2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 18.220.050: Board\'s authority.

The board has the following authority in administering this chapter:

     (1) To establish rules, including board organization and assignment of terms, and meeting frequency and timing, for adoption by the director;

     (2) To establish the minimum qualifications for applicants for licensure as provided by this chapter;

     (3) To approve the method of administration for examinations required by this chapter or by rule as established by the director. To approve the adoption or recognition of examinations prepared by other organizations for adoption by the director. To set the time and place of examinations with the approval of the director;

     (4) To establish and review standards of professional conduct and practice for adoption by the director. Rules of professional conduct will be consistent with those outlined for engineers and land surveyors; and

     (5) To designate specialties of geology to be licensed under this chapter.

[2002 c 86 § 262; 2000 c 253 § 6.]

Effective dates -- 2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340.      Part headings not law -- Severability -- 2002 c 86: See RCW 18.235.902 and 18.235.903.