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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 145. Board For Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, And Geologists
Chapter 20. Professional Soil Scientists Regulations
11/1/2025

18VAC145-20-160. Professional conduct.

A licensed professional soil scientist:

1. Must not submit any false statements, make any misrepresentations, or fail to disclose any facts requested concerning any application for initial licensure, renewal, or reinstatement;

2. Must not engage in any fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in advertising, soliciting, or providing professional services;

3. Must not knowingly sign, stamp, or seal any plans, drawings, blueprints, surveys, reports, specifications, maps, or other documents not prepared or reviewed and approved by the licensed professional;

4. Must not knowingly represent a client or employer on a project on which the licensed professional represents or has represented another client or employer without making full disclosure of such representation;

5. Must express a professional opinion only when it is founded on adequate knowledge of established facts at issue and based on a background of technical competence in the subject matter;

6. Must not knowingly misrepresent factual information in expressing a professional opinion;

7. Must immediately notify the client or employer and the appropriate regulatory agency if the judgment of the licensed professional is overruled and not adhered to when advising appropriate parties of any circumstances of a substantial threat to the public health, safety, or welfare; and

8. Must exercise reasonable care when rendering professional services and must apply the technical knowledge, skill, and terminology ordinarily applied by practicing soil scientists.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR627-02-01 § 4.1, eff. June 1, 1989; amended, Virginia Register Volume 9, Issue 14, eff. May 5, 1993; Volume 18, Issue 7, eff. January 16, 2002; Volume 31, Issue 10, eff. March 1, 2015; Volume 42, Issue 1, eff. October 1, 2025.

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