Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4904 – Corporations, partnerships, associations and government agencies
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4904
- 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.
- Geologist: means a person engaged in the practice of geology. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4902
- Geology: means the science that treats of the earth as a whole; the investigation of its composition, its size, shape and relationships between consolidated and unconsolidated rock units in the regolith and bedrock; and the applied aspects of utilizing knowledge of the earth and its constitutents; including its consolidated and unconsolidated rock units, its minerals, liquids, gases and other materials for the benefit of humankind. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4902
- Licensed geologist: means a person entitled under this chapter to take and use the title "licensed geologist. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4902
- Licensed soil scientist: means a person entitled under this chapter to take and use the title "licensed soil scientist. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4902
- 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.
- Responsible charge of work: means the independent control and direction by the use of initiative, skill and independent judgment of work or the supervision of such work. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4902
- Subordinate: means any person who assists a licensed geologist or soil scientist without assuming the responsible charge of work. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4902
This chapter does not prohibit one or more geologists or soil scientists from practicing through the medium of a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or government agency. In such partnership or corporation whose primary activity consists of geological services, or in a government agency in which geological work is done, at least one partner, officer or employee must be a licensed geologist. In such partnership or corporation whose primary activity consists of soil science services, or in a government agency in which soil science work is done, at least one partner, officer or employee must be a licensed soil scientist. In the case of an agency of State Government, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Human Resources shall classify officers and employees under the Civil Service Law in a manner that ensures that at least one licensed geologist or soil scientist works for each agency in which, as the case may be, geological or soil science work is done and that any officer or employee who is engaged in the practice of geology or soil science and who is not licensed works as a subordinate to a licensed geologist or soil scientist, as the case may be, and does not have responsible charge of work or evaluation. [PL 2019, c. 285, §6 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 558, §1 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 89, §1 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 785, §B142 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 285, §6 (AMD).