Merit Badges requiring prior approval

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Almost half of the Boy Scout Merit Badges require prior counselor approval for certain requirements. The rest do not: " Any Boy Scout may earn any merit badge at any time...You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less." - Boy Scout Requirements p. 22 - 23.

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Unless otherwise specified, work for a requirement can be started at any time.

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— Merit Badge Policies pp.22-23

Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval for Certain Requirements
American Heritage #2b, 2c, 2d, 5a, 5	American Labor #2, 5c, 5d	Architecture #3	Art #2a, 2b, 4
Astronomy #9	Athletics #6b	Backpacking #11b	Cinematography #3a
Citizenship in the Community #4b, 5, 7c	Citizenship in the Nation #6	Communications #5, 6, 7b	Computers #6e, #7c, 7d
Crime Prevention #7b	Disabilities Awareness #5a	Emergency Preparedness #8b, 9a	Engineering #1
Environmental Science #3e3	Family Life #4, 6a	First Aid #6c	Forestry #5
Geocaching #7, 8c	Geology #4a, 5c	Golf #8	Graphic Arts #4a
Home Repairs #2, 3, 4, 5, 6	Indian Lore #2b	Journalism #3b, 3c	Mammal Study #5
Medicine #10	Metalwork #5b, 3c3a	Model Design and Building #1, 3, 4a, 4c	Oceanography #8a, 8c
Painting #3	Personal Fitness #7	Pets #1	Photography #4a, 4b
Pioneering #10	Pottery #7	Public Health #5, 7	Pulp and Paper #7
Radio #7	Safety #2a	Salesmanship #3	Scholarship #4b
Scuba Diving #2	Sculpture #2c	Small-Boat Sailing #6c	Soil and Water Conservation #7f
Sports #5	Surveying #2	Welding #6	Weather #9a, 9b
Woodwork #6d

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Merit Badge FAQ – answers dozens of questions like: Who can be a counselor? Can requirements be added or removed?
Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval – Certain requirements need prior approval. Most do not. Here is the list.
Also see: Most Popular Merit Badges – Merit Badge Policies – Eagle-Required Merit Badges – Merit Badge Days
Additionally: List of Merit Badges by Field of Study – Merit Badge Pamphlets & Libraries
Merit Badge Counselors must complete Youth Protection Training, file an Adult Application (and Merit Badge Counselor Information Form); and be approved by the local council. (See the Guide for Merit Badge Counselors for additional details.)

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-Almost half of the Boy Scout [[Merit Badges]] require prior counselor approval for certain requirements. The rest do not: ''" Any Boy Scout may earn any merit badge at any time...You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less." - [[Bookshelf#Bylaws and Rules|Boy Scout Requirements]] p. 22 - 23.
+{{Shortcut|[[Prior Approval]]}}Almost half of the Boy Scout [[Merit Badges]] require prior counselor approval for certain requirements. The rest do not: ''" Any Boy Scout may earn any merit badge at any time...You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less." - [[Boy Scout Requirements]] p. 22 - 23.
-The [http://scouting.org/BoyScouts/GuideforMeritBadgeCounselors.aspx Merit Badge Counselor Guide] gives this instruction: ''"At the first meeting, the Scout and his merit badge counselor review and start working on the requirements. In some cases, the Scout may share with the merit badge counselor the work he has started or accomplished."
+{{quote-source|'''Unless otherwise specified, work for a requirement can be started at any time'''.|[[Merit_Badge_Policies#Introduction|Merit Badge Policies]] pp.22-23}}
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 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[American Labor]]<br>#2, 5c, 5d
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Architecture]]<br>#3
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Art]]<br>#2a, 2b, 4
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Astronomy]]<br>#9
 |- align="center"
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" height="32" | [[Athletics]]<br>#6b
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" height="32" | [[Astronomy]]<br>#9
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Athletics]]<br>#6b
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Backpacking]]<br>#11b
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Cinematography]]<br>#3a
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Citizenship in the Community]]<br>#4b, 5, 7c
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Citizenship in the Nation]]<br>#6
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Citizenship in the Community]]<br>#4b, 5, 7c
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Communications]]<br>#5c
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Citizenship in the Nation]]<br>#6
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Communications]]<br>#5, 6, 7b
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Computers]]<br>#6e, #7c, 7d
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Crime Prevention]]<br>#7b
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Disabilities Awareness]]<br>#5a
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Crime Prevention]]<br>#7b
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Disabilities Awareness]]<br>#5a
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Emergency Preparedness]]<br>#8b, 9a
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Engineering]]<br>#1
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Environmental Science]]<br>#3e3
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[First Aid]]<br>#6c
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Environmental Science]]<br>#3e3
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Family Life]]<br>#4, 6a
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[First Aid]]<br>#6c
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Forestry]]<br>#5
+|- align="center"
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Geocaching]]<br>#7, 8c
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Geology]]<br>#4a, 5c
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Golf]]<br>#8
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Graphic Arts]]<br>#4a
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Graphic Arts]]<br>#4a
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Home Repairs]]<br>#2, 3, 4, 5, 6
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Home Repairs]]<br>#2, 3, 4, 5, 6
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Indian Lore]]<br>#2b
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Journalism]]<br>#3b, 3c
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Mammal Study]]<br>#5
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Mammal Study]]<br>#5
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Medicine]]<br>#10
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Medicine]]<br>#10
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Metalwork]]<br>#5b, 3c3a
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Model Design and Building]]<br>#1, 3, 4a, 4c
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Oceanography]]<br>#8a, 8c
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Oceanography]]<br>#8a, 8c
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Painting]]<br>#3
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Painting]]<br>#3
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Personal Fitness]]<br>#7
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Pets]]<br>#1
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Photography]]<br>#4a, 4b
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Photography]]<br>#4a, 4b
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Pioneering]]<br>#10
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Pioneering]]<br>#10
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Pottery]]<br>#7
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Public Health]]<br>#5, 7
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Pulp and Paper]]<br>#7
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Radio]]<br>#8
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Radio]]<br>#7
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Safety]]<br>#2a
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Salesmanship]]<br>#3
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 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Sculpture]]<br>#2c
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Scuba Diving]]<br>#2
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Sculpture]]<br>#2c
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Small-Boat Sailing]]<br>#6c
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Soil and Water Conservation]]<br>#7f
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Sports]]<br>#5
 |- align="center"
-| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Surveying]]<br>#2
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Sports]]<br>#5
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Surveying]]<br>#2
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Welding]]<br>#6
 | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Weather]]<br>#9a, 9b
-| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Woodwork]]<br>#6d
-| &nbsp;
+|- align="center"
+| height="32" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | [[Woodwork]]<br>#6d
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | &nbsp;
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | &nbsp;
+| style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.1em;" | &nbsp;
 |}
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-[[Category: Merit Badges]]
+==See also==
+{{Merit Badge See Also}}
+{{Advancement navbox}}
+[[Category:Advancement]] [[Category:Merit Badge-related]] [[Category:Merit Badge counseling]]
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