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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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| — Merit Badge Policies pp.22-23
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| Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval for Certain Requirements
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American Heritage
#2b, 2c, 2d, 5a, 5
| American Labor
#2, 5c, 5d
| Architecture
#3
| Art
#2a, 2b, 4
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Astronomy
#9
| Athletics
#6b
| Backpacking
#11b
| Cinematography
#3a
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Citizenship in the Community
#4b, 5, 7c
| Citizenship in the Nation
#6
| Communication
#5, 6, 7b
| Computers
#6e, #7c, 7d
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Crime Prevention
#7b
| Disabilities Awareness
#5a
| Emergency Preparedness
#2b, 9a
| Engineering
#1
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Environmental Science
#3e3
| Family Life
#4, 6a
| First Aid
#6c
| Forestry
#5
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Geocaching
#7, 8c
| Geology
#4a, 5c
| Golf
#8
| Graphic Arts
#4a
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Home Repairs
#2, 3, 4, 5, 6
| Indian Lore
#2b
| Journalism
#3b, 3c
| Mammal Study
#5
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Medicine
#10
| Metalwork
#5b, 3c3a
| Model Design and Building
#1, 3, 4a, 4c
| Oceanography
#8a, 8c
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Painting
#3
| Personal Fitness
#7
| Pets
#1
| Photography
#4a, 4b
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Pioneering
#10
| Pottery
#7
| Public Health
#5, 7
| Pulp and Paper
#7
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Radio
#7
| Safety
#2a
| Salesmanship
#3
| Scholarship
#4b
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Scuba Diving
#2
| Sculpture
#2c
| Small-Boat Sailing
#6c
| Soil and Water Conservation
#7f
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Sports
#5
| Surveying
#2
| Welding
#6
| Weather
#9a, 9b
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Woodwork
#6c
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See also
| General Merit Badge information
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