2006 Kansas Code - 74-7043

      74-7043.   Same; exemption from examination requirement. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), a person who applies for licensure as a geologist before July 1, 2000, shall be considered to be qualified for licensure, without further written examination, if the person has:

      (1)   Experience consisting of a minimum of four years of professional practice in geology in Kansas or a specialty thereof, of a character acceptable to the board; and

      (2) (A)   graduated from an accredited institution of higher education with a bachelor of science or bachelor of arts or higher degree, with a major in geology; or

      (B)   graduated from an accredited institution of higher education in a four-year academic degree program other than geology, but with 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of credit in geology.

      (b)   A person who meets the qualifications of subsection (a), in the discretion of the board, may be required to take and pass an examination as required by this act if the person is not engaged in the practice of geology on July 1, 1999, and has not engaged in the practice of geology for at least four of the eight years immediately preceding July 1, 1999.

      History:   L. 1997, ch. 128, § 7; July 1.