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Boy Scout Joining Requirements
- Meet the age requirements. Be a boy who is 11 years old, or one
who has completed the fifth grade or earned the Arrow of Light Award and
is at least 10 years old, but is not yet 18 years old.
- Find a Scout troop near your home.
- Complete a Boy Scout application and health history signed by your parent or guardian.
- Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake.
- Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot).
- Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath or Promise, Law, motto, and slogan, and the Outdoor Code.
- Describe the Scout badge.
- Complete the pamphlet exercises. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide.
- Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. Turn in your Boy Scout
application and health history form signed by your parent or guardian,
then participate in a Scoutmaster conference
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Tenderfoot Rank Requirements
- Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going
on an overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show
the right way to pack and carry it.
- Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch.
- On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of your
patrol’s meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share
in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain theimportance of eating
together.
- Demonstrate
- 4a. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
- 4b. Demonstrate that you know how to tie the following knots
and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
- 4c. Using the EDGE method, teach another person how to tie the square knot.
- Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-
country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are
lost.
- Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.
- Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto, and slogan.
- Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flag.
- Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your
personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a
bully is and how you should respond to one.
- Record your best in the following tests:
Current results
Push-ups ________
Pull-ups ________
Sit-ups ________
Standing long jump (______ ft. ______ in.)
1/4-mile walk/run _____________
30 days later
Push-ups ________
Pull-ups ________
Sit-ups ________
Standing long jump (______ ft. ______ in.)
1/4-mile walk/run _____________
10b. Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.
- Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
- 12a. Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.
12b. Show first aid for the following:
- Simple cuts and scrapes
- Blisters on the hand and foot
- Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first-degree)
- Bites or stings of insects and ticks
- Venomous snakebite
- Nosebleed
- Frostbite and sunburn
- Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise)
and Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific examples of
how you have lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life.
- Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your board of review.
Notes
- Alternate requirements for the Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities - click here .
- The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First
Class ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must
be earned in sequence.
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Second Class Rank Requirements
1a.
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Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.
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1b.
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Using a compass and a map
together, take a five-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike) approved by your
adult leader and your parent or guardian.*
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2.
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Discuss the principles of Leave No Trace.
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3a.
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Since joining, have
participated in five separate troop/patrol activities (other than
troop/patrol meetings), two of which included camping overnight.
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3b.
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On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and
sleep in a tent that you pitched. Explain what factors you should
consider when choosing a patrol site and where to pitch a tent.
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3c.
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Demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.
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3d.
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Use the tools listed in requirement 3c to prepare tinder, kindling,and fuel for a cooking fire.
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3e.
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Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both.
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3f.
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In an approved place and at an
approved time, demonstrate how to build a fire and set up a lightweight
stove. Note: Lighting the fire is not required.
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3g.
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On one campout, plan and cook
one hot breakfast or lunch, selecting foods from the food guide pyramid.
Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store,
and prepare the foods you selected.
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4.
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Participate in a flag ceremony
for your school, religious institution, chartered organization,
community, or troop activity. Explain to your leader what respect is due
the flag of the United States.
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5.
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Participate in an approved (minimum of one hour)service project.
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6.
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Identify or show evidence of at
least 10 kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish,
mollusks) found in your community.
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7a.
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Show what to do for “hurry” cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and ingested poisoning.
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7b.
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Prepare a personal first-aid kit to take with you on a hike.
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7c.
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Demonstrate first aid for the following:
- Object in the eye
- Bite of a suspected rabid animal
- Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook
- Serious burns (partial thickness, or second-degree)
- Heat exhaustion
- Shock
- Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation
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8a.
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Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
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8b.
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Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water
over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface,
stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.
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8c.
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Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your
arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines
and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a
reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a
rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.
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9a.
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Participate in a school, community, or troop program on
the dangers of using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco and other practices
that could be harmful to your health. Discuss your participation in the
program with your family, and explain the dangers of substance
addictions.
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Explain the three R's of personal safety and protection.
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10.
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Earn an amount of money agreed upon by you and your parent, then save at least 50 percent of that money.
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11.
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Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath
(Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific
examples (different from those used for Tenderfoot requirement 13) of
how you have lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life.
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12.
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Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
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13.
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Complete your board of review.
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Notes
- Alternate requirements for the Second Class rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities - click here to learn more.
- The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class
ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be
earned in sequence.
- If you use a wheelchair or crutches, or if it is difficult for
you to get around, you may substitute “trip” for “hike” in requirement
1b.
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First Class Rank Requirements
1.
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Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.
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Using a map and compass, complete an orienteering course
that covers at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or
width of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.).
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Since joining, have participated in 10 separate
troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of
which included camping overnight. Demonstrate the principles of Leave No
Trace on these outings.
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4a.
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Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at
least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner, and that requires
cooking at least two of the meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods
from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.
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4b.
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Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list
showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and
secure the ingredients.
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4c.
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Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals.
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Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and
storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other
perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage,
cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish.
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On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise
your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare
the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead your
patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup.
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5.
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Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by
your leader (elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant,
principal, teacher) your constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S.
citizen.
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6.
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Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your community.
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7a.
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Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. Then
demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in
square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or
staves together.
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7b.
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Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
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8a.
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Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.
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8b.
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Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
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8c.
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Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person
- From a smoke-filled room
- With a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards
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Tell the five most common signals of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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9a.
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Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
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9b.
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Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.*
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9c.
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With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue
both as tender and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be
approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.)
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10.
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Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts, or an
inactive Boy Scout, about your troop's activities. Invite him to a troop
outing, activity, service project, or meeting. Tell him how to join, or
encourage the inactive Boy Scout to become active.
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11.
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Describe the three things you should avoid doing related
to use of the Internet. Describe a cyberbully and how you should respond
to one.
