TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-8
Engineers
SECTION 5-8-3
§ 5-8-3 Board Creation
Duties Composition Appointments Terms.
(a) The duty of the board of engineers is to administer those provisions of
this chapter that relate to the regulation of professional engineering and the
registration of professional engineers.
(b) Subject to the approval of the director, the board of
engineers shall establish any rules and regulations for the conduct of its own
proceedings; for examination of applicants; for registration of professional
engineers and engineers-in-training; for continuing education requirements; for
investigating complaints to the board; and for governing the practice of
engineering all that it deems appropriate.
(c)(1) Members of the board are subject to the provisions of
chapter 14 of title 36. The board consists of five (5) persons, who are
appointed by the governor, and must have the qualifications required by §
5-8-4. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of his or her
appointment from the governor and shall file with the secretary of state his or
her written oath or affirmation for the faithful discharge of his or her
official duty. Appointments to the board shall be in the manner and for a
period of time that the term of each member expires at a different time. On the
expiration of the term of any member, the governor shall, in the manner
previously provided, appoint for a term of five (5) years a registered
professional engineer having the qualifications required in § 5-8-4. A
member may be reappointed to succeed himself or herself, but shall not serve
more than two (2), full, consecutive terms. Each member may hold office until
the expiration of the term for which appointed or until a successor has been
appointed and has qualified.
(2) The board shall designate and establish a system of
registration by discipline not later than December 31, 1994, and shall
subsequently administer that registration system.
(3) The registration system shall provide, at a minimum, for
the registration of:
(i) Civil engineers;
(ii) Chemical engineers;
(iii) Electrical engineers;
(iv) Mechanical engineers;
(v) Structural engineers;
(vi) Environmental engineers; and
(vii) Fire protection engineers.
(4) The board may establish additional classifications by
rule and regulation subject to the approval of the director.
(5) Classification of disciplines shall conform to the
standards established by the NCEES. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to limit the registration of a qualified applicant to only one discipline.
(d) [Deleted by P.L. 2015, ch. 82, § 4 and P.L.
2015, ch. 105, § 4].
History of Section.
(P.L. 1990, ch. 330, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 304, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch.
420, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 298, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 378, § 2; P.L.
2015, ch. 82, § 4; P.L. 2015, ch. 105, § 4.)
