Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements.

Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals,and Geologists; professional wetland delineator certification requirements.Removes the requirement that an applicant for certification asa professional wetland delineator provide the Board for ProfessionalSoil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists three writtenreferences from wetland professionals. The bill also replaces therequirement that an applicant with a bachelor's degree in a relevantfield have successfully completed a course of instruction, in stateand federal wetland delineation methods and four years of relevantexperience to be certified with two years of such experience. Finally,for applicants seeking certification through experience, the billreduces to three years the required experience that the applicantmust have in wetland delineation, in wetland science research, oras a teacher of wetlands curriculum in an accredited institutionof higher education in order to be certified.