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12.
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Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath
(Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific
examples (different from those used for Tenderfoot requirement 13 and
Second Class requirement 11) of how you have lived the points of the
Scout Law in your daily life.
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Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
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Complete your board of review.
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Notes
- Alternate requirements for the First Class rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities - click here to learn more.
- The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class
ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be
earned in sequence.
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Star Rank Requirements
- Be active in your unit (and patrol if you are in one) for at least four months as a First Class Scout.
- Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
- Earn six merit badges, including any four from the required list for Eagle.
Name of Merit Badge
____________________________________ (required for Eagle)*
____________________________________ (required for Eagle)*
____________________________________ (required for Eagle)*
____________________________________ (required for Eagle)*
_______________________________________________________
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- While a First Class Scout, take part in service project(s)
totaling at least six hours of work. These projects must be approved by
your Scoutmaster.
- While a First Class Scout, serve actively for four months in one
or more of the following positions of responsibility (or carry out a
Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the unit):
Boy Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant senior patrol
leader, senior patrol leader, Venture patrol leader, troop guide, Order
of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian,
historian, quartermaster, bugler, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain
aide, instructor, troop Webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.
Varsity Scout team. Captain, cocaptain, program
manager, squad leader, team secretary, Order of the Arrow troop
representative, librarian, historian, quartermaster, chaplain aide,
instructor, den chief, team Webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.
Venturing crew/ship. President, vice president,
secretary, treasurer, den chief, quartermaster, historian, guide,
boatswain, boatswain’s mate, yeoman, purser, storekeeper, crew/ship
Webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.
- Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your board of review.
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Life Rank Requirements
- Be active in your unit (and patrol if you are in one) for at least six months as a Star Scout.
- Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
- Earn five more merit badges (so that you have 11 in all), including any three more from the required list for Eagle. (See the Eagle Rank Requirements,
number 3, for this list.) A Scout may choose any of the 15 required
merit badges in the 12 categories to fulfill this requirement.
- While a Star Scout, take part in service project(s) totaling at
least six hours of work. These projects must be approved by your
Scoutmaster.
- While a Star Scout, serve actively for six months in one or more
of the troop positions of responsibility listed in requirement 5 for Star Scout (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop).
- While a Star Scout, use the EDGE method to teach a younger Scout
the skills from ONE of the following six choices, so that he is
prepared to pass those requirements to his unit leader’s satisfaction.
a. Second Class—7a and 7c (first aid)
b. Second Class—1a (outdoor skills)
c. Second Class—3c, 3d, 3e, and 3f (cooking/camping)
d. First Class—8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d (first aid)
e. First Class—1, 7a, and 7b (outdoor skills)
f. First Class—4a, 4b, and 4d (cooking/camping)
g. Three requirements from one of the required Eagle merit badges, as approved by your unit leader.
- Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your board of review.
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Eagle Rank Requirements
- Be active in your troop, team, crew, or ship for a period of at
least six months after you have achieved the rank of Life Scout.
- Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath
and Law in your daily life. List the names of individuals who know you
personally and would be willing to provide a recommendation on your
behalf, including parents/guardians, religious, educational, and
employer references.
- Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including the following:
- First Aid
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communication
- Personal Fitness
- Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving
- Environmental Science
- Personal Management
- Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
- Camping
- Family Life
You must choose only one merit badge listed in items g and j. If you
have earned more than one of the badges listed in items g and j, choose
one and list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.
- While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of six months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility:
- Boy Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant
senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, Venture patrol leader, troop
guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe,
librarian, historian, quartermaster, junior assistant Scoutmaster,
chaplain aide, instructor, Webmaster, or Leave No Trace Trainer.
- Varsity Scout team. Captain, cocaptain,
program manager, squad leader, team secretary, Order of the Arrow team
representative, librarian, historian, quartermaster, chaplain aide,
instructor, den chief, Webmaster, or Leave No Trace Trainer.
- Venturing crew/ship. President, vice
president, secretary, treasurer, quartermaster, historian, den chief,
guide, boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman, purser, storekeeper,
Webmaster, or Leave No Trace Trainer.
- While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others
in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school,
or your community. (The project must benefit an organization other than
Boy Scouting.) A project proposal must be approved by the organization
benefiting from the effort, your unit leader and unit committee, and the
council or district before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No. 512-927, in meeting this requirement. (To learn more about the Eagle Scout service project, see the Guide to Advancement, topics 9.0.2.0 through 9.0.2.15.)
- Take part in a unit leader conference.
- Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.
Notes
AGE REQUIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. Merit badges, badges of rank, and Eagle Palms may be earned by a registered Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or Venturer. He may earn these awards until his 18th birthday.
Any Venturer who achieved the First Class rank as a Boy Scout in a
troop or Varsity Scout in a team may continue working for the Star,
Life, and Eagle Scout ranks and Eagle Palms. An Eagle Scout board of
review may occur, without special approval, within three months after
the 18th birthday. Local councils must preapprove those held three to
six months afterward. To initiate approval, the candidate, his parent or
guardian, the unit leader, or a unit committee member attaches to the
application a statement explaining the delay. Consult the Guide to Advancement in the case where a board of review is to be conducted more than six months after a candidate’s 18th birthday.
If you have a permanent physical or mental disability, or a
disability expected to last more than two years, or beyond age 18, you
may become an Eagle Scout by qualifying for as many required merit
badges as you can and qualifying for alternative merit badges for the
rest. If you seek to become an Eagle Scout under this procedure, you
must submit a special application to your local council service center.
Your application must be approved by your council advancement committee before you can work on alternative merit badges.
A Scout or Venturer with a disability may
work toward rank advancement after he is 18 years of age if he meets the
guidelines outlined in the Guide to Advancement.
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