N.Y. Education Law Section 7204-A
Definition of the profession of geology


The practice of the profession of geology is defined as performing professional service such as researching, investigating, consulting and geological mapping, describing the natural processes that act upon the earth’s materials, predicting the probable occurrence of natural resources, predicting and locating natural or human-induced phenomena which may be useful or hazardous to humankind and recognizing, determining and evaluating geological factors, and the inspection and performance of geological work and the responsible supervision thereof in furtherance of the health, safety and welfare of the public; provided, however, that geological mapping shall not include the practice of land surveying as defined in § 7203 (Definition of practice of land surveying)section seventy-two hundred three of this article.

Source: Section 7204-A — Definition of the profession of geology, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/7204-A (updated Aug. 18, 2017; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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Aug. 18, 2017

§ 7204-A’s source at nysenate​.gov

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