33-41-117. Exemptions.

(a) The following are exempt from the licensing provisions of this act if they do not use the title of professional geologist or are not directly represented or held out to the public to be legally qualified to engage in the practice of geology before the public:

(i) Any individual not a resident of and having no established place of business in this state is exempt from the licensing provisions of this act if the individual:

(A) Is legally qualified to practice geology in another jurisdiction whose requirements for practice have been deemed by the board to be comparable to those required by this state;

(B) Has notified the board, in writing, of his intent to practice geology for a period not to exceed six (6) months in this state;

(C) Has provided proof of current registration or licensure in another state recognized by the board; and

(D) Affixes the individual's seal from the jurisdiction state.

(ii) An individual who has recently become a resident of this state shall be exempt, at the board's discretion, from the licensing provisions of this act if that individual:

(A) Has filed an application for licensure as a geologist with the board and the application is pending board action;

(B) Is legally qualified to practice geology in another jurisdiction whose requirements for practice are similar to those required by this state; and

(C) Affixes the individual's seal from the jurisdiction in which the individual is legally qualified to practice on all work completed while the application for a license to practice in this state is pending.

(iii) An employee or subordinate of an individual holding a license under this act, or any employee of an individual exempted from licensure by paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection is exempt from licensure under this act provided that the employee's practice does not include responsible charge;

(iv) Professional engineers and land surveyors, licensed by the board of professional engineers and professional land surveyors pursuant to W.S. 33-29-201 through 33-29-801 are exempt from the registration provisions of this act, providing, that no name, title, or words are used which tend to convey the impression that a nonregistered individual is offering to perform services as a professional geologist;

(v) Any individual, individual practitioner or regular full-time employee of a firm, partnership, association, corporation or other business entity engaged in the exploration for and development of coal, uranium, oil, natural gas, geothermal and other energy minerals, precious and nonprecious metals and minerals, industrial and other minerals, including sand, gravel and aggregate;

(vi) Individuals engaged in teaching or research in the physical or natural sciences;

(vii) Individuals providing mineral abstracting services, lease brokering services or prospect generation to other persons engaged in the exploration or development of fossil fuels or other mineral resources;

(viii) Individuals engaged in the practice of well drilling including drilling for water and for the exploration or development of fossil fuels or other mineral resources;

(ix) Individuals engaged in the practice of subsurface sewage disposal;

(x) Individuals providing soils engineering, sampling, testing or other activities in or related to the agricultural application of soils sciences;

(xi) Individuals engaged in drafting, sampling, sample preparation and routine laboratory work in which the elements of initiative, scientific judgment and decision making are either lacking or not required, including other activities which do not use scientific methods to process and interpret geologic data;

(xii) Individuals practicing any profession or trade for which a license is required by law, if the name, title or words are not used to convey the impression an individual is offering to perform services as a professional geologist.

(b) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 170, § 2.