South Carolina Code 40-77-30. Submission of evidence of qualification to practice; requirement to register
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(A) In order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare, a person engaged in the public practice of geology or offering to engage in the public practice of geology is required to submit evidence that he is qualified to practice and must be registered. It is unlawful for a person to offer or engage in the public practice of geology in this State or to use in connection with his name or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he is a registered professional geologist, unless he has been registered under the provisions of this chapter. The public practice of geology does not include the work ordinarily performed by persons who practice engineering as defined in Chapter 21.
(B) A person is construed to practice or offer to practice geology or the public practice of geology within the meaning and intent of this chapter who:
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-77-30
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Geologist: means a person with special knowledge of the science of geology, hydrology, geophysics, and related earth sciences and principles and methods of geological analysis acquired by professional education and practical experience. See South Carolina Code 40-77-20
- Geology: means the science dealing with the earth and its history; investigation, prediction, and location of the materials and structures which compose it; the natural processes that cause change in the earth; and the applied science of utilizing knowledge of the earth and its constituent rocks, minerals, liquids, gases, and other materials for the benefit of mankind. See South Carolina Code 40-77-20
- Public practice of geology: means the performance of geological service or work in the nature of consultation, investigation, surveys, evaluations, planning, mapping, and inspection of geologic work required for or supporting compliance with municipal, county, State of South Carolina, or federal regulations. See South Carolina Code 40-77-20
- Registered professional geologist: means a person registered as a professional geologist by the board pursuant to § 40-77-230. See South Carolina Code 40-77-20
(1) practices in any branch of the profession of geology;
(2) by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents himself to be a registered professional geologist or through the use of some other title implies that he is a professional geologist, or
(3) holds himself out as able to perform or does perform any geological service or work or any other professional service designated by the practitioner or recognized by educational authorities as geology.