SS · Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act
Part 9 — Prohibitions and Penalties
97.1 Use of names and abbreviations relating to geology and geophysics
except
(a) an individual who is registered as a professional geoscien tist
and was registered as a professional geologist immediately
before the coming into force of this subsection,
(b) an individual who is registered to engage in the practice of
geoscience as a licensee and was registered to engage in the
practice of geology as a licensee immediately before the
coming into force of this subsection, or
(c) a corporation, partnership o r other association of persons
that is registered to engage in the practice of geoscience as a
permit holder and was registered to engage in the practice of
geology as a permit holder immediately before the coming
into force of this subsection,
shall
(d) use the title "professional geologist", the abbreviation " P.
Geol." or any other abbreviation of that title,
(e) use the word "geologist" in combination with any other
name, title, description, letter, symbol or abbreviation that
represents expressly or by implication that the individual,
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corporation, partnership or other entity is a professional
geologist, licensee or permit holder, or
(f) represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that t he
individual, corporation, partnership or other entity is a
professional geologist.
(2) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except
(a) an individual who is registered as a professional geoscien tist
and was registered as a professional geophysicist
immediately before the coming into force of this subsection,
(b) an individual who is registered to engage in the practice of
geoscience as a licensee and was registered to engage in the
practice of geophysics as a licensee immediately before the
coming into force of this subsection, or
(c) a corporation, partnership o r other association of persons
that is registered to engage in the practice of geoscience as a
permit holder and was registered to engage in the practice of
geophysics as a permit holder immediately before the
coming into force of this subsection,
shall
(d) use the title "professional geophysicist", the abbreviatio n
"P. Geoph." or any other abbreviation of that title,
(e) use the word "geophysicist" in combination with any other
name, title, description, letter, symbol or abbreviation that
represents expressly or by implication that the individual,
corporation, partnership or other entity is a professional
geophysicist, licensee or permit holder, or
(f) represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that t he
individual, corporation, partnership or other entity is a
professional geophysicist.
(3) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except
(a) an individual who is registered as a professional licensee
(geoscience) and was registered as a professional licensee
(geological) immediately before the coming into force of
this subsection, or
(b) a corporation, partnership o r other association of persons
that is registered to engage in the practice of geoscience as a
permit holder and was registered to engage in the practice of
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geology as a permit holder immediately before the coming
into force of this subsection,
shall
(c) use the title "professional licensee (geological)" or any
abbreviation of that title, or
(d) represent or hold out, expre ssly or by implication, that the
individual, partnership or other entity is a professional
licensee (geological).
(4) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except
(a) an individual who is registered as a professional licensee
(geoscience) and was registered as a professional licensee
(geophysical) immediately before the coming into force of
this subsection, or
(b) a corporation, partnership o r other association of persons
that is registered to engage in the practice of geoscience as a
permit holder and was registered to engage in the practice of
geophysics as a permit holder immediately before the
coming into force of this section,
shall
(c) use the title "professional licensee (geophysical)" or any
abbreviation of that title, or
(d) represent or hold out, expre ssly or by implication, that the
individual, partnership or other entity is a professional
licensee (geophysical).
(5) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except
an individual who is registered as a professional technologist
(geoscience) and was registered as a professional technologist
(geological) immediately before the coming into force of this
subsection, shall
(a) use the title "professional technologist (geological)", th e
abbreviation "P. Tech (geol)" or any other abbreviation of
that title, or
(b) represent or hold out, expre ssly or by implication, that the
individual, partnership or other entity is a professional
technologist (geological).
(6) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except
an individual who is registered as a professional technologist
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(geoscience) and was registered as a professional technologist
(geophysical) immediately before the coming into force of this
subsection, shall
(a) use the title "professional technologist (geophysical)", t he
abbreviation "P. Tech (geoph)" or any other abbreviation of
that title, or
(b) represent or hold out, expre ssly or by implication, that the
individual, partnership or other entity is a professional
technologist (geophysical).
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