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purpose of this page will be to present a discussion of the general issues involved in the
licensing, certification, and/or registration of real property and minerals appraisers and
geologists. All of the States require licensing or certification of real property
appraisers for any federally related real estate transaction and some of the States
require licensing or certification for all real property appraisals. To the best of our
knowledge no Federal or State agencies have a specific requirement for licensing,
certification, or registration of minerals appraisers. All of the States have a
registration requirement for Professional Engineers, though not all of them recognize
engineering specialties such as mining, metallurgical, or mineral processing engineering. According to the Summer 1998 issue of Arizona Geology,
a quarterly publication of the Arizona Geological Survey, as of April 1998 the practice of
geology is regulated in 22 States. Thirteen other states have statutes that control the
profession of geology by title regulation, statutory definition, or partial certification,
as shown in the table below.
| States
With Geologic Practice Laws |
| Practice
Regulation |
Title Regulation (No Exam) |
| Year |
State |
Year |
State |
| 1956 |
Arizona |
1980 |
Alaska |
| 1968 |
California (1) |
1980 |
Indiana |
| 1971 |
Idaho |
1981 |
Virginia |
| 1972 |
Delaware |
1988 |
Tennessee |
| 1973 |
Maine |
|
|
| 1975 |
Georgia (2) |
Statutory Definition |
| 1977 |
Oregon (3) |
1973 |
Colorado |
| 1983 |
North Carolina |
1993 |
Oklahoma |
| 1986 |
South Carolina |
1997 |
Nevada |
| 1988 |
Arkansas (2) |
|
|
| 1988 |
Florida |
Partial Certification |
| 1991 |
Wyoming (2) |
Connecticut |
Nevada |
| 1992 |
Kentucky |
Iowa |
New Jersey |
| 1993 |
Pennsylvania |
Massachusetts |
Texas |
| 1994 |
Missouri (2) |
Missouri |
|
| 1994 |
Wisconsin |
|
|
| 1995 |
Alabama (2) |
States Recently Attempting To |
| 1995 |
Illinois |
Enact or Modify Existing Laws |
| 1995 |
Minnesota (2) |
Delaware |
Ohio |
| 1997 |
Kansas |
Indiana |
Oklahoma |
| 1997 |
Mississippi (2) |
Nebraska |
Tennessee |
| 1997 |
Puerto Rico |
New Mexico |
Texas |
|
|
New York |
Utah |
|
|
|
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(1)
Specialty Certification in Engineering Geology and Hydrology
(2) Specialty Certification authorized but not implemented
(3) Specialty Certification in Engineering Geology
Information compiled by James H. Williams, Missouri Department of
Natural Resources
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