Sec. 20-308. Reciprocity.
Sec. 20-308. Reciprocity. (a) The board may, upon application and the payment
of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars to the Department of Consumer Protection, authorize
the department to issue a license as a professional engineer, or a combined license as a
professional engineer and land surveyor or, upon application and the payment of a fee
of one hundred fifty dollars, to issue a license as a land surveyor to any person who
holds a certificate of qualification, licensure or registration issued to such person by the
proper authority of any state, territory or possession of the United States, or any country,
or the National Bureau of Engineering Registration, provided the requirements for the
licensure or registration of professional engineers or land surveyors under which such
license, certificate of qualification or registration was issued shall not conflict with the
provisions of this chapter and shall be of a standard not lower than that specified in
section 20-302. Upon request of any such applicant the board may, if it determines that
the application is in apparent good order, authorize the department to grant to such
applicant permission in writing to practice engineering or land surveying or both for a
specified period of time while such application is pending. The board may waive the
first part of the examination specified in subdivision (1) of section 20-302 in the case
of an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer who holds a certificate as an
engineer-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state, territory or possession of the United States, provided the requirements under which the certificate was
issued do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and are of a standard at least
equal to that specified in said subdivision (1). The board may waive that part of the
examination specified in subdivision (3) of section 20-302 relating to the fundamentals
of land surveying, in the case of an applicant for licensure as a land surveyor who holds
a certificate as a surveyor-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state,
territory or possession of the United States, provided the requirements under which the
certificate was issued do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and are of a
standard at least equal to that specified in said subdivision (3).
(b) The board may, upon application and the payment of a fee to be fixed by the
board, authorize the Department of Consumer Protection to issue a license as an engineer-in-training to any person who holds a certificate of qualification as engineer-in-training or surveyor-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state or
territory or possession of the United States, or any country, provided the requirements
for certification under which such certificate of qualification was issued do not conflict
with the provisions of this chapter and are of a standard at least equal to that specified
in section 20-302.
(1949 Rev., S. 4630; 1951, 1955, S. 2315d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 75; 1961, P.A. 568, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 547, S.
4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 91; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 22; P.A. 81-361, S. 17, 39; P.A. 82-317, S. 7, 8; 82-370, S. 12, 16; P.A.
83-360, S. 4; P.A. 89-251, S. 124, 203; P.A. 98-3, S. 21; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act increased fee from $20 to $50; 1961 act added provision re practice while application is pending and
provision for issuance of engineer-in-training certificates; 1965 act deleted residency requirement for waiver eligibility;
1971 act increased application fee for engineers and those desiring combined certificate from $50 to $150 and for land
surveyors from $50 to $100; 1972 act reduced fee for engineer or combined certificate to $50 and for land surveyor to
$25; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide for payment of fees to the department instead of the board and for issuance
of certificates by the department upon the authorization of the board on and after July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-317 increased fee
for land surveyor's certificate from $25 to $50; P.A. 82-370 substituted references to licensure for references to certificates
of registration where necessary; P.A. 83-360 amended section to provide for waiver of part of surveyor-in-training examination requirement for applicants holding a certificate issued by another jurisdiction; P.A. 89-251 increased the fees from
$50 to $150; P.A. 98-3 divided section into Subsecs. and made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A.
04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments
of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.