Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - GEOLOGISTS, BOARD OF
Title 171 - Board of Geologists
Chapter 4 - CODE OF PRACTICE
Section 171-4-3 - Licensees shall serve their employers and clients faithfully and competently within their overall professional obligations

4.3.1 They shall disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest, which may affect their ability to faithfully serve an employer or client.

4.3.2 They shall disclose to a prospective employer or client the existence of any owned or controlled mineral or other interest which may, either directly or indirectly, have a bearing on such employment.

4.3.3 Licensees having or expecting to have beneficial interest in a property on which they report shall state the existence of such interest or expected interest in the report.

4.3.4 Licensees employed or retained by one employer or client shall not accept, without that employer's or client's written consent, an engagement by another if the interests of the two are in any manner conflicting.

4.3.5 They shall not accept referral fees from any person to whom an employer or client is referred; however, nothing herein shall prohibit them from being compensated by the employer or client for consultation, or for other services actually performed.

4.3.6 They shall not offer or pay referral fees to any person who refers an employer or client to them; however, nothing herein shall prohibit them from compensating the person giving the referral for consultation or for other services actually performed.

4.3.7 They shall protect, to the fullest possible extent, the interest of an employer or client in a manner that is consistent with public welfare or the safeguard of life, health, property and the environment and the licensee's legal, professional, and ethical obligations.

4.3.8 They shall not use, directly or indirectly, any confidential information obtained from services for an employer or client which is adverse or detrimental to the interests of the employer or client, except with the prior consent of the employer or client, or when disclosure is required by law.

4.3.9 A licensee who has made an investigation for an employer or client shall not seek to profit economically from the information gained without written permission of the employer or client, unless it is clear that there can no longer be a conflict of interest with the original employer or client.

4.3.10 They shall not use their employer or client's resources for private gain without their employer's or client's prior knowledge and consent.