S.C. Code Regs. § § 108-2

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 108-2 - Licensure

A. Applications for Certification as a Soil Classifier In-Training

1. The application must be submitted on forms approved by the Department and must document education and examination as set out below.

2. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the Department receives all information and documents necessary for the council to consider the application.

3. Education must be documented by official transcripts showing subjects and grades of all scholastic work which the applicant wishes to claim, degree issued, and date of issuance. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that such a record is sent from the institution directly to the Department.

4. Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Soil Science Exam must be documented by SSSA.

B. Applications for Professional Soil Classifier

1. The application must be submitted on forms approved by the Department and must document education, experience and examination as set out below.

2. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the Department receives all information and documents necessary for the council to consider the application.

3. Experience must be documented by statement of employers or supervisors. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide names and current mailing addresses of those employers and supervisors and assure that work experience forms are promptly returned to the Department. If the applicant establishes that it is impossible to contact employers or supervisors, the council may consider additional evidence of experience.

4. Education must be documented by official transcripts showing subjects and grades of all scholastic work which the applicant wishes to claim, degree issued, and date of issuance. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that such a record is sent from the institution directly to the Department.

5. Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Soil Science Exam and the Professional Practice of Soil Science Exam must be documented by SSSA.

6. Applicants for licensure by comity are required to provide verification of licensure by examination by a jurisdiction which has requirements that are substantially equivalent to those in this state at the time of initial licensure.

C. The council shall make determinations concerning the education, experience, methods of practice, and current professional ability of applicants.

1. "Approved Curriculum" means a degree in any of the agricultural, biological, earth or physical sciences, with at least thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours in these sciences and at least fifteen (15) semester hours or twenty-two (22) quarter hours in approved soil science courses from an accredited college or university.

2. "Approved Courses" means courses that have a significant aspect of soil science as their main topic of instruction. Examples include soil taxonomy, soil classification, soil interpretation, soil physics, soil chemistry, soil genesis, soil morphology, soil mineralogy, soil biology, soil fertility and wetlands soils. Special projects, seminars, and other courses will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the council.

D. Withholding information, misrepresentation, or untrue statements will be cause for denial of application.

E. The applicant will receive notification of a final determination by the council concerning the approval or disapproval of an application.

F. The effective date of licensure or certification for a successful applicant shall be the date on which the license is issued.

S.C. Code Regs. § 108-2

Added by State Register Volume 36, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2012.