Rule 265-1-.01 - Organization of the Board(1) The State Board of Registration for Professional Geologists shall administer the provisions of the Act. The Board shall consist of five (5) geologists and one (1) public member, appointed by the Governor, approved by the Secretary of State and confirmed by the Senate, and the Commissioner of Natural Resources or his designated agent as an ex officio member.(2) Each member of the Board shall be a citizen of the United States, and shall have been a resident of this State for the six (6) months immediately preceding his appointment. Each of the first appointed geologist members of the Board shall be a qualified geologist; each subsequent geologist members of the Board shall be a geologist registered under the Act. Members of the following professional categories shall be represented on the Board: One (1) academic geologist, one (1) governmental geologist, one (1) salaried company geologist, one (1) independent or consultant geologist, one (1) geologist at large, plus the Commissioner of Natural Resources or his designated agent as a permanent ex officio member.(3) The members of the Board, with the exception of the ex officio member, shall be appointed to serve for a term of five years. Appointed members of the Board shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which they were appointed and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. On the expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner by the Governor for a term of five (5) years.(4) The members of said Board shall, before entering the discharge of their duty, subscribe to and file with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of officers, whereupon the Secretary of State shall issue to said appointee, certificates of appointment to said appointee.(5) No person shall serve as a member of the Board for more than one (1) consecutive five (5) year term.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 265-1-.01
O.C.G.A. Sec. 43-19-4.
Original Rule entitled "Organization of the Board" adopted. F. Sept. 24, 1976; eff. Oct. 14, 1976.Amended: F. Aug. 5, 1983; eff. Aug. 25, 1983.