Does state provide a license: Yes
Current Active Licensees
Title | Licensees |
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Professional Geologist | 819 |
Geologist Registrant In Training | 16 |
License: Professional Geologist
Exam Entity: ASBOG
Licensing Board: The Missouri Board of Geologist Registration
Licensing Board Website: https://www.pr.mo.gov/geologists.asp
Degree required:
Majors accepted:
Courses required:
Courses accepted:
Geology credits required: 30
Credit information: The applicant shall have completed at least thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours of credit in a course of study in geology. The thirty (30) semester hours shall include the following courses or their equivalents: Physical Geology (3 semester hours), Earth Materials (minerals and rocks) (3 semester hours), Structural Geology (3 semester hours), Stratigraphy & Sedimentation (3 semester hours), and Field Geology (6 semester hours).
Education Notes: See the state regulations for a complete explanation of the education requirements for licensure.
Years of experience required: 3
Experience credits needed: 0
Experience information: 20 CSR 2145-2.030 Post-Baccalaureate Experience in Geology. A person applying for licensure as a registered geologist with three (3) years post-baccalaureate experience shall have completed the post-baccalaureate experience prior to the time of application, and the experience shall consist of the practice of geology in responsible charge. Responsible charge geological work shall be provided pursuant to the order, over-sight, guidance, and full professional responsibility of the supervising registered geologist.
Continuing education requirements: No
Geologist in Training license available: Yes
Can take Fundamentals of Geology test before graduation: Yes
Fundamentals of Geology test details: The rules, regulations and board website do not specifically address taking the FG examination before degree completion. The regulations state that to qualify, the applicant must have completed at least thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours of credit in a course ofstudy in geology.
Legal Code Reference for GIT, FG: 20 CSR 2145-2.020
Most registration and licensure systems include structural approaches to review both the need and operational effectiveness of the process.
Some states provide formal sunset evaluation processes for their licensure programs. Many also include a periodic audit process of the licensure program/agency, which can range from cursory financial reviews to comprehensive evaluation of program effectiveness.
The audit process is often leveraged when political pressure is applied to eliminate geologist licensure, so awareness of the history and codes for audits and sunset evaluations is critical to montioring the health of the licensure within the state.
Current modes for sunsetting evaluation: Both sunset review and audit
License subject to sunset review: Possible
License subject to audit review: Possible
Sunset regulation name: Missouri Sunset Act
Sunset statute: Missouri Revisor of Statutes, Title III Legislative Branch, Chapter 23 Committee on Legislative Research, Section 23.250 Missouri Sunset Act
Sunset statute reference: http://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=23
Sunset committee: Committee on Legislative Research
Composition of sunset committee: The Committee on Legislative Research is to be comprised of the chairman of the senate appropriations committee and nine other members of the senate and the chairman of the house budget committee and nine other members of the house of representatives
Sunset committee website: https://legislativeoversight.mo.gov/
Sunset duration: Each new program enacted into law will sunset after a period of not more than six years. A program may be re-authorized for a period of up to twelve years.
Sunset notes: Board not identified on the Oversight Subcommittee Program Evaluations or Sunset Reviews
Auditor name: The Office of Missouri State Auditor
Auditor website: https://auditor.mo.gov/
Audit statute: Missouri Revisor of Statutes, Title IV. Executive Branch, Chapter 29 State Auditor
Audit Statute abbreviation: Missouri Revisor of Statutes, Title IV. Executive Branch, Chapter 29 State Auditor Section 41-5A-1
Audit statute link: http://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=29
Audit legislation committee: See sunset information
Audit legislation committee website: See sunset information
Audit notes: Board not identified on State Auditor website, listed report (1999-2019).
Year | Action | Notes |
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1994 | Practice regulation | The Missouri Board of Geologist Registration was created. |
2003 | Sunset law created | The MIssouri Sunset Act was created by Senate Bill (SB) 0544 under RSMo Sections 23.250 to 23.298. |
2013 | House Bill (HB) 659 of the 97th General Assembly regular session was introduced in 02/2013 and referred to the Professional Registration and Licensing committee. It does not appear to have passed. HB 659 would have authorized a person to engage in the practice of specified professions without being licensed if he or she does not hold himself or herself out as being licensed. HB 695 would have permitted geological work without a license. |