North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 89F - North Carolina Soil Scientist Licensing Act
§ 89F-2 - Purposes.

89F-2. Purposes.
The purposes of this Chapter are to protect life, property, health, and public welfare through regulation of the practice of soil science in the State; to define the practice of soil science as a profession by establishing minimum standards of ethical conduct and professional responsibility and by establishing professional education and experience requirements; and to prevent abuses in the practice of soil science by untrained or unprincipled individuals. (1995, c. 414, s. 1.)