Utah Code 58-76-304. Exemption from licensure
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In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section
(1) an employee or subordinate of a professional geologist licensed under this chapter, or any employee of an individual exempted from licensure under this Subsection (1) or Subsection (2) , provided that the employee’s or subordinate’s practice does not include responsible charge;
Terms Used In Utah Code 58-76-304
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Geology: means the science, which treats the study of the earth in general, the earth's processes and history, investigation of the earth's crust and the rocks and other materials of which it is composed, and the applied science of utilizing knowledge of the earth's history, processes, constituent rocks, minerals, liquids, gases, and other materials for the use of mankind. See Utah Code 58-76-102
- Land: includes :(18)(a) land;(18)(b) a tenement;(18)(c) a hereditament;(18)(d) a water right;(18)(e) a possessory right; and(18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Practice of geology before the public: means the performance of geology including but not limited to consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, geologic mapping, interpretation of geologic data, preparation of geologic reports, geologic cross-sections and geologic maps, inspection of geological work, and the responsible supervision thereof, the performance of which is relevant to public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health, property, and the environment, except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter. See Utah Code 58-76-102
- Professional geologist: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of geology before the public. See Utah Code 58-76-102
- Responsible charge: means the independent control and direction by use of initiative, skill, and independent judgment of geological work or the supervision of the work. See Utah Code 58-76-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Subordinate: means any individual who practices geology or assists a professional geologist in the practice of geology before the public without assuming the responsible charge for the work. See Utah Code 58-76-102
(2) qualified engineers and land surveyors, licensed underTitle 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act , who do not intentionally represent themselves to be professional geologists;(3) an individual, individual practitioner, or regular full-time employee of a firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity engaged in the exploration for and development of coal, uranium, oil, natural gas, geothermal or other energy resources, precious and nonprecious metals and minerals, and industrial and other minerals, including sand, gravel, and aggregate if the geological work is performed solely for internal use within the company and is not offered directly to the public;(4) an individual engaged in teaching or research in the physical or natural sciences who is not otherwise engaged in practicing geology before the public;(5) an individual providing agricultural or agronomic soils analyses, sampling, or laboratory testing; and(6) an employee of a communications, utility, railroad, mining, petroleum, or manufacturing company, or an affiliate of such a company, if the geological work is performed solely for internal use within the company and is not offered directly to the public.