The New York State Education Department has informed the New York State Council of Professional Geologists (NYSCPG) that they have been approved as an entity authorized to approve providers of continuing education for geologists.
Some restrictions were placed on the type of eligible subjects that do not contribute to the professional practice of geology as defined in the Education Law, such as, risk management, limiting the design professional’s liability, project management related to profitability and maximizing fees, marketing and public relations, laws related to arbitration, mediation, liens (unless they relate to safeguarding the health, safety and welfare of the public), real estate, real estate development, expanding a design professional’s business, basic AutoCAD, personal development, succession planning, zoning as it relates to increasing a developer or design professional’s profitability, design build are not acceptable subjects.