( BSA #
58-730 1999 Printing)
This application includes the necessary information to properly apply for alternate merit badges on the route to Eagle Scout. Below, you will find the steps to follow from the initiation of the application to the awarding of the Eagle Scout
rank
- The unit leader (Scoutmaster, Coach, or Advisor) initiates this application on behalf of a Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or qualified*
Venturer (candidate).
- Follow the instructions on this application to determine the alternate merit
badge(s).
- Secure a clear and concise medical statement from a physician licensed to practice medicine concerning the Scout's disability.
- The unit leader and unit committee chairman hold a conference with the candidate and his family present. They determine the alternate merit badges for those requirements which physical or mental disability prevents him from doing.
- The district or council committee then reviews the proposed alternate merit badges. (If approved by the district, its recommendations would be forwarded to the council committee for final approval.)
- After council approval, the candidate starts to qualify.
- Upon completion of the Eagle Scout rank requirements, using the alternate merit badges, the candidate appears before the board of review. This application is attached to the Eagle Scout Award application.
- Following a successful board of review the council processes both applications and forwards them to the National Eagle Scout Service. The local council action on the use of alternate merit badges for the Eagle Scout Award does not require National Council approval.
*in order for a Venturer to be an Eagle Scout candidate, he must have achieved First Class rank as a Boy Scout or Varsity Scout.
The Eagle Scout Award may be achieved by a Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or qualified*
Venturer (candidate) who has a physical or mental disability by qualifying for alternate merit badges. This does not apply to individual requirements for merit badges. Merit badges are awarded only when all requirements are met as stated.
- The physical or mental disability must be of a permanent rather than a temporary nature.
- A clear and concise medical statement must be made by a physician, licensed to practice medicine, concerning the Scout's disability.
- The candidate must earn as many of the required merit badges as his ability permits before applying for an alternate merit badge.
- The candidate must complete as many of the requirements of the required merit badges as his ability permits.
- This form, Application for Alternate Eagle Scout Award Merit Badges, must be completed prior to the candidate's qualifying for
an alternate merit badge.
- The alternate merit badges chosen must be of such a nature that they are as demanding of effort as the required merit badges.
- When alternates chosen involve physical activity, they must be approved by the physician.
- The unit leader and the board of review must explain that to attain the Eagle Scout Award a candidate is expected to do his best in developing himself to the limit of his resources.
- This application must be approved by the council committee responsible for advancement, utilizing the expertise of professional persons, involved in Scouting for the disabled.
- The candidate's application for Eagle Scout must be made on the Eagle Scout Award Application, No. 58-728, with this form and the
Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook attached when submitted to the council for his Eagle Scout board of review.
A recipient of the Eagle Scout Award is a Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or qualified* Explorer who applies the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in his daily life. He has achieved the qualities listed below because of determination and persistence through the advancement program.
- Concern for others
- Ability to help others through skills he has learned
- Ability to live and work cooperatively with others by meeting his responsibility to his patrol and troop
- Concern for self by improving his physical fitness to the limits of his physical resources
- Capacity for leadership
*in order for a Venturer to be an Eagle Scout candidate, he must have achieved First Class rank as a Boy Scout or Varsity Scout.
To: The District Advancement Committee
___________________________________________________District
___________________________________________________Council
Gentlemen:
We are submitting this application in behalf of (Name of candidate)
of Unit No.____________
chartered to _________________________ and located in (community_____________________________ state)
Because of the disability (see the medical statement below), we believe that he is physically or mentally unable to complete the requirements for the following merit badge or badges required for the Eagle Scout Award:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Because of his excellent performance, perseverance, and Scouting spirit, and following a personal conference with him and his family, we recommend that the following alternate merit badge or badges be assigned to him, feeling that they will be equally challenging and useful, but within his capability.
Date ____________________________________________
Signed: __________________________________________Unit leader
Signed: _______________________________________________Unit committee chairman
Parent Statement:
In view of the medical statement (below), and following a conference with ________________________'s Scouting leaders, we approve the alternate method of application for Eagle Scout Award merit badges and the merit badges recommended as alternates.
Date ____________________________________________
Signed: ___________________________________________
Parent or guardian
Medical or Administrative Statement
As a result of a thorough examination of _________________________________________(Name of candidate) on
Date_____________
I find that he has a permanent physical or mental disability that would prevent him from completing the requirements for the merit badge or badges, as shown above.
REASONS FOR INABILITY:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Date ____________________________________________
Signed: ___________________________________________________
District Certificate
We have reviewed the situation regarding
____________________________________________________(Name of candidate) and in review of the medical
statement, and his excellent record in Scouting, we feel he could follow the alternate Eagle Scout
rank merit badge method of achieving the Eagle Scout rank. We recommend to the council advancement committee that the merit badge or badges on the preceding page be assigned to him as alternates.
Date ____________________________________________
Signed: ___________________________________________________District Representative
Signed: ___________________________________________________District
Council Committee Action
The recommendations of the ___________________________District in regard to alternate merit
badge(s) for ______________________(Name of candidate) have been reviewed, and the merit badges recommended have been approved as alternate merit badges for Eagle Scout
rank requirements.
Date ____________________________________________
Signed:
_______________________________________________Council chairman
Signed: ______________________________________________Scout executive
(The local council action on the alternate merit badges for
the Eagle Scout Award does not require National Council approval.)
Possible alternates for
required merit badges*
CAMPING: Backpacking, Canoeing, Cooking, Rowing
COMMUNICATIONS: Cinematography, Computers, Electronics,
Graphic Arts, Journalism, Photography, Public Speaking, Radio, Salesmanship.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OR LIFESAVING: Fire Safety, Motorboating, Public Health, Radio, Rowing, Traffic Safety, Wilderness
Survival
PERSONAL FITNESS: Archery, Athletics, Backpacking,
Canoeing, Climbing, Golf, Horsemanship, Orienteering, Pioneering, Rowing,
Skating, Water Skiing.
SWIMMING, HIKING, OR CYCLING: Archery, Athletics,
Canoeing, Motorboating, Rowing, Small Boat Sailing, Snow Sports.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Archaeology, Energy, Fish and
Wildlife Management, Forestry, Geology, Nature, Oceanography, Soil and Water
Conservation, Weather
*These possible alternates are suggested to give each
person, involved in selecting an alternate, a list to choose from that could
provide similar learning experience. If, after a careful review of the
requirements, it does not seem possible that the individual can meet the
requirements of one of the suggested alternates, apply for other alternates,
using this form.
It is important that unit leaders use reasonable
accommodation and common sense in the application of the alternate merit
badge program. This plan is designed to provide advancement opportunity for
Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, or Venturers with disabilities.
No. 58-730
1999 Printing
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