Section 160. Professional conduct

Part IV. Standards of Practice and Conduct

A licensed professional soil scientist:

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

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

4. Shall not knowingly represent a client or employer on a project on which he represents or has represented another client or employer without making full disclosure thereof;

5. Shall 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. Shall not knowingly misrepresent factual information in expressing a professional opinion;

7. Shall immediately notify the client or employer and the appropriate regulatory agency if his professional judgment 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. Shall exercise reasonable care when rendering professional services and shall apply the technical knowledge, skill, and terminology ordinarily applied by practicing soil scientists.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR627-02-01 § 4.1, eff. June 1, 1989; amended, Volume 09, Issue 14, eff. May 5, 1993; Volume 18, Issue 07, eff. January 16, 2002; Volume 31, Issue 10, eff. March 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.