REGULATED PRACTICE

BCIA has consistently maintained that to achieve the primary objective of the Professional Governance Act of protecting the public interest, all agrology professionals must be qualified, competent and accountable through regulated practice. The definition of the regulated practice of agrology under the Professional Governance Act is detailed in the Agrologists Regulation. The regulation does not, in and of itself, provide practice rights to the agrology profession; instead, it is the foundation upon which we can define what is called under the Professional Governance Act "Reserved Practice'.

Advice or services that are based on agricultural or natural sciences or agricultural or resource economics and relate to:

(a) Cultivation, production, improvement, processing, marketing, or management of aquatic or terrestrial plants or animals,

(b) Classification, management, use, conservation, protection, or enhancements of aquatic, terrestrial, or atmospheric ecosystems that are affected by sustain or have the potential to sustain the cultivation or production of aquatic or terrestrial plants or animals, or

(c) Restoration, reclamation, or remediation of aquatic, terrestrial, or atmospheric ecosystems;

or that supports that advice or services. The practice of agrology does not include the provision of advice or services within the reserved practice of a Registrant of another regulatory body OR a normal farm practice, as defined in the Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act by a person on the person's land*.

For the new stipulation of reserved practice, the above-noted provisions can be called "agrology purposes."

*To define an “owner” of “own land” under the Agrologist Regulation as a person who: 
a) Is in possession,
b) Has the right of control, or
c) Occupies or controls the use

Of real property, and includes, without limitation, a person who has an estate or interest, legal or equitable, in the real property, but does not include a secured creditor.