Bill Text: VA HB1182 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545) [HB1182 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1182-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §54.1-2206.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§54.1-2206.2. Requirements for professional wetland delineator certification.
In order to be certified as a professional wetland delineator,
an applicant shall achieve a score acceptable to the Board on an examination, which may include a field practicum,
in the principles and practice of wetland delineation,
provide three written references from wetland professionals with at least one
from a certified professional wetland delineator, and
satisfy one of the following criteria:
1. Hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of
higher education in a wetland science, biology, biological engineering, civil
and environmental engineering, ecology, soil science, geology, hydrology, or any similar biological,
physical, natural science,
or environmental engineering curriculum that has been approved by the Board; have successfully completed a course of
instruction, in state and federal wetland delineation methods, that has been
approved by the Board; and have at least
four two years of experience in wetland
delineation, the quality of which demonstrates to the Board that the applicant
is competent to practice as a certified professional wetland delineator;
2. Have a record of at least
six three
years of experience in wetland delineation, the quality of which demonstrates
to the Board that the applicant is competent to practice as a certified
professional wetland delineator; or
3. Have a record of at least
four three
years of experience in wetland science research or as a teacher of wetlands
curriculum in an accredited institution of higher education, the quality of
which demonstrates to the Board that the applicant is competent to practice as
a certified professional wetland delineator.
