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Ohio R.C. Chapter 4733 Laws
4733.01 Professional engineer and professional surveyor definitions
(C) “Accredited engineering curriculum” means an engineering curriculum accredited by the engineering accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology.
(E) “Professional surveyor” means a person who is registered as a professional surveyor under this chapter.
(F) “Practice of surveying” means any professional service that requires the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law for the adequate performance of the art of surveying, including, but not limited to, measuring the area or the contours of any portion of the earth’s surface, the lengths and directions of the bounding lines, and the contour of the surface, for their correct determination and description and for conveyancing for recording, or for the establishment or re-establishment of land boundaries and the platting of lands and subdivisions; and like measurements and operations involved in the surveying of mines, commonly known as “mine surveying.”
HISTORY: GC § 1083-2; 115 v 355, § 2; 123 v 701; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 130 v 1146 (Effective 09-10-1963); 133 v H 610 (Effective 11-21-1969); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 144 v H 482 (Effective 07-01-1993); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.02 Registration or exemption
HISTORY: GC § 1083-1; 115 v 355; 123 v 701; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 130 v 1147 (Effective 09-10-1963); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 610 (Effective 03-17-89); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
[ Top of Page ] 4733.021 Restricting use of title engineer by itself or with other terms
HISTORY: 144 v H 482 (Effective 07-01-1993); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.03 State board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors
HISTORY: GC § 1083-3; 115 v 356, § 3; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 442 (Effective 10-19-1953); 133 v H 610 (Effective 11-21-1969); 135 v S 131 (Effective 08-21-1973); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.04 Qualifications of board members
HISTORY: GC § 1083-4; 115 v 356, § 4; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 142 v H 610. Effective 03-17-1989.
4733.05 Compensation and expenses of board
HISTORY: GC § 1083-5; 115 v 357, § 5; 124 v 825; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 128 v 247 (Effective 10-21-1959); 132 v H 93 (Effective 05-17-67); 137 v H 1. Effective 08-26-1977.
4733.06 Meetings; organization of board; record of proceedings
The state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors shall hold at least two regular meetings each year. Special meetings shall be held at the time provided in the bylaws of the board. Notice of all meetings shall be given in the manner provided for in the bylaws. The board shall elect or appoint annually from its members, the following officers: a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary. The board annually shall appoint an executive director. A quorum of the board shall consist of not less than three members, and no action at any meeting shall be taken without at least three votes being in accord.
The executive director shall keep a true and complete record of all proceedings of the board, and may employ clerical assistants as the board may deem necessary.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-7; 115 v 357, § 7; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.07 Rules, bylaws, seal and hearings
The state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors shall adopt all necessary rules and bylaws, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and not inconsistent with this chapter, and the constitutions and laws of this state or of the United States, to govern its times and places of meetings for organization and reorganization, for the holding of examinations, and for governing all other matters requisite to the exercise of its powers, the performance of its duties, and the transaction of its business. The board shall adopt and have an official seal. The board may include among the rules adopted governing the standards of practice of engineering, requirements regarding financial responsibility and professional liability insurance.
In carrying this chapter into effect, the board may hold hearings in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-8; 115 v 357, § 8; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 146 v H 231 (Effective 11-24-1995); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.08 Deposit of receipts; vouchers; surety bonds; employees; expenditures
HISTORY: GC § 1083-9; 115 v 358, § 9; 116 v 174; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (Effective 10-16-1953); 126 v 426 (Effective 09-21-1955); 130 v 1147 (Effective 10-14-1963); 132 v H 93 (Effective 05-17-1967); 133 v H 610 (Effective 11-21-1969); 137 v H 1 (Effective 08-26-1977); 139 v H 694 (Effective 07-01-1982); 141 v H 201 (Effective 07-01-1985); 142 v H 610 (Effective 03-17-1989); 145 v H 152 (Effective 07-01-1993); 147 v H 215 (Effective 09-29-1997); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.09 Records; applicant to provide certain information under oath; annual report, financial statement
Annually, as of the first day of July, the board shall submit to the governor a report of its transactions of the preceding year, and shall also transmit to the governor a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of the board, attested by affidavits of its chairperson and its executive director.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-10; 115 v 358, § 10; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (Effective 10-16-1953); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.10 Annual listing of registered professional engineers, registered professional surveyors, and firms
HISTORY: GC § 1083-11; 115 v 359, § 11; 120 v 145; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (Effective 10-16-1953); 130 v 1147 (Effective 09-10-1963); 133 v S 208 (Effective 10-24-1969); 139 v H 694 (Effective 11-15-1981); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 610 (Effective 03-17-1989); 146 v H 117. Effective 09-29-1995. [ Effective 07-17-2009 ]
4733.11 License qualifications
(2) (a) Graduation from a college curriculum in engineering of four years or more that is not approved by the engineering accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology, or graduation from a college curriculum in engineering technology of four years or more that is accredited by the technical accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology;
(D) As used in this section, “an approved curriculum in surveying” is one which has been accredited by the related accreditation committee of the accreditation board for engineering and technology or one which has been approved by the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors.
