§ 17-31-301 — Requirement - Exemptions

(a) Any person using in connection with the person's name or otherwise assuming, using, or advertising any title or description tending to convey the impression that the person is a forester engaged in the practice of forestry on private lands shall be registered as provided in this subchapter. (b) All foresters are eligible to apply for registration. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring: (1) Any person, employee of a firm, partnership, corporation, or department or agency of any branch of the government to be registered pursuant to this chapter in order to practice forestry on the person's or its own lands or manage the person's or its own timberlands, woodlands, or forests or to supervise the removal of any products therefrom; or (2) Any person to be registered pursuant to this chapter in order to perform duties as an employee of a registered forester acting under the supervision of the registered forester. (c) Certificates of registration shall be issued only to individuals. No firm, company, partnership, or corporation may be registered under this chapter.

Legislative History

Acts 1969, No. 535, §§ 2, 18; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 71-2402, 71-2418; Acts 1999, No. 993, § 8.