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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72090</law_id><section_number>54.1-2201</section_number><catch_line>Exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The certification program for <span class="dictionary">wetland delineation</span> set forth in this chapter shall be voluntary and shall not be construed to prohibit: <a id="paragraph-259751" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">practice of wetland delineation</span> by individuals who are not certified professional wetland delineators as defined in this chapter; <a id="paragraph-259752" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The work of an employee or a subordinate of a certified professional wetland delineator or of an individual who is practicing wetland delineation without being certified; <a id="paragraph-259753" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The work of any professional engineer, landscape architect, or land surveyor as defined by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-400/">54.1-400</a> in rendering any of the services that constitute the <span class="dictionary">practice of wetland delineation</span> or the <span class="dictionary">practice of soil evaluation</span>; or <a id="paragraph-259754" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The practice of any profession or occupation that is regulated by another regulatory <span class="dictionary">board</span> within the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-259755" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The licensing program for professional <span class="dictionary">soil scientists</span> shall not be construed to prohibit: <a id="paragraph-259756" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The work of an employee or a subordinate of a licensed <span class="dictionary">soil scientist</span>; <a id="paragraph-259757" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The work of any professional engineer, landscape architect, or land surveyor as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-400/">54.1-400</a> in rendering any services that constitute the <span class="dictionary">practice of soil evaluation</span>; or <a id="paragraph-259758" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The practice of any profession or occupation that is regulated by another regulatory <span class="dictionary">board</span> within the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-259759" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Nothing in this chapter shall authorize an individual to engage in the practice of engineering, the practice of land surveying or the practice of landscape architecture, unless such individual is licensed or certified pursuant to Chapter 4 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-400/">54.1-400</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-259760" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2201/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 626, &#xA7; 54-970; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 499; 2002, c. 784; 2009, c. 309; 2011, cc. 777, 859.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
