The South Carolina Geological Survey Unit is established under the Department of Natural Resources. The State Geologist must be hired by the Director of the Department of Natural Resources. He must have graduated from an accredited college or university with a full curriculum in geology and had at least eight years of practical work experience, academic, governmental, or industrial, in geology.
S.C. Code Ann. § 48-22-10
Creation of State Geological Survey Unit; hiring of State Geologist; qualifications
1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1228; 1994 Act No. 497, SECTION 59D; 2019 Act No. 75 (H.4013), SECTION 1, eff May 16, 2019.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.