(a) The board may issue a permit to practice as a forester-in-training or a forestry technician-in-training to an applicant who meets all the requirements for certification, except the experience requirements of paragraph (A) or (B), subdivision three, subsection (a), section eight or subdivision four, section nine.
(b) A permit to practice as a forester-in-training or forestry technician-in-training may be renewed annually for a period not to exceed five years. The board may extend the five year limitation if the board finds the applicant experienced an undue hardship which prevented the attainment of the required experience.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations
§30-19-1. Use of Descriptive Title Restricted
§30-19-4. State Board of Registration of Foresters
§30-19-5. Powers and Duties of the Board
§30-19-7. Fees; Special Revenue Account; Administrative Fines
§30-19-8. General Requirements to Be Certified as a Registered Forester
§30-19-9. General Requirements to Be Registered Forestry Technician
§30-19-10. Qualifications for Permit as a Forester-in-Training or a Forestry Technician-in-Training
§30-19-11. License From Another State
§30-19-12. Renewal Requirements
§30-19-13. Complaints; Investigations; Due Process Procedure; Grounds for Disciplinary Action
§30-19-14. Procedures for Hearing; Right of Appeal
§30-19-15. Judicial Review; Appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals