The Wise Report

The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §§851.20, 851.22, 851.23, 851.40, and 851.41, concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists in Texas, and also adopts the repeal of 22 TAC §851.24, concerning references. The amendments and repeal are adopted to comply with statutory changes to Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1002, the Texas Geoscience Practice Act (the Act). These amended rules and the repeal are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the July 12, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 3516), and will not be republished.  These changes remove the requirements for references for various applications and waivers, relying on work experience instead.

For more information go to:  https://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/October252019/Adopted%20Rules/22.EXAMINING%20BOARDS.html#180

Henry M. Wise, P.G.