Section 21

Only a citizen or a permanent resident of Malaysia may qualify for registration as a registered practitioner.

A person seeking to be registered as a registered practitioner shall apply to the Board and the application shall be supported by documentary proof that he possesses the necessary expertise and experience required to practise the relevant field of geology.

Act 689

The Board may, in approving the registration under this section, impose such conditions or restrictions as it considers fit.

The Chairman shall notify the applicant of the decision of the Board within ninety days of the receipt of the application.

If any such person fails to be registered under this Act after the period prescribed in subsection (1), such person shall be deemed to be a non-registered professional geologist and the provisions of this Act shall apply to such person as if the person was a non-registered professional geologist.

Practice by foreign geologist