Sec. 20-302. Requirements for licensure.
Sec. 20-302. Requirements for licensure. No person shall practice or offer to
practice the profession of engineering in any of its branches, including land surveying,
or use any title or description tending to convey the impression that such person is a
professional engineer or a land surveyor, unless such person has been licensed or is
exempt under the provisions of this chapter. The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for licensure as a
professional engineer, engineer-in-training, land surveyor or surveyor-in-training, respectively:
(1) Professional engineer: Graduation from an approved course in engineering in
a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing, a specific record
of an additional four years of active practice in engineering work, which shall be of a
character satisfactory to the board, and the successful passing of a written or written
and oral examination prescribed by the board, with the consent of the commissioner,
the first part of which shall test the applicant's knowledge of fundamental engineering
subjects, including mathematics and the physical sciences, and the second part of which
shall test the applicant's ability to apply the principles of engineering to the actual practice of engineering. In lieu of graduation as specified in this subdivision, the board may
accept, as an alternative, six years or more of experience in engineering work which
shall be of a character satisfactory to the board and which shall indicate knowledge,
skill and education approximating that attained through graduation from an approved
course in engineering. The board may waive the written examination requirement in
the case of an applicant who submits a specific record of twenty years or more of lawful
practice in engineering work which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board and
which shall indicate that the applicant is competent to be in responsible charge of such
work, and may waive the first part of the written examination for an applicant who has
completed an approved course in engineering and has at least eight years of engineering
experience.
(2) Engineer-in-training: The board may license as an engineer-in-training a person
who is a graduate of an approved course in engineering or who has had the alternative
experience prescribed in subdivision (1) of this section and who has successfully passed
the first part of the examination specified in said subdivision. Licensure as an engineer-in-training shall remain valid for a period of ten years from date of issuance of an applicant's first license toward meeting in part the requirements of subdivision (1) of this
section.
(3) Land surveyor: Graduation from a school or college approved by the board as
of satisfactory standing, including the completion of an approved course in surveying,
a specific record of an additional three years of active practice in land surveying, which
shall be of a character satisfactory to the board, and the successful passing of a written
or written and oral examination, prescribed by the board with the consent of the commissioner, for the purpose of testing the applicant's knowledge of the fundamentals of land
surveying and the procedures pertaining to land surveying. In lieu of graduation as
specified in this subdivision, the board may accept, as an alternative, six years or more
of experience in surveying work which shall be of a character satisfactory to the board
and which shall indicate knowledge, skill and education approximating that attained
through completion of an approved course in surveying. The board may waive the written examination requirement in the case of an applicant who submits a specific record
of sixteen years or more of lawful practice in surveying work, at least ten of which shall
have been in land surveying, of a character satisfactory to the board and which shall
indicate that the applicant is competent to be in responsible charge of such work.
(4) Surveyor-in-training: The board may license as a surveyor-in-training a person
who is a graduate of a school or college approved by the board or who is scheduled to
graduate from such an institution within three months after applying for licensure, or
who has had six years or more of experience in surveying work of a character satisfactory
to the board and which indicates knowledge, skill and education approximating that
attained through completion of an approved course in surveying, provided any such
person has successfully passed part 1 of the national examination relating to fundamentals of land surveying. Licensure as a surveyor-in-training shall remain valid for a period
of ten years from the date of issuance of an applicant's first license toward meeting in
part the requirements of subdivision (3) of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4623; 1951, S. 2311d; February, 1965, P.A. 547, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 634, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 849, S. 2; P.A.
77-614, S. 257, 258, 610; P.A. 81-253, S. 1; 81-472, S. 153, 159; P.A. 82-370, S. 5, 16; P.A. 83-360, S. 1; P.A. 84-546,
S. 60, 173; P.A. 87-271, S. 1; P.A. 98-3, S. 12.)
History: 1965 act raised waiver age and experience qualifications in Subsec. (a) from 40 and 15 years, respectively,
and specified date of issuance as that of first certificate in Subsec. (b); 1969 act allowed waiver of first part of examination
for applicants over 40 who have completed approved engineering course and possess at least 8 years of experience; 1971
act required 3 rather than 2 years of active practice as general qualification in Subsec. (c) and amended waiver provisions
to raise years of practice required from 12 to 16 of which 10 rather than 8 years are in land surveying and to apply waiver
specifically to persons 50 years old or more; P.A. 77-614 required commissioner's consent for professional engineer and
land surveyor examinations, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-253 eliminated age requirement for waiver of examination
in Subsec. (a); P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 82-370 provided for licensure for professional engineers, engineers-in-training and land surveyors, thus eliminating references to registration and certification and allowed the board to
waive the written examination requirement for land surveyor license applicants, regardless of their age, where previously
waiver applied to those 50 or older; P.A. 83-360 amended section to establish surveyor-in-training license; P.A. 84-546
made technical change, restoring language inadvertently lost through mechanical error; P.A. 87-271 amended Subdiv. (4)
by requiring an applicant to have 6 years or more of experience; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes.
Cited. 207 C. 496.
Cited. 41 CA 827.