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SENATE BILL 6192
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senators Prentice and Amondson; by request of Department of Licensing
Read first time 01/17/94. Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.
AN ACT Relating to registration of engineers-in-training; and amending RCW 18.43.020 and 18.43.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.43.020 and 1991 c 19 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Engineer: The term "engineer" as used in this chapter shall mean a professional engineer as hereinafter defined.
Professional engineer: The term "professional engineer" within the meaning and intent of this chapter, shall mean a person who, by reason of his or her special knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to practice engineering as hereinafter defined, as attested by his or her legal registration as a professional engineer.
Engineer-in-training: The term "engineer-in-training"
as used in this chapter ((shall)) means a candidate ((for
registration as a professional engineer who is a graduate in an approved
engineering curriculum of four years or more from a school or college approved
by the board as of satisfactory standing, or who has had four years or more of
experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the board; and
who, in addition, has)) who: (1) Has satisfied the experience
requirements in RCW 18.43.040 for registration; (2) has successfully passed
the examination in the fundamental engineering subjects ((prior to
completion of the requisite years of experience in engineering work as provided
in RCW 18.43.060, and who shall have received a certificate stating that he or
she has successfully passed this portion of the professional examination));
and (3) is enrolled by the board as an engineer-in-training.
Engineering: The term "engineering" as used in this chapter shall mean the "practice of engineering" as hereinafter defined.
Practice of engineering: The term "practice of engineering" within the meaning and intent of this chapter shall mean any professional service or creative work requiring engineering education, training, and experience and the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such professional services or creative work as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design and supervision of construction for the purpose of assuring compliance with specifications and design, in connection with any public or private utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects.
A person shall be construed to practice or offer to practice engineering, within the meaning and intent of this chapter, who practices any branch of the profession of engineering; or who, by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents himself or herself to be a professional engineer, or through the use of some other title implies that he or she is a professional engineer; or who holds himself or herself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any engineering service or work or any other professional service designated by the practitioner or recognized by educational authorities as engineering.
The practice of engineering shall not include the work ordinarily performed by persons who operate or maintain machinery or equipment.
Land surveyor: The term "land surveyor" as used in this chapter shall mean a person who, through technical knowledge and skill gained by education and/or by experience, is qualified to practice land surveying as hereinafter defined.
Practice of land surveying: The term "practice of land surveying" within the meaning and intent of this chapter, shall mean assuming responsible charge of the surveying of land for the establishment of corners, lines, boundaries, and monuments, the laying out and subdivision of land, the defining and locating of corners, lines, boundaries and monuments of land after they have been established, the survey of land areas for the purpose of determining the topography thereof, the making of topographical delineations and the preparing of maps and accurate records thereof, when the proper performance of such services requires technical knowledge and skill.
Board: The term "board" as used in this chapter shall mean the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors, provided for by this chapter.
Sec. 2. RCW 18.43.040 and 1991 c 19 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
The following will be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as a professional engineer, engineer-in-training, or land surveyor, respectively, to wit:
As a professional engineer: A specific record of eight years or more of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the board and indicating that the applicant is competent to practice engineering; and successfully passing a written or oral examination, or both, in engineering as prescribed by the board.
Graduation in an approved engineering curriculum of four years or more from a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing shall be considered equivalent to four years of such required experience. The satisfactory completion of each year of such an approved engineering course without graduation shall be considered as equivalent to a year of such required experience. Graduation in a curriculum other than engineering from a school or college approved by the board shall be considered as equivalent to two years of such required experience: PROVIDED, That no applicant shall receive credit for more than four years of experience because of undergraduate educational qualifications. The board may, at its discretion, give credit as experience not in excess of one year, for satisfactory postgraduate study in engineering.
As an engineer-in-training: ((The board
shall permit)) An applicant for registration as a professional
engineer((, upon his or her request, to)) shall take the
prescribed examination in two stages. The first stage of the examination may
be taken upon submission of his or her application for registration as an
engineer-in‑training and payment of the application fee ((herein))
prescribed((,)) in RCW 18.43.050 at any time after the applicant
has completed four years of the required engineering experience as defined ((above))
in this section, or has achieved senior standing in a school or college
approved by the board. The first stage of the examination shall test the
applicant's knowledge of appropriate fundamentals of engineering subjects,
including mathematics and the basic sciences.
At any time after the completion of the
required eight years of engineering experience as defined ((above)) in
this section, the applicant may take the second stage of the examination,
upon submission of an application for registration and payment of the
application fee ((herein)) prescribed in RCW 18.43.050. This
stage of the examination shall test the applicant's ability, upon the basis of
his or her greater experience, to apply his or her knowledge and experience in
the field of his or her specific training and qualifications.
As a land surveyor: A specific record of six years or more of experience in land surveying work of a character satisfactory to the board and indicating that the applicant is competent to practice land surveying, and successfully passing a written or oral examination, or both, in surveying as prescribed by the board.
Graduation from a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing, including the completion of an approved course in surveying, shall be considered equivalent to four years of such required experience.
No person shall be eligible for registration as a professional engineer, engineer-in-training, or land surveyor, who is not of good character and reputation.
Engineering teaching, of a character satisfactory to the board, shall be considered as experience not in excess of two years for professional engineering and one year for land surveying.
The mere execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional engineer, or the supervision of the construction of such work as a foreman or superintendent shall not be deemed to be practice of engineering.
Any person having the necessary qualifications prescribed in this chapter to entitle him or her to registration shall be eligible for such registration although the person may not be practicing his or her profession at the time of making his or her application.
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