(I) When the applicant has passed the fundamentals examination, the applicant shall be given an appropriate certificate by the board showing the applicant’s status as an engineer intern or surveyor intern.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-13; 115 v 359, § 13; 120 v 145; 123 v 701; 124 v 313; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (Effective 10-16-1953); 128 v 247 (Effective 10-21-1959); 130 v 1148 (Effective 09-10-1963); 131 v 1189 (Effective 09-06-1965); 132 v H 1 (Effective 02-21-1967); 133 v H 610 (Effective 11-21-1969); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 141 v H 327 (Effective 06-16-1986); 142 v H 610 (Effective 03-17-1989); 144 v H 482 (Effective 07-01-1993); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002; 150 v H 23, § 1, effective 10-29-2003.
4733.12 Applications for registration
A nonrefundable examination fee for professional engineers or professional surveyors, which shall accompany the “notice of intention” for each scheduled fundamentals or principles and practice examination, shall be established by the board at an amount adequate to cover the expense of procuring, administering, and grading the examinations. A nonrefundable registration fee, which shall be paid after the applicant has passed both examinations, shall be established by the board at an amount adequate to cover the expense of registration.
(B) The board shall establish a fee for a certificate of authorization issued under section 4733.16 of the Revised Code in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars and a fee for annual renewal of a certificate of authorization, not to exceed twenty-five dollars. The fee for a duplicate certificate of authorization is five dollars.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-14; 115 v 361, § 14; 120 v 145; 123 v 701; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 132 v H 616 (Effective 12-14-1967); 139 v H 694 (Effective 07-01-1982); 139 v H 547 (Effective 03-03-1983); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 610 (Effective 03-17-1989); 149 v S 77 (Effective 10-08-2001); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.13 Examinations
(A) When written or written and oral examinations are required as provided by section 4733.11 of the Revised Code, they shall be held at a time and place specified by the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors. The examinations shall test the applicant’s knowledge to perform professional engineering or surveying services which shall insure the safety of life, health, and property. An examination referred to as the fundamentals of engineering or as the fundamentals of surveying examination shall test the applicant’s knowledge of the fundamentals of engineering or surveying as appropriate.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-15; 115 v 361, § 15; 123 v 701; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (Effective 10-16-1953); 130 v 1151 (Effective 09-10-1963); 131 v 1192 (Effective 09-06-1965); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 610 (Effective 3-17-89); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.14 Certificate of registration; seals
The state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors shall, upon payment of the registration fee, register and issue a certificate showing initial registration of an applicant who, in the opinion of the board, has satisfactorily met all the requirements of this chapter. In the case of a registered professional engineer, the certificate shall authorize the practice of "professional engineering," and in the case of a registered professional surveyor, the certificate shall authorize the practice of "professional surveying." Certificates of registration shall show the full name of the registrant, shall have a serial number, and shall be signed by the chairperson and the secretary of the board under seal of the board.
Registration by the board shall be evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered professional engineer, or of a registered professional surveyor, while the registration remains unrevoked or unexpired.
Each registrant may, upon completing registration, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend, "registered professional engineer," or "registered professional surveyor," provided, however, that any registered surveyor's seal obtained prior to the amendment of this section effective April 4, 1985, 140 Ohio Laws 4092, shall remain as a legal seal for any registrant who was registered as a "registered surveyor." Plans, specifications, plats, reports, and all other engineering or surveying work products issued by a registrant shall be stamped with the seal and be signed and dated by the registrant or bear a computer-generated seal and electronic signature and date, but no person shall stamp, seal, or sign any documents after the registration of the registrant named thereon has expired or the registration has been revoked or suspended, unless the registration has been renewed or reissued.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-16; 115 v 362, § 16; 116 v 174, § 2; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (effective 10-16-1953); 131 v 1193 (effective 09-06-1965); 132 v H 1 (effective 02-21-1967); 140 v H 562 (effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 610 (effective 03-17-1989); 149 v H 337 (effective 08-06-2002); [H 699] Effective 12-28-2006.
