Has a non-governmental certification program been established to assist the public in identifying qualified practitioners?
The aforementioned AIPG program provides certification to assist the public but outside of the geological community, the AIPG is but little known. Certainly the fact that roughly half of the states have adopted individual licensure legislation attests to the fact that AIPG certification is not a substitute for licensure at the state level. Currently, roughly half of the states require licensure of geologists in some form. A few others have established “site professional” programs to regulate practitioners who certify the acceptability of certain types of geologic work. At the national, non-governmental level, the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) was created in 1991 to promote public protection in matters of geological practice. ASBOG serves as the connective link with individual state boards, thus improving professional competence and ethics. However, in order for ASBOG to serve the public, a state board of geology must be in place. Twenty-seven states currently
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