02-070 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 3 - RELATION OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS AND SOIL SCIENTISTS TO EMPLOYER AND CLIENT

A. A geologist or soil scientist shall protect, to the fullest possible extent, the interest of his or her employer or client so far as is consistent with the law and the geologist's and soil scientist's professional obligations and ethics.

B. A geologist or soil scientist who finds that his or her obligations to an employer or client conflict with his or her professional standards or ethics should have such objectionable employment conditions corrected or resign.

C. A geologist or soil scientist shall disclose to any prospective employer or client the existence of any owned or controlled mineral or other interest which may either directly or indirectly, have a pertinent bearing on such employment.

D. A geologist or soil scientist shall not use, directly or indirectly, any employer's or client's information in any way which is competitive, adverse or detrimental to the interest of that employer or client.

E. A geologist or soil scientist retained by one client shall not accept, without both clients' written consent, an engagement by another if the interest of the two are in any manner conflicting.

F. A geologist or soil scientist who has made an investigation for an employer or client shall not seek to profit economically from the information gained, unless written permission to do so is granted, or until it is clear that there can no longer be a conflict of interest with the original employer or client.

G. A geologist or soil scientist shall not divulge information given in confidence.

H. A geologist or soil scientist shall engage, or advise an employer or client to engage, and cooperate with, other experts and specialists whenever the employer's or client's interest would be best served by such service.

I. A geologist or soil scientist shall not accept referral fees from another certificate holder to whom a person is referred; however, nothing herein shall prohibit a certificate holder from being compensated for consultation.

J. A geologist or soil scientist shall make an effort to issue professional advice primarily within the geologist's or soil scientist's expertise. An employer or client shall be notified if any professional advice outside the geologist's or soil scientist's expertise is issued.

K. A geologist or soil scientist shall not affix his or her signature to any document or map dealing with subject matter in which they either lack competence or are not duly certified.

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02-070 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 3