62-36-104. Prohibited activities.

*** Current through the 2015 Regular Session ***

Title 62  Professions, Businesses and Trades  
Chapter 36  Geologist Licensure Act of 2007

Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-36-104  (2016)

62-36-104.  Prohibited activities.

  No person shall:

   (1) Prepare any geologic plans, reports or documents other than a licensed professional geologist or a subordinate under the geologist's direction;

   (2) Practice geology in this state unless the person is licensed under this chapter. A certificate of licensure is not transferable;

   (3) Offer to practice geology in this state unless the person is licensed under this chapter. To offer to practice geology in this state includes the making of a verbal claim, displaying a sign or other advertisement, using letterhead, printing cards or using in connection with a person's name any title or description stating or implying that the person is a licensed professional geologist;

   (4) Seal or stamp any plans, plats, reports or other documents with the seal or stamp of a licensed professional geologist, or use in any manner the title licensed professional geologist or the title of any licensed certified specialty geologist unless licensed or licensed and certified under this chapter;

   (5) Affix the person's signature, seal or stamp to any geologic plans, plats, reports or other documents after that person's licensure has expired or has been suspended or revoked, unless the person's licensure has been renewed or reissued;

   (6) Give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the department when seeking to obtain the person's certificate of licensure;

   (7) Falsely impersonate any other licensee of like or different name; or

   (8) Attempt to use an expired or revoked certificate of licensure or continue to practice geology at any time during a period during which the department has suspended or revoked the person's certificate of licensure.​

HISTORY: Acts 2007, ch. 495, § 5.

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