Decision
Eagle Palm Requirements. Decide whether to work toward a further Palm
Required Repeats
The numbered requirements start here, and only here. Everything below this point applies to a Palm beyond the ones already counted, and the whole of it runs again from the last Palm each time.
Notes and warnings
Deadline. THE DEADLINE IS THE 18TH BIRTHDAY, NOT THE EAGLE BOARD OF REVIEW. Guide to Advancement 9.0.3.0: all of the requirements, other than the Eagle Board of Review, must be completed before age 18 unless a Scout has been granted an extension to work on the Eagle Scout rank. So the board of review may fall after the birthday and the Palms already counted are unaffected, because counting badges already earned is not a requirement. Everything on this half of the page is. A Scout who finishes Eagle at seventeen years and eleven months has almost no time for a further Palm; a Scout who finishes at fifteen has years, and the difference is invisible on the requirements sheet.
Note. THERE IS NO WAITING PERIOD, AND THIS IS WORTH SAYING BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THE OPPOSITE. Requirement 1 reads "since earning the Eagle Scout rank or your last Eagle Palm" and names no length of time. Neither the requirements sheet nor the Scouts BSA Requirements book prints a number of months anywhere in the Palm section: searched end to end for month, tenure, wait and period, and there is nothing. If somebody tells you a Palm needs three months, ask them to show you where it says so.
Where this step comes from
- Scouts BSA Rank Requirements (Requirements sheets dated 2025-12), Eagle Palm Requirements · After receiving the Palms you are entitled to, additional Palms are earned by completing the three requirements.
- Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 9.0.3.0 · All requirements other than the Eagle board of review must be completed before age 18, unless a time extension has been granted.