Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 11 - Engineers and Land Surveyors

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 34-11-1 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BOARD. The State Board...
• Section 34-11-2 Practice of engineering and land surveying regulated
  (a) A person in either public or private capacity may not practice or offer to practice engineering or land surveying, unless he or she shall...
• Section 34-11-3 Roster of registrants
  A roster showing the names and addresses of all licensed professional engineers, all professional land surveyors, and all who possess current certifications as engineer interns...
• Section 34-11-4 General requirements for licensure or certification
  The board may approve engineering, land surveying, and related science programs which shall be accepted under the following criteria: (1) PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. The following shall...
• Section 34-11-5 Applications; fees
  (a) Applications for licensure as a professional engineer, professional land surveyor, engineer intern, or land surveyor intern shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by...
• Section 34-11-6 Examinations
  (a) Examinations shall be held at such times and places as the board determines and upon payment of an examination fee. The board shall determine...
• Section 34-11-7 Issuance of certificate; seal
  (a) The board shall issue a certificate of licensure to any applicant for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor who, in the...
• Section 34-11-8 Renewal of certificates; expired licenses; inactive status; retirement
  (a) The board, by rule, shall establish a procedure for renewing certificates of licensure on an annual or a biennial basis. It shall be the...
• Section 34-11-9 Practice by firms
  (a)(1) A firm that practices or offers to practice engineering or land surveying is required to obtain a certificate of authorization from the board in...
• Section 34-11-9.1 Issuance of duplicate certificates
  A duplicate certificate of licensure, intern enrollment document, or certificate of authorization may be issued subject to the rules of the board. A fee established...
• Section 34-11-10 Public work
  A state, county, or local governmental agency or authority, or an official or employee thereof, may not engage in the practice of engineering or land...
• Section 34-11-11 Disciplinary action
  (a) The board may reprimand, censure, suspend, revoke, place on probation, recover costs, or fine any licensee or certified engineer intern or land surveyor intern...
• Section 34-11-11.1 Civil penalties; recovery of costs
  (a) The board may levy a civil penalty and recover costs from any individual or firm for any of the following activities: (1) Engaging in...
• Section 34-11-11.2 Complaints; investigation; hearing; sanctions
  (a) Any person or entity, including the board or its staff, may file a complaint alleging a violation of this chapter against any individual licensee,...
• Section 34-11-12 Reissuance of revoked certificates
  The board, for reasons it may deem sufficient, may reissue a certificate of licensure or intern certification to any person or certificate of authorization to...
• Section 34-11-13 Appeals
  Any person who is aggrieved by the denial of a certificate by the board or by any disciplinary action by the board taken pursuant to...
• Section 34-11-14 Persons and acts exempt from chapter
  This chapter shall not be construed to prevent or to affect any of the following: (1) The practice of any other legally recognized profession or...
• Section 34-11-15 Violations; penalties
  (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, or holds himself or herself out as qualified to practice engineering or land surveying in this state...
• Section 34-11-16 Violations; civil penalties; notice and hearing; subpoena power; appeal
  REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-550 EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
• Article 2 Board of Registration.
• Section 34-11-30 Creation and composition; nominating committee; terms of office
  (a) A State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is created. It shall be the duty of the board to administer this...
• Section 34-11-31 Qualifications of members
  (a) Board members shall at all times maintain eligibility to serve on the board avoiding relationships that would interfere with the board mission of protecting...
• Section 34-11-32 Compensation and expenses
  Each member of the board shall be entitled to the maximum allowable per diem set by the board when actually attending to the work of...
• Section 34-11-33 Removal of members; vacancies
  The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, neglect of duty or for any other sufficient cause. Vacancies in the membership...
• Section 34-11-34 Meetings; legal office; officers; quorum
  The board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year. The two regular meetings of the board shall be held in the City of...
• Section 34-11-35 Powers of the board
  (a) The board shall have the power to adopt and amend bylaws and rules not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as...
• Section 34-11-35.1 Legislative findings; rulemaking authority
  (a) In addition to the powers provided to the board by Section 34-11-35, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The power...
• Section 34-11-36 Receipts and disbursements
  The executive director of the board shall receive and account for all money derived under this chapter. All funds collected shall be deposited with the...
• Section 34-11-37 Records and reports; confidentiality
  (a) The board shall keep a record of its proceedings. (b) The board shall maintain a record of all applications for licensure, certification, and certificate...

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