(1) LICENSE
APPLICATION. Applications for professional weather modification licenses shall
be submitted on forms prescribed by the department, accompanied by the required
fee, no later than 20 business days before the applicant plans to use the
license. The department shall grant or deny a license application within 20
business days after the application is filed with the department, provided that
the application is accompanied by all requisite information and documentation.
In addition to other information required by the department, applicants shall
provide the following information concerning the applicant's educational
background, professional reputation and knowledge of experience in weather
modification:
(a) Educational background at
the undergraduate and graduate level, including dates of attendance and
graduation, major and minor subjects, number of semester hours of
meteorological course work, degrees received, and titles of any theses or
dissertations.
(b) Experience in
weather modification or related activities and particularly experiences under
meteorological conditions typical of Wisconsin. Applicants shall list dates and
titles of each position held and whether they were at a sub-professional or
professional level, the names and addresses of employers, a description of the
work done including both the magnitude and complexity of the work and duties
and degrees of responsibility for the work, and the names and addresses of
supervisors under whom the work was performed.
(c) Membership in scientific or engineering
societies including the grade of membership and certification held in each
society.
(d) Patents held, articles
or papers published, and reports prepared relevant to weather, meteorology, and
weather modification.
(e) A list of
all jurisdictions in which the applicant has previously filed an application
for a professional weather modification license and whether or not the license
was issued.
(f) A list of all
lawsuits relating to weather modification in which the applicant was involved
as a party or as an employee of a party in the lawsuit.
(g) A list of all jurisdictions which have
suspended, revoked, refused to renew, or placed on probationary status a
professional weather modification license held by the applicant or in which the
applicant was subjected to any other form of disciplinary action. If there has
been any such suspension, revocation, refusal to renew, placement on
probationary status or other disciplinary action, the applicant shall explain
the circumstances of the action.
(h) Three references who will attest to the
applicant's professional reputation, knowledge of weather modification
principles and experience in the application of these principles.
(2) LICENSING STANDARDS AND
CRITERIA. A professional weather modification license may be issued only to
persons submitting a complete application and who have demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the department their competence to engage in weather
modification operations. Competence shall be determined on basis of:
(a) Educational and experience criteria
established under sub. (3);
(b)
Information provided in the application, including responses from references;
and
(c) Relevant data about the
applicant that the department possesses or discovers, or obtains from the
applicant by personal interview.
(3) EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL CRITERIA.
(a) Persons applying for a professional
weather modification license shall, as a condition of licensing, have a minimum
of 2 years experience at the professional level in directing weather
modification field operations or field research, and in addition thereto one of
the following 4 educational and experience criteria:
1. Six years experience in weather
modification field operations or field research; or
2. A degree in meteorology; or
3. A degree in engineering, mathematics, or
the physical sciences, plus 2 years experience in weather modification field
operations or field research; or
4.
A degree in engineering, mathematics or the physical sciences which includes or
is in addition to at least 20 semester hours of meteorological course
work.
(b) In determining
if an applicant has satisfied the educational and experience criteria under
par. (a), the department may take into consideration certification of the
applicant by a recognized national or international professional and scientific
association concerned with weather modification and meteorology whose
certification standards equal or exceed educational and experience criteria
specified under par. (a).
(4) RENEWALS. Licensees may renew an existing
license by completing and filing a renewal application with the department and
paying the required renewal fee. Licenses shall be renewed on basis of the
standards and criteria necessary for issuance of original licenses.
