Does state provide a license: Yes
License: Licensed Site Remediation Professional
Exam Entity: State Board
Licensing Board: New Jersey Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board
Licensing Board Website: https://www.nj.gov/lsrpboard/
Degree required:
Majors accepted:
Courses required:
Courses accepted:
Geology credits required: Not available
Credit information: Not applicable
Education Notes: Not applicable
Years of experience required: 8
Experience credits needed: 2
Experience information: The applicant shall have experience amounting to at least eight years of full-time professional experience in the field of site remediation, of which at least five years shall have occurred in New Jersey and at least three years shall have occurred in New Jersey within the five years prior to submission of the application. The Board may allow applicants with relevant advanced degrees up to two years of credit for professional experience, of which one year of credit may be awarded for applicants who have earned a Master’s degree in a relevant field of study and up to two years of credit may be awarded for applicants who have earned a doctorate degree in a relevant field of study. Additional experience details are provided here: https://www.nj.gov/lsrpboard/board/licensure/lsrp_eligibility_qualifications.html
Continuing education requirements: Yes
Ethics required for continuing education: Yes
Continuing education years: 12
Continuing education details: Each LSRP must earn 36 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) during the three year term of his or her license. Of the 36 CECs that each LSRP must earn, a minimum of three must be ethics CECs, a minimum of 10 must be regulatory CECs, and a minimum of 14 must be technical CECs. The remaining 9 may be in any one or more of these three areas of education. Each LSRP may earn up to 18 CECs by participating in Board approved alternative verifiable learning format courses. Each LSRP may earn up to 18 CECs through Board approved continuing education activities (i.e. instructing a continuing education program, preparing and presenting a presentation, or authoring a paper that is published in a professional publication or peer reviewed proceeding of a conference).
Geologist in Training license available: No
Can take Fundamentals of Geology test before graduation: No
Fundamentals of Geology test details: None
Legal Code Reference for GIT, FG: None
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: Audit
License subject to sunset review: No
License subject to audit review: Possible
Sunset statute: See audit and sunset history
Sunset statute reference: See audit and sunset history
Sunset committee: See audit and sunset history
Composition of sunset committee: See audit and sunset history
Sunset committee website: See audit and sunset history
Sunset duration: See audit and sunset history
Auditor name: Office of the State Auditor
Auditor website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/auditreports.asp
Audit statute: New Jersey Statutes, Title 52. State Government, Departments and Officers, Chapter 14B. Administrative Procedures Act
Audit Statute abbreviation: New Jersey Statutes, Title 52. State Government, Departments and Officers, Chapter 14B. Administrative Procedures Act Section 41-5A-1
Audit statute link: https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=Publish:10.1048/Enu
Audit notes: It does not appear that licensing boards are regularly audited by the State Auditor. The Department of Environmental Protection has had several audits, mainly for their funding program. It does not appear that the New Jersey Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board has been audited.
| Year | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Public Laws, Chapter 82 authorized the State Auditor to conduct a performance review of any program of any accounting agency, any independent authority, or any public entity or grantee that receives state funds. | |
| 2009 | Practice regulation | The Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) was created. The SRRA created a category of remediation professionals knowns as Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP) and LSRP Program. |
| 2012 | The LSRP program was fully implemented. |