Professional Geologists, No Licensure Required in Colorado Options

[ASTROBLEME]

While 29 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico require professional geologists to have a Professional Geologist (P.G.) license, Colorado does not. The state certainly has an interest in protecting citizens, government entities and companies from unethical and/or incompetent practice.

Here's a link to what Colorado requires;

PG Definition

Our state should impose a licensure process in order to assure accountability and responsibility of P.G. practitioners.

ASTROBLEME

[ASTROBLEME]

In my opinion, this has been a very educational discussion, so far. I've never even thought about P.G. credentials until recently when I was subjected to personal attacks by some P.G.s targeting my postings with outrageous lies and false accusations on my "For Sale" posting. That is when I started to take a look into their credentials, associates and work product. It wasn't too hard to determine what their personal financial interests were in that matter.

A lot of material and opinions have been presented here in this thread and I'm glad to see this interaction on the forum.

Perhaps those that have the patience for all this will find something useful. I certainly have and now pay more attention to determining if people I work with hold proper licenses/certificates for their profession. I certainly prefer to deal with them over those who are "self-regulated".

ASTROBLEME (aka Mr. Tonko)