§ 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.