4733.15 Renewal of registration
(A) Registration expires on the last day of December 2011, and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed. For renewals after that date, registration expires biennially on the last day of December following initial registration or renewal of registration and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed. Renewal may be effected by the applicant's payment to the treasurer of state of a fee of forty dollars for a renewal of registration as either a professional engineer or professional surveyor and demonstration of completion of the continuing professional development requirements of section 4733.151 of the Revised Code. When notified as required in this section, a registrant’s failure to renew registration shall not deprive the registrant of the right of renewal within the following twelve months, but the fee to renew a registration within twelve months after expiration shall be increased fifty per cent, and the registrant shall certify completion of continuing professional development hours as required in section 4733.151 of the Revised Code.
The state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors may, upon request, waive the payment of renewal fees or the completion of continuing professional development requirements for a registrant during the period when the registrant is on active duty in connection with any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-17; 115 v 362, § 17; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (Effective 10-16-1953); 126 v 426 (Effective 09-21-1955); 131 v 1193 (Effective 09-06-1965); 132 v H 616 (Effective 12-14-1967); 132 v H 911 (Effective 06-11-1968); 133 v S 208 (Effective 10-24-1969); 139 v H 9 (Effective 07-05-1982); 139 v H 547 (Effective 03-03-1983); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 171 (Effective 07-01-1987); 144 v H 298 (Effective 07-26-1991); 146 v H 167 (Effective 11-15-1996); 148 v S 180 (Effective 03-22-2001); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002; 150 v H 322, § 1, effective 05-18-2005. [Effective date 07/01/2011]
4733.151 Continuing professional development requirements
In the case of the board disputing the content of any credit hours or coursework, then the board shall presume as a matter of law that any credit hours submitted by a registrant, or any coursework or activity submitted for approval, complies with this section if submitted and if a statement signed by a current registrant not otherwise participating in the event affirms that the material is relevant to the registrant’s practice and will assist the registrant’s development in the profession.
(E) A registrant who completes more than thirty hours of approved coursework or activities in a bicennial renewal period may carry forward to the next biennial renewal period a maximum of fifteen of the excess hours.
HISTORY: 150 v H 322, § 1, Effective 05-18-2005. [Effective 07/01/2011]
4733.16 Practice by firm, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation
HISTORY: GC § 1083-18; 115 v 363, § 18; 120 v 145; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 128 v 247 (Effective 10-21-1959); 130 v 1151 (Effective 09-10-1963); 137 v H 297 (Effective 10-20-1978); 139 v H 547 (Effective 03-03-1983); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 610 (Effective 03-17-1989); 145 v S 74 (Effective 07-01-1994); 149 v S 77. Effective 10-08-2001; 150 v H 322, § 1, effective 05-18-2005.
4733.161 Contractor may provide engineering services through arrangement with registered engineer; unauthorized practice prohibited
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person who performs labor or who provides services pursuant to a construction contract may offer or provide engineering services in connection with the person's own labor or services if all of the following apply:
(C) As used in this section, "construction contract" and "design-build" have the same meaning as in section 4703.182 of the Revised Code.
HISTORY: 146 v H 231. Effective 11-24-1995.
4733.17 Inspection of public works projects
Neither this state, nor any of its political subdivisions, nor any municipal corporation shall engage in the construction of any public work involving the practice of professional engineering or professional surveying, for which plans, specifications, and estimates have not been made by, and the construction thereof inspected by, a licensed professional engineer or professional surveyor; provided this section shall not apply to the design, construction, improvement, or maintenance of any public work wherein the contemplated expenditure for the completed project does not exceed five thousand dollars. Any contract for engineering or surveying services executed in violation of this section shall be void and any moneys advanced or paid under such contract by this state or any of its political subdivisions or any municipal corporation shall be refunded forthwith.
