(A) The department shall serve as the agency of licensure for professional soil classifiers and shall administer the provisions of this chapter.

(B) The department shall appoint an advisory council of five qualified professional soil classifiers, who must have the qualifications required in § 40-65-30, to recommend licensure for those applicants eligible to become licensed soil classifiers and to recommend certification for those applicants eligible to become a soil-classifier-in-training. Each member of the council must be a professional soil classifier who has been actively engaged in the practice of soil classifying for a period of at least ten years and must have been in responsible charge of soil classification for at least six years.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-65-10

  • Department: means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. See South Carolina Code 40-65-20
  • professional soil classifier: means a person who, by reason of his special knowledge of the physical, chemical, and biological sciences applicable to soils as natural bodies and of the methods and principles of soil classification as acquired by soil education and soil classification experience in the formation, morphology, description, and mapping of soils, is qualified to practice soil classifying, who has been licensed by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, and who has passed an examination in the fundamental soil and related subjects as provided for in this chapter. See South Carolina Code 40-65-20
  • Responsible charge: means direct control and personal supervision of soil classification. See South Carolina Code 40-65-20
  • Soil: means all of the groups of natural bodies occupying the unconsolidated portion of the earth's surface capable of supporting plant life and having properties due to the combined effect of climate and living organisms, as modified by topography and time, upon parent materials. See South Carolina Code 40-65-20
  • Soil classification: means plotting the boundaries and describing and evaluating the kinds of soil as to their behavior and response to management under various uses. See South Carolina Code 40-65-20
  • Soil-classifier-in-training: means a person who complies with the requirements for education and character and who has passed an examination in the fundamental soil and related subjects as provided for in this chapter. See South Carolina Code 40-65-20
  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 65 Contents