30 Miss. Code. R. 1101-2.6 - Application from Applicants with Degrees from Foreign Schools

A. Language Comprehension (RPG) - An applicant for registration as a Registered Professional Geologist who is from a non-English speaking country, or a country where the primary language is other than English, shall submit to the Board a TOEFL (TOEFL is the acronym for test of English as foreign language) certificate with a score of 550 or higher. This test shall have been taken within two years of the application date. An applicant who has received a degree from an institution in an English-speaking country will be exempt from this requirement.

B. Language Comprehension (GIT) - An applicant for enrollment as a Geologist-In-Training who is from a non-English speaking country, or a country where the primary language is other than English, shall submit to the Board a TOEFL (TOEFL is the acronym for test of English as foreign language) certificate with a score of 475 or higher. This test shall have been taken prior to application as a GIT. An applicant who has received a degree from an institution in an English-speaking country will be exempt from this requirement.

C. Degrees from foreign (outside of the United States) institutions of learning must be transcribed by a transcription service acceptable to the Board. Such a transcription must provide the equivalent semester hours on a course by course basis pursuant to U.S. standards enumerated in Chapter 6, Rules 6.1 and 6.2. Those results must be sent directly from said transcription service to the Board.

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30 Miss. Code. R. 1101-2.6

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-63-17(a); § 73-63-27

Amended 7/14/2023