Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 41 - Geologists

• Section 34-41-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Professional Geologists Licensing Act."
• Section 34-41-2 Purposes of chapter
  (a) The Alabama Professional Geologists Licensing Act is enacted for the following purposes: (1) To protect life, property, health, safety, public welfare, and the environment...
• Section 34-41-3 Definitions
  When used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists. (2) GEOLOGIST. A...
• Section 34-41-4 Board created; membership generally
  (a) There is created the Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists which shall administer and enforce this chapter. (b) The board shall consist of...
• Section 34-41-5 Powers of board
  (a) The board shall elect from its membership a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary-treasurer. The board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings....
• Section 34-41-6 Establishment of revenue trust fund
  There is established a separate revenue trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the "Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists Fund."...
• Section 34-41-7 Applicability; exemptions
  (a) Except as provided in this section, any person who publicly practices, or offers or attempts to publicly practice, geology in the State of Alabama...
• Section 34-41-8 Acts not prohibited
  (a) This chapter does not prohibit one or more geologists from practicing through the business organizations of a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or professional association....
• Section 34-41-9 Application
  An application for licensing as a professional geologist or a geologist-in-training shall be made under oath and shall show: (1) the education of the applicant;...
• Section 34-41-10 Minimum requirements to be eligible for license
  (a) An applicant is eligible for a license as a professional geologist in the State of Alabama if the applicant meets the following minimum requirements:...
• Section 34-41-11 Examinations
  Annual examinations shall be formulated and conducted by the board at a time and place the board shall determine. The board shall by regulation establish...
• Section 34-41-12 Issuance of license
  (a) Upon payment of a license fee the board shall issue a biennial license to any applicant who has satisfactorily met all the requirements of...
• Section 34-41-13 Certification in specialty
  If, in the opinion of the board, there is a need, in addition to licensing as a professional geologist, for more definitive recognition of geologic...
• Section 34-41-14 Seal
  (a) Each geologist, upon the issuance of a license, shall obtain from the secretary-treasurer of the board or his or her designee, at a cost...
• Section 34-41-15 Register of applications
  (a) The board shall keep a register of all applications for licensing. The register shall include: (1) The name, age, and address of each applicant....
• Section 34-41-16 Roster
  The secretary-treasurer of the board shall publish biennially a roster showing the names, license numbers, places of business, and business and residence addresses of all...
• Section 34-41-17 Written charges against licensed geologist
  Any person may file written charges against any licensed professional geologist pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the board. Charges or allegations shall be...
• Section 34-41-18 Illegal acts
  (a) It is unlawful for any person except a licensed professional geologist or a subordinate under his or her direction, as defined in Section 34-41-7(b)(6);...
• Section 34-41-19 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license
  The board may refuse to grant or renew, or may suspend or revoke the license of any person licensed under this chapter who: (1) Has...
• Section 34-41-20 Procedures for disciplinary actions; aggrieved person may petition board for hearing; judicial review
  (a) The board shall develop procedures for investigation, prehearing, and hearing of disciplinary actions. (b) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board other...
• Section 34-41-21 Reissuance of license
  The board may issue a license to any person whose license has been revoked, when the board finds upon written application by the applicant and...
• Section 34-41-22 Actions which are Class B misdemeanors
  Any person who does any of the following is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor: (1) Willfully publicly practices, or offers or attempts to publicly...
• Section 34-41-23 Injunction
  As an additional remedy, the board may proceed in a court of an appropriate jurisdiction to enjoin and restrain any person for violating this chapter....
• Section 34-41-24 Sunset Law
  The Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists shall be subject to the provisions of the Alabama Sunset Law of 1981, and shall be classified...

Last modified: May 3, 2021