North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 89C Engineering and Land Surveying

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-1. Short title
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The North Carolina Engineering and Land Surveying Act." (1951, c. 1084, s. 1; 1975,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-2. Declarations; prohibitions
In order to safeguard life, health, and property, and to promote the public welfare, the practice of engineering and the practice of land surveying...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-4. State Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors; appointment; terms
A State Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors, whose duty it is to administer the provisions of this Chapter, is created. The Board...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-5. Board members; qualifications
Each engineer member of the Board shall be a resident of North Carolina and shall be a licensed professional engineer engaged in the lawful...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-6. Compensation and expenses of Board members
Each member of the Board, when attending to the work of the Board or any of its committees, shall receive as compensation for services...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-7. Vacancies; removal of member
The Governor may remove any member of the Board for misconduct, incompetency, neglect of duty, or any sufficient cause, in the manner prescribed by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-8. Organization of the Board; meetings; election of officers
The Board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year. Special meetings may be held at such times and upon such notice as...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-9. Executive director; duties and liabilities
The Board shall employ an executive director who is not a member of the Board. The executive director shall be a full-time employee of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-10. Board powers
(a) The Board may adopt and amend all rules and rules of procedure as may be reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-11. Secretary; duties and liabilities; expenditures
The secretary of the Board shall receive and account for all moneys derived from the operation of the Board as provided in this Chapter,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-12. Records and reports of Board; evidence
The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applicants for licensure, showing for each the date of application,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-13. General requirements for licensure
(a) Engineer Applicant. - The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant is qualified for licensure as...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-14. Application for licensure; license fees
(a) Application for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Board. It...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-15. Examinations
(a) The examinations will be held at the times and places as the Board directs. The Board shall determine the passing grade on examinations....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-16. Certificates of licensure; effect; seals
(a) The Board shall issue to any applicant, who, in the opinion of the Board, has met the requirements of this Chapter, a certificate...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-17. Expirations and renewals of certificates
Certificates for licensure of corporations and business firms that engage in the practice of engineering or land surveying shall expire on the last day...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-18. Duplicate certificates
The Board may issue a duplicate certificate of licensure or certificate of authorization to replace any certificate that has been lost, destroyed, or mutilated...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-18.1. Licensing of nonresidents
(a) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Delinquent income tax debt. - The amount of income tax due as stated...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-19. Public works; requirements where public safety involved
This State and its political subdivisions such as counties, cities, towns, or other political entities or legally constituted boards, commissions, public utility companies, or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-19.1. Engineer who volunteers during an emergency or disaster; qualified immunity
(a) A professional engineer who voluntarily, without compensation, provides structural, electrical, mechanical, or other engineering services at the scene of a declared disaster or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-20. Rules of professional conduct
In the interest of protecting the safety, health, and welfare of the public, the Board shall adopt rules of professional conduct applicable to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-21. Disciplinary action - Reexamination, revocation, suspension, reprimand, or civil penalty
(a) The Board may reprimand the licensee, suspend, refuse to renew, refuse to reinstate, or revoke the certificate of licensure, require additional education or,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-22. Disciplinary action - Charges; procedure
(a) Any person may prefer charges of fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetence, misconduct, or violations of this Chapter, the rules of professional conduct, or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-23. Unlawful to practice engineering or land surveying without licensure; unlawful use of title or terms; penalties; Attorney General to be legal adviser
Any person who shall practice, or offer to practice, engineering or land surveying in this State without first being licensed in accordance with the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-24. Licensure of corporations and business firms that engage in the practice of engineering or land surveying
A corporation or business firm may not engage in the practice of engineering or land surveying in this State unless it is licensed by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-25. Limitations on application of Chapter
This Chapter shall not be construed to prevent or affect: (1) The practice of architecture, landscape architecture, or contracting or any other legally recognized...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-25.1. Supervision of unlicensed individuals by licensed person
In all circumstances in which unlicensed individuals are permitted under this Chapter to perform engineering or land surveying work, or both, under the supervision...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-25.2. Program of licensure by discipline
The Board shall submit to the legislative committees of reference by July 1, 1981, a program of licensure by discipline and an analysis of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-26. Repealed by Session Laws 1997-309, s. 10
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-27. Invalid sections; severability
If any of the provisions of this Chapter, or if any rule, regulation or order thereunder, or if the application of such provision to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-28. Existing licensure not affected
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as affecting the status of licensure of any professional engineer or land surveyor who is rightfully in...

Last modified: March 23, 2014