Sections 4733.01 to 4733.23 of the Revised Code, do not exclude a qualified or registered architect from such engineering practice as may be incident to the practice of his profession, or do not exclude a professional engineer from such architectural practice as may be incident to the practice of professional engineering.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-19; 115 v 363, § 19; 116 v 174, § 3; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 130 v 1152 (Effective 09-10-1963); 133 v H 610 (Effective 11-21-1969); 140 v H 562. Effective 04-04-1985.
4733.18 Temporary registration; exemptions from provisions
(a) An employee or a subordinate of a person registered under this chapter or an employee of a person holding temporary registration under division (A) of this section, provided the employee’s or subordinate's duties do not include responsible charge of engineering or surveying work;
(C) Nothing in this chapter prevents persons other than engineers from preparing plans, drawings, specifications, or data, from filing applications for building permits, or from obtaining those permits for residential buildings, as defined by section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or buildings that are erected as one-, two-, or three-family units or structures within the meaning of the term “industrialized unit” as provided in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-20; 115 v 363, § 20; 116 v 174; 117 v 272, § 2; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 126 v 426 (Effective 09-21-1955); 128 v 247 (Effective 10-21-1959); 130 v 1152 (Effective 09-10-1963); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 610 (Effective 03-17-1989); 146 v H 231 (Effective 11-24-1995); 146 v H 282 (Effective 03-04-1996); 147 v S 142 (Effective 03-30-1999); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002; 150 v H 175, § 1, effective 05-27-2005.
4733.19 Reciprocity [Comity]
HISTORY: GC § 1083-21; 115 v 364, § 21; 120 v 145; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (Effective 10-16-1953); 132 v H 616 (Effective 12-14-1967); 133 v H 610 (Effective 11-21-1969); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.20 Disciplinary actions; code of ethics; complaints; duplicate certificates
(5) Refusing to score an applicant’s examination.
The board, for good cause shown, may reregister any person or reissue a certificate of authorization to any corporation, firm, partnership, association, or limited liability company whose registration or certificate has been revoked or suspended.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-22; 115 v 364, § 22; 120 v 358 (378), § 2; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 127 v 808 (Effective 09-16-1957); 130 v 1153 (Effective 09-10-1963); 130 v PtII, 235 (Effective 12-16-1964); 133 v H 610 (Effective 11-21-1969); 139 v H 694 (Effective 11-15-1981); 139 v H 547 (Effective 03-03-1983); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 610 (Effective 03-17-1989); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.21 Legally recognized professions not affected
Sections 4733.01 to 4733.23, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall not affect or prevent the practice of any other legally recognized profession, or exclude persons licensed as stationary engineers or boiler operators from the operation or the supervision of the operation of steam, power, or refrigeration plants.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-24; 115 v 366, § 24; 117 v 272; Bureau of Code Revision. Effective 10-01-1953.
4733.22 Prohibited acts
No person shall practice, or offer to practice, the profession of engineering or the profession of surveying without being registered or exempted in accordance with this chapter, or present or attempt to use as the person's own the registration, the certificate of authorization, or the seal of another, or give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors or to any member thereof in obtaining registration or a certificate of authorization, or falsely impersonate any other registrant or holder of a certificate of authorization of like or different name, or attempt to use an expired, suspended, or revoked registration or certificate of authorization, or otherwise violate this chapter.
HISTORY: GC § 1083-23; 115 v 365, § 23; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 139 v H 547 (effective 03-03-1983); 142 v H 610 (effective 03-17-1989); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.23 Restriction on public authorities; injunction against violation
HISTORY: Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 127 v 808 (Effective 09-16-1957); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
[4733.24 Repealed]
This section concerned surveyor’s chains and testimony.
HISTORY: Repealed, 149 v H 337, § 2 [RS § 1058; S&S 925; 58 v 78, § 15; GC § 2619; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 128 v 604]. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.25 Fees in excess of statutory amounts
HISTORY: 130 v 1154 (Effective 10-14-1963); 139 v H 694. Effective 11-15-1981.
4733.26 Using engineer or engineering in name on or before July 1, 1973
HISTORY: 144 v H 482. Effective 07-01-1993.
4733.27 Effect of child support default on registration or certificate
HISTORY: 146 v H 167 (Effective 11-15-1996); 148 v S 180 (Effective 03-22-2001); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002.
4733.99 Penalty
HISTORY: Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 127 v 808. Effective 09-16-1957.
Ohio A.C. Chapter 4733 Rules
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Prior Effective Date: 11/01/2003 [ Top of page ]
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