GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
H 1
HOUSE BILL 301
Short Title: Clarifying Changes/Engineers/Surveyors Laws. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Arp, Catlin, Millis, and Hager (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Finance. |
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March 14, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make clarifying changes to the laws regulating engineers and land surveyors.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 89C-3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 89C-3. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Chapter:
(1) Board. - The North Carolina State Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors provided for by this Chapter.
(1a) Business firm. - A partnership, firm, association, or another organization or group that is not a corporation and is acting as a unit.
(2) Engineer. - A person who, by reason of special knowledge and use of the mathematical, physical and engineering sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, acquired by engineering education and engineering experience, is qualified to practice engineering.
(3) Engineering Engineer
intern. - A person who complies with the requirements for education,
experience and character, and has passed an examination in the fundamental
engineering subjects,on the fundamentals of engineering as provided
in this Chapter.
(3a) Inactive licensee. -
Licensees who are not engaged in the practice of engineering or land surveying
in this State.State, but renew their licenses as "inactive"
as provided in this Chapter.
(4) Land surveyor
intern. - A person who has qualified for, taken,complies with the
requirements for education, experience, and character and has passed
an examination on the basic disciplinesfundamentals of land
surveying as provided in this Chapter.
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SECTION 2. G.S. 89C-13 reads as rewritten:
"§ 89C-13. General requirements for licensure.
(a) Engineer Applicant.
- To be eligible for licensure as a professional engineer, an applicant must
be of good character and reputation. An applicant desiring to take the
examination in the fundamentals of engineering must submit three character
references, one of whom shall be a professional engineer. An applicant desiring
to take the examination in the principles and practice of engineering must
submit five references, two of whom shall be professional engineers having
personal knowledge of the applicant's engineering experiences. The
following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the Board
that the applicant is qualified for licensure:licensure as a
professional engineer:
(1) As a
professional engineer (shall meet one):To be certified as an engineer
intern, an applicant shall (i) pass the fundamentals of engineering examination
and make application to the Board; (ii) be of good character and reputation;
(iii) submit three character references to the Board, one of whom is a
professional engineer; (iv) comply with the requirements of this Chapter; and
(v) meet one of the following requirements:
a. Education. - Be a graduate of an engineering curriculum or related science curriculum of four years or more, approved by the Board as being of satisfactory standing or a student who is graduating within two semesters, or the equivalent, of the semester in which the fundamentals of engineering examination is administered.
b. Education and experience. - Be a graduate of an engineering curriculum or related science curriculum of four years or more, other than curriculums approved by the Board as being of satisfactory standing, or possess equivalent education and engineering experience satisfactory to the Board with a specific record of four or more years of progressive experience on engineering projects of a grade and character satisfactory to the Board.
(1a) To be licensed as a professional engineer, an applicant shall (i) be of good character and reputation; (ii) submit five character references to the Board, two of whom are professional engineers with personal knowledge of the applicant's engineering experience; (iii) comply with the requirements of this Chapter; and (iv) meet one of the following requirements:
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b. E.I.
Certificate, Experience, and Examination. - A holder of a certificate of engineering
engineer intern issued by the Board, and with a specific
record of an additional four years or more of progressive experience on
engineering projects of a grade and character which indicates to the Board that
the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, shall be admitted to
the principles and practice of engineering examination. Upon passing the
examination, the applicant shall be granted a certificate of licensure to practice
professional engineering in this State, provided the applicant is otherwise
qualified.
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At its discretion the Board may require an applicant to submit exhibits, drawings, designs, or other tangible evidence of engineering work which the applicant personally accomplished or supervised.
The following shall be considered as minimum evidence that
the applicant is qualified for certification:
(2) As an
engineering intern (shall meet one):
a. Graduation
and Examination. - A graduate of an engineering curriculum or related science
curriculum of four years or more, approved by the Board as being of
satisfactory standing, or a student who is graduating within two semesters, or
the equivalent, of the semester in which the fundamentals of engineering
examination is administered, shall be admitted to the fundamentals of
engineering examination. The applicant shall be notified if the examination was
passed or not passed and if passed he shall be certified as an engineering
intern if the applicant is otherwise qualified.
b. Graduation,
Experience, and Examination. - A graduate of an engineering or related
science curriculum of four years or more, other than the ones approved by the
Board as being of satisfactory standing, or with equivalent education and
engineering experience satisfactory to the Board and with a specific record of
four or more years of progressive experience on engineering projects of a grade
and character satisfactory to the Board, shall be admitted to the fundamentals
of engineering examination. The applicant shall be notified if the examination
was passed or not passed and if passed, the applicant shall be certified as an
engineering intern if the applicant is otherwise qualified.
