure - (Comity/Reciprocity): |
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Registrant count: |
PGs: |
GITs: |
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Information updated:: |
October 26, 2011 | |||
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Virginia |
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Registration Status: |
Title Regulation | |||
Effective Date: |
1981 | |||
Exemptions: |
Voluntary certification, therefore no registration/certification requirements. | |||
ASBOG® Membership: |
Member Board | |||
Update: |
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State Contact: |
David E. Dick | |||
Title: |
Executive Director | |||
Address: |
Virginia Board for Geology | |||
| Department of Professional & Occupational Regulation | ||||
| Perimeter Center, Suite 400 | ||||
| 9960 Mayland Drive | ||||
| Richmond, VA 23233 | ||||
Phone/Fax: |
(804) 367-8595 | (866) 350-5354 | ||
| geology@dpor.virginia.gov | ||||
Web site |
http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/dporweb/geo_main.cfm | |||
Board Composition: |
Three geologists, State Geologist ex-officio and two citizen members | |||
Requirements: |
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| Education: | Hold a baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited college or university with a major in geology, engineering geology, geological engineering or a related geological science. In the absence of one of the aforementioned degrees, each applicant shall provide evidence of the satisfactory completion of 30 semester hours (or equivalent) of geological science courses including, but not limited to, the following subjects: stratigraphy, structural geology, mineralogy, paleontology, petrology, geomorphology, and field geology. At least 12 of the 30 semester hours must have been completed in for of the seven listed subjects. | |||
| Experience: | Must have at least seven years of geological work which shall include either a minimum of three years of geological work under the supervision of a qualified or certified professional geologist, or a minimum of three years of experience in responsible charge of geologic work. The adequacy of the position and the required supervision and experience shall be determined by the Board. Each year of full-time undergraduate study shall count as one-half year of experience, up to a maximum of two years, and each year of full-time graduate study shall count as one year of experience, up to a maximum of three years. Credit for undergraduate and graduate study shall in no case exceed a total of four years toward meeting the seven-year experience requirement. | |||
| Exam: | ASBOG® | |||
| First ASBOG® Exam: | April 1998 | |||
| Continuing Education: | No | |||
Grandfathering: |
No | |||
Cooperative Licensure - (Comity/Reciprocity): |
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Registrant count: |
PGs: |
896 | ||
Information updated:: |
October 26, 2011 | |||
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