SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1414

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE TREADWAY.

Read 1st time January 10, 2002, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

3519L.02I


AN ACT

To repeal sections 256.471, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to exemptions for licensed professions.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Sections 256.471, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 256.471, to read as follows:

256.471. 1. Activities which are not regulated by sections 256.450 to 256.483 include work by employees or subordinates of a registered geologist, provided that such work does not include responsible charge of work, and such work is performed under the direct supervision of a registered geologist who shall be responsible for such work.

2. The practice of geology affecting public health, safety, and welfare by officers and employees of the United States, solely as such officers and employees, shall not be regulated by sections 256.450 to 256.483.

3. [Work of engineering and other licensed professions including the acquisition of engineering data involving soil, rock, groundwater, and other earth materials and the use of these data for engineering analysis, design, and construction by professional engineers appropriately registered or licensed in Missouri is exempted from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483.

4.] Work customarily performed by professionals such as chemists, archaeologists, geographers, licensed engineers, licensed land surveyors, speleologists, pedologists, and soil scientists is exempt from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483.

[5.] 4. The practice of geology not affecting public health, safety, and welfare within Missouri as determined by the board is exempt from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483.



Missouri House of Representatives