(b) Land Surveyor
Applicant. - To be eligible for admission to examination for land surveyor
intern or professional land surveyor, an applicant must be of good character
and reputation and shall submit five references with the application for
licensure as a land surveyor, two of which references shall be professional
land surveyors having personal knowledge of the applicant's land surveying
experience, or in the case of an application for certification as a land
surveyor intern by three references, one of which shall be a licensed land
surveyor having personal knowledge of the applicant's land surveying
experience.
The evaluation of a land surveyor applicant's qualifications
shall involve a consideration of the applicant's education, technical technical,
and land surveying experience, exhibits of land surveying projects with
which the applicant has been associated, and recommendations by references. The
land surveyor applicant's qualifications may be reviewed at an interview if the
Board determines it necessary. Educational credit for institute courses,
correspondence courses, or other courses shall be determined by the Board.
The following shall be considered a as minimum
evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant is qualified for
licensure as a professional land surveyor or for certification as a land
surveyor intern respectively:surveyor:
(1) As a
professional land surveyor (shall meet one):To be certified as a land
surveyor intern, an applicant shall (i) pass the fundamentals of land surveying
examination and make application to the Board; (ii) be of good character and
reputation; (iii) submit three character references to the Board, one of whom
is a professional land surveyor; (iv) comply with the requirements of this
Chapter; and (v) satisfy one of the following requirements related to education
and experience:
a. Be a graduate of a surveying curriculum of four years or more or other equivalent curriculum in surveying approved by the Board. An applicant meeting the requirements of this sub-subdivision shall be certified as a surveying intern if the applicant is otherwise qualified.
b. Have rightful possession of an associate degree in surveying technology approved by the Board, a record satisfactory to the Board of four years of progressive practical experience, two years of which shall have been under a practicing professional land surveyor, and have satisfactorily passed a written and oral examination as required by the Board.
c. Have graduated from high school or completed a high school equivalency certificate with a record satisfactory to the Board of 10 years of progressive, practical experience, six years of which shall have been under a practicing licensed land surveyor, and have satisfactorily passed any oral and written examinations required by the Board.
(1a) To be licensed as a professional land surveyor, an applicant shall (i) be of good character and reputation; (ii) submit five character references to the Board, two of whom are professional land surveyors with personal knowledge of the applicant's land surveying experience; (iii) comply with the requirements of this Chapter; and (iv) meet one of the following requirements:
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(2) As a
land surveyor intern (shall meet one):
a. Rightful
possession of an associate degree in surveying technology approved by the
Board, a record satisfactory to the Board of four years of progressive
practical experience, two years of which shall have been under a practicing
professional land surveyor, and satisfactorily passing a written and oral
examination as required by the Board.
b. Repealed
by Session Laws 2005-296, s. 1.
c. Graduation
from high school or the completion of a high school equivalency certificate and
a record satisfactory to the Board of 10 years of progressive, practical
experience, six years of which shall have been under a practicing licensed land
surveyor and satisfactorily passing any oral and written examinations required
by the Board.
d. Graduation
and examination. - A graduate of a surveying curriculum or other equivalent
curriculum in surveying approved by the Board or a student who is graduating
within two semesters, or the equivalent, of the semester in which the
fundamentals of surveying examination is administered, in an accredited
surveying program of four years or more shall be admitted to the fundamentals
of surveying examination. The applicant shall be notified if the examination
was passed or not passed, and if passed the applicant shall be certified as a
surveying intern if the applicant is otherwise qualified.
The Board shall require an applicant to submit exhibits, drawings, plats, or other tangible evidence of land surveying work executed by the applicant under proper supervision and which the applicant has personally accomplished or supervised."
SECTION 3. G.S. 89C-15(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Written
examinationsExaminations will be given in sections and may be
taken only after the applicant has met the other minimum requirements as given
in G.S. 89C-13 and has been approved by the Board for admission to the
examinationas follows:
(1) Engineering
Fundamentals.Fundamentals of Engineering. - Consists of an eight-hour
examination on the fundamentals of engineering. Passing this examination
qualifies the applicant for an engineering engineer intern
certificate, provided the applicant has met all other requirements for
licensure required by this Chapter.
(2) Principles and
Practice of Engineering. - Consists of an eight-hour examination
on applied engineering. Passing this examination qualifies the applicant for
licensure as a professional engineer, provided the applicant has met the other
requirements for registration licensure required by this Chapter.
(3) Surveying
Fundamentals.Fundamentals of Land Surveying. - Consists of an eight-hour
examination on the elementary disciplinesfundamentals of land
surveying. Passing this examination qualifies the applicant for a land surveyor
intern certificate provided the applicant has met all other requirements for
certification required by this Chapter.
(4) Principles and Practices
Practice of Land Surveying. - Consists of a six-houran
examination on the basic andapplied disciplines of land surveying and a
two-houran examination on requirements specific to the practice of
land surveying in North Carolina. Passing each of these examinations qualifies
the applicant for a professional land surveyor certificate provided the
applicant has met all other requirements for certification required by this
Chapter."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.