54.1-2200 - Definitions.
§ 54.1-2200. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Board" means the Board for Professional Soil Scientists and WetlandProfessionals.
"Department" means the Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation.
"Eligible soil scientist" means a person who possesses the qualificationsspecified in this chapter to become certified.
"Eligible wetland professional" means a person who possesses thequalifications specified in this chapter to become certified.
"Practice of soil evaluation" means the evaluation of soil by acceptedprinciples and methods including, but not limited to, observation,investigation, and consultation on measured, observed and inferred soils andtheir properties; analysis of the effects of these properties on the use andmanagement of various kinds of soil; and preparation of soil descriptions,maps, reports and interpretive drawings.
"Practice of wetland delineation" means the delineation of wetlands byaccepted principles and methods including, but not limited to, observation,investigation, and consultation on soil, vegetation, and hydrologicparameters; and preparation of wetland delineations, descriptions, reportsand interpretive drawings.
"Soil" means the groups of natural bodies occupying the unconsolidatedportion of the earth's surface which are capable of supporting plant life andhave properties caused by the combined effects, as modified by topography andtime, of climate and living organisms upon parent materials.
"Soil evaluation" means plotting soil boundaries, describing and evaluatingthe kinds of soil and predicting their suitability for and response tovarious uses.
"Soil science" means the science dealing with the physical, chemical,mineralogical, and biological properties of soils as natural bodies.
"Soil scientist" means a person having special knowledge of soil scienceand the methods and principles of soil evaluation as acquired by educationand experience in the formation, description and mapping of soils.
"Virginia certified professional soil scientist" means a person whopossesses the qualifications required for certification by the provisions ofthis chapter and the regulations of the Board and who has been grantedcertification by the Board.
"Virginia certified professional wetland delineator" means a person whopossesses the qualifications required for certification by the provisions ofthis chapter and the regulations of the Board and who is grantedcertification by the Board.
"Wetland delineation" means delineating wetland limits in accordance withprevailing state and federal regulatory guidance and describing wetland types.
"Wetland professional" means a person having special knowledge of wetlandscience and the methods and principles of wetland delineation as acquired byeducation and experience in the formation, description and mapping ofwetlands.
"Wetland science" means the science dealing with the physical, chemical,and biological properties of wetland systems integrated through ecologicaland morphological relationships.
"Wetlands" means the same as that term is defined in §§ 62.1-44.3 and28.2-1300.
(1987, c. 626, § 54-969; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 499; 2002, c. 784.)