New Hampshire § 310-A-139 - Section 310-A:139 Exemptions; Practice of Professional Engineering.

§ 310-A-139. Section 310-A:139 Exemptions; Practice of Professional Engineering.

I. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent or affect: (a) The practice of officers and employees of the government of the United States or the state while engaged within this state in the practice of geology for the federal government or the state. (b) Work customarily performed by archeologists, chemists, geographers, or oceanographers, providing such work does not include the design and execution of geological investigation, being in responsible charge of geological work, or the drawing of geological conclusions and recommendations. (c) The practice of engineering by a licensed engineer, the practice of architecture by a licensed architect, the practice of forestry by a licensed forester, the practice of land surveying by a licensed land surveyor, the practice of soil science by a certified soil scientist, or the practice of wetland science by a certified wetland scientist. (d) The practice of geology by any person under the direct supervision and control of a professional geologist, provided such work does not include being in responsible charge of final geological reports or decisions. (e) The practice of geology by any person in the employ of academic or research institutions, agencies of federal or state government, and not-for-profit research institutions. II. Professional engineers, when engaged in the lawful practice of professional engineering under RSA 310-A, shall not be precluded from performing work which is defined in this subdivision as within the practice of the profession of geology, nor by a requirement that such work be performed by a professional geologist.