Nebraska Statutes 81-3521. Board; membership requirements; expenses
Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Nebraska for at least one year immediately preceding his or her appointment. Each professional member shall have been engaged in the active practice of geology for at least ten years, shall have had responsible charge of work for at least five years at the time of his or her appointment, and shall be licensed in geology. Each member of the board shall receive as compensation the same per diem and travel expenses as other state employees for each day actually spent in traveling to and from and while attending sessions of the board and its committees or authorized meetings of the National Association of State Boards of Geology, or its subdivisions or committees, and shall be reimbursed for expenses incident to the performance of his or her duties under the Geologists Regulation Act as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 81-3521
- Board: means the Board of Geologists. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3504
- Geology: means the science which includes treatment of the earth and its origin and history, in general. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3510
- Practice of geology: means any service or creative work if the adequate performance of the service or work requires geologic education, training, and experience to include such services or creative work as geological consultation, investigation, planning, surveying, mapping, and inspection of geological work, and the responsible supervision thereof, the performance of which is related to public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health, property, and the environment, and teaching, including research and service, of advanced geological subjects. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3515
- Responsible charge: means direct control, direction, and personal supervision by use of initiative and independent judgment for geological work. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3518
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801