Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 23, December 2, 2024
Section 20 CSR 2145-4.040 - Obligations to Professional Colleagues and the ProfessionPURPOSE: This rule defines the expectations and requirements for practicing geology as a registered geologist or geologist-registrant in-training.
(1) A registrant shall respect the rights, interests, professional status and contributions of professional colleagues.(2) A registrant shall give due credit for work done by others in the course of a professional assignment, and shall not knowingly accept credit due another and shall not plagiarize another in oral and written communications or by using materials prepared by others without appropriate attribution.(3) A registrant shall continually strive to improve the profession of geology, to include their knowledge and skills, and encourage dissemination of geologic knowledge.(4) A registrant having knowledge of a violation of Chapter 256, RSMo, or any rule promulgated thereunder shall contact and shall supply the board with all available specifics and documentation of the violation. AUTHORITY: section 256.462.6., RSMo 1994.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 145-4.040. Emergency rule filed June 29, 1995, effective July 9, 1995, expired Nov. 5, 1995. Original rule filed Sept. 28, 1995, effective May 30, 1996. Moved to 20 CSR 2145-4.040, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority 1994.