2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
ARTICLE 19. FORESTERS.
§30-19-8 General requirements to be certified as a registered forester.
§30-19-8. General requirements to be certified as a registered
forester.(a) To be eligible to be certified as a registered forester, the applicant must:
(1) Be of good moral character;
(2) Have a high school diploma or its equivalent;
(3) Have obtained either:
(A) Completion of a four-year degree program or masters degree program in professional forestry, accredited by the Society of American Foresters and have two years related experience in the field of forestry; or
(B) Completion of a two-year technical forestry program in a program accredited or recognized by the Society of American Foresters, completion of a bachelor's degree in a field used in the practice of forestry as approved by the board and four years related experience in the field of forestry;
(4) Successfully pass an examination approved by the board.
(b) Those persons licensed by the board as a forester as of the effective date of this section are not required to take the examination.
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