TBPG is currently accepting applications for Emeritus Status.  The Emeritus Texas P.G. program provides an option for Texas P.G.s who meet specific criteria to permanently retire from professional practice with their license number, Emeritus P.G. designation, and a Board certificate of recognition for their career service to the State of Texas and the geoscience profession.

Learn more on the Emeritus information webpage.

The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) completed an agency-specific five-year strategic plan for the period 2027 through 2031. Completion of a strategic plan is required prior to the beginning of each biennial State legislative session. This strategic plan addresses three operational goals in support of our ongoing mission and is aligned with the following TBPG philosophy:

• Maintain a licensing, compliance, and enforcement program to ensure that only those who meet established standards are licensed to carry out the public practice of geoscience in the State of Texas;
• Use the Board’s statutory authority to clearly define the parameters of the geoscience profession and promote licensure and compliance through education and outreach;
• Act in accordance with the highest ethical, accountability, and efficiency standards in our agency operations and licensing/enforcement actions;
• Base decisions on the law, established geoscientific principles, appropriate standards of practice, and fiscal responsibility;
• Ensure that rules are necessary, effective, current, and do not create barriers to licensure; Maintain a continuing education program that promotes excellence in professional geoscience practice, ethics, and standards through a continuous learning model; Monitor compliance to Board rules in a fair and consistent manner;
• Ensure consistent, just, and timely enforcement when the Act or Board rules are violated; and,
• Hire, develop, and retain a highly effective diverse and dedicated workforce. A copy of this strategic plan is available from our website