§ 17-30-101 - Definition.
17-30-101. Definition.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Consulting engineer" means a professional engineer whose principal occupation is the independent practice of engineering, whose livelihood is obtained by offering engineering services to the public, who serves clients as an independent fiduciary, who is devoid of public, commercial, and product affiliation that might tend to infer a conflict of interest, and who is cognizant of his or her public and legal responsibilities, and is capable of discharging them;
(2) "Engineer-intern" means a person who has qualified for, taken, and has passed an examination in the fundamental engineering subjects, as provided in this chapter;
(3) (A) "Firm" means any form of business entity that offers professional engineering services of its licensed personnel to the public.
(B) "Firm" does not include an individual licensee operating under his or her name;
(4) (A) "Practice of engineering" means any service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge in the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to services or creative work such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and design of engineering works and systems relating to the use of air, land, water, municipal and regional planning, forensic services, engineering teaching of advanced engineering subjects or courses related thereto, engineering surveys, and the inspection of construction for the purpose of assuring compliance with drawings and specifications, any of which embraces service or work, either public or private, in connection with any utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work systems, or projects including such architectural work as is incidental to the practice of engineering.
(B) A person practices or offers to practice engineering, within the meaning and intent of this chapter, who:
(i) Practices any branch of the profession of engineering;
(ii) By verbal claim, sign advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents himself or herself to be an engineer;
(iii) Through the use of some other title implies that he or she is an engineer or that he or she is licensed under this chapter; or
(iv) Holds himself or herself out as able to perform or does perform any engineering service or work or any other service designated by the practitioner that is recognized as engineering.
(C) The term "practice of engineering" does not include persons who merely operate or maintain machinery or equipment.
(D) The practice of engineering does not include the act of measuring land or drawing or reading plans or other work normally done by mechanics, technicians, professional surveyors, or draftsmen;
(5) "Professional engineer" means a person who has been duly licensed as a professional engineer by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors; and
(6) "Responsible charge" means direct control of, supervision of, and legal responsibility for all engineering work performed.