Section 305IAC1-5-6. Obligations to employers and clients

   (a) A licensed professional geologist must protect, to the fullest possible extent, the interest of an employer or client so far as is consistent with the public health and safety and the licensed professional geologist's legal, professional, and ethical obligations.

  (b) A licensed professional geologist who has made an investigation for an employer or client must not seek to profit economically from the information gained or resources used without a good faith effort to notify the employer or client of his or her intentions. Mineral prospects and other original geologic concepts and information, developed by the licensed professional geologist and brought to the employer or client, shall be freely usable by the licensed professional geologist at any time, absent a contractual agreement to the contrary.

  (c) A licensed professional geologist who finds that obligations to an employer or client cause serious conflict with professional and ethical standards must recommend that the objectionable conditions be corrected. (Indiana Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists; 305 IAC 1-5-6; filed Sep 1, 2004, 2:45 p.m.: 28 IR 14; readopted filed Nov 30, 2010, 8:33 a.m.: 20101229-IR-305100664RFA; readopted filed Nov 18, 2016, 12:48 p.m.: 20161214-IR-305160271RFA)