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NY S06482
Bill
Status
Engrossed
5/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Lea Webb
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AI Summary
- Allows applicants to substitute 12 years of practical experience for the degree and experience requirements for professional geologist licensure, if they apply within two years of the law's effective date
- Permits each full year of geology study to count for up to two years of the required 12 years of practical experience, at the board's discretion
- Renames the "intern geologist" identification card to "geologist in training"
- Allows applicants within 20 credits of completing their bachelor's degree to be admitted to the geologist in training examination
- Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization for necessary rule and regulation changes
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
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
3/12/2026
Committee Referrals
Higher Education1/7/2026
Higher Education5/22/2025
Higher Education3/14/2025
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