74-7042a. Geology; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification. The provisions of K.S.A. 74-7001 et seq., and amendments thereto, requiring licensure or the issuance of a certificate of authorization under K.S.A. 74-7036, and amendments thereto, to engage in the practice of geology shall not be construed to prevent or to affect:
(a) The practice of geology by any person before July 1, 2000.
(b) The practice of geology which is exclusively in the exploration for and development of energy resources and economic minerals, and which does not affect the health, safety, property and welfare of the public, as determined by the board.
(c) The acquisition of engineering data, geologic data for engineering purposes and the utilization of such data by licensed professional engineers.
(d) The performance of work customarily performed by graduate physical or natural scientists.
(e) The teaching of geology in a college or university offering an approved geology curriculum.
History: L. 2014, ch. 88, ยง 26; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities
Article 70 - State Board Of Technical Professions
74-7001 Technical professions; unlawful practice; representation and use of title.
74-7004 State board of technical professions; purpose; membership; appointment; vacancies.
74-7005 Qualifications of members.
74-7006 Terms of members; vacancies; removal from office.
74-7007 Same; organization; election of officers; seal; rules; oath; meetings; quorum.
74-7009 Fees; disposition; technical professions fee fund; expenditures.
74-7010 Roster; maintenance and filing; copies, availability, fees.
74-7013 Powers and duties of board.
74-7016 Records of board; register; records as evidence.
74-7017 Examination requirement.
74-7018 Applications for license; fee; time.
74-7019 Architects; qualifications for licensure.
74-7020 Landscape architects; qualifications for licensure.
74-7021 Professional engineers; qualifications for licensure; intern engineer certificate.
74-7022 Professional surveyors; qualifications for licensure; intern land surveyor certificate.
74-7027 Authority of board at hearings; witnesses, compulsory attendance.
74-7029 Unlawful acts; prosecution; assistance of attorney general and district or county attorney.
74-7030 Civil enforcement of act.
74-7031 Architecture; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification; definitions.
74-7032 Landscape architecture; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.
74-7033 Engineering; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.
74-7034 Land surveying; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.
74-7035 Act not applicable to certain practices and persons.
74-7040 Rights and privileges of licensees saved.
74-7041a Professional geologists, minimum qualifications; licensure; intern geologists.
74-7042a Geology; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.