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NY A05622
Bill
Status
2/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Eachus
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AI Summary
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Allows applicants who file within two years of the law's effective date and have 12 years of practical geological experience to substitute that experience for the standard degree and experience requirements for professional geologist licensure
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Permits each full year of geology study to count as up to two years toward the 12-year experience requirement, at the board's discretion
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Renames the "intern geologist" identification card to "geologist in training"
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Removes the practical experience completion option as a pathway to early examination admission for the geologist in training identification card
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization for the department to develop implementing regulations
Legislative Description
Provides that the education requirements to be licensed as a professional geologist may be partially substituted by practical experience; relates to the issuance of an identification card as a geologist in training.
Last Action
substituted by s6482
6/10/2025