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WSR 04-04-001
[ Filed January 21, 2004, 3:04 p.m. ]
Date of Adoption: January 21, 2004.
Purpose: The purpose of amending these rules is to provide guidance to applicants with regard to the experience, education and examination application requirements to become licensed professional engineers, professional land surveyors, or land surveyors in training. In addition, they provide guidance to licensed engineers, land surveyors and on-site wastewater treatment system designers on requirements and process for adjudicative proceedings and the business procedures of the board. It also reorganizes and clarifies additional existing rules in accordance with the governor's directive for rule review.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 196-24-041, 196-24-080, 196-24-085, 196-24-100, 196-24-105, 196-25-020, 196-25-030 and 196-25-100; and amending WAC 196-12-010, 196-12-020, 196-12-030, 196-12-045, 196-12-050, 196-16-007, 196-16-010, 196-16-020, 196-16-031, 196-21-010, 196-21-020, 196-21-030, 196-23-070, 196-25-001, 196-25-005, 196-25-010, and 196-25-050.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-16-112 and 03-16-113 on August 6, 2003.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Amendments to WAC 196-24-110, 196-25-002, 196-25-040, and 196-27A-025 filed under WSR 03-16-113 are not adopted at this time and will be acted upon at a later date under a supplemental CR-102 filing.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 12, Amended 18, Repealed 8.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 12, Amended 18, Repealed 8.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 12, Amended 18, Repealed 8.
OTS-6545.2
All applications must be completed on forms provided by the board and filed with the executive director at the board's address. The deadline for properly completed applications accompanied by the appropriate fee ((and charge)) as listed in WAC ((196-26-020)) 196-26A-025 is four months prior to the date of the examination. Late applications will be considered for a later examination. Supporting documents such as college transcripts and experience verification forms must be ((submitted in a timely manner)) received by the board three months prior to the date of the examination in order for the board to determine eligibility prior to ((meet)) examination ((preparation)) deadlines. ((An applicant will be notified what documents are missing, and a date set by the board by which those documents must be received.)) Failure to have the ((missing)) supporting documents sent to the board by the defined deadline will result in the applicant being delayed until a later examination.
To reschedule the taking of an examination, a written request accompanied by the applicable fee ((and charge)) as listed in WAC ((196-26-020)) 196-26A-025 is required at least three months prior to the examination date. Once an application has been approved, no further application is required.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 98-12-052, § 196-12-010, filed 5/29/98, effective 7/1/98; 88-12-044 (Order PM 738), § 196-12-010, filed 5/27/88; 87-13-005 (Order PM 606), § 196-12-010, filed 6/4/87; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454), § 196-12-010, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-12-010, filed 12/18/81; Order PL 224, § 196-12-010, filed 11/5/75; Order PL-129, § 196-12-010, filed 7/27/72; Order 11, § 196-12-010, filed 9/12/68; Rule IIA, filed 11/15/65; Rule IIA, filed 8/4/64; Rule IA, filed 12/26/62.]
The board shall evaluate all experience, which includes education, on a case-by-case basis and approve such experience as appropriate. The board will use the following criteria in evaluating an applicant's experience record:
(ii) Applicants having engineering degrees from programs in countries that are not on the mutual recognition list will be required to have their transcripts evaluated by a transcript evaluation service approved by the board. This evaluation will be performed at the applicant's expense, and the applicant will be responsible for submitting all necessary information to the evaluation service. ((If the evaluation service says that)) The board will use the evaluation to determine if the foreign degree is equivalent to an ABET, Inc. accredited degree. If the board determines that the degree is equivalent, experience will be granted in accordance with (a) or (b) of this subsection. If the ((evaluation says)) board determines that the foreign degree is not equivalent to an ABET, Inc. accredited degree, then a maximum of three years of experience may be granted in accordance with (c) of this subsection.
(2) Work experience will be approved based on a demonstration of competency and progressive responsibility in the analysis, synthesis and evaluation of engineering concepts and data, under the direct supervision of a person authorized by chapter 18.43 RCW or other applicable statute to practice engineering. Under the general guidance and direct supervision of an authorized professional, the applicant must be in a position of making independent judgments and decisions in the following experience areas:
(h) Demonstrating an understanding and concern for energy/environmental considerations, and sustainability of resources.
(3) The branch of structural engineering requires specialized work experience to protect the public safety. To be eligible to take the structural license examination, an applicant must have at least two years of progressive responsibility in structural engineering experience. These two years of structural experience are in addition to the eight years of engineering experience required to be registered as a professional engineer and must be documented in the application in accordance with subsection (2) of this section. The structural engineering experience must be supervised by a licensed professional engineer in the branch of structural engineering or a licensed professional engineer with significant structural engineering work experience.
(4) Engineering teaching character may be considered satisfactory experience up to a maximum of two years.
(5) Applied research is considered satisfactory experience when it meets the following conditions:
(b) The principle result(s) of the research are in a published report or a recognized engineering journal article in which the applicant is the first author or the work is adequately documented and available to the board upon request.
(6) For military engineering experience to be considered acceptable, it should be similar to engineering experience that would be gained in a nonmilitary environment as defined in subsection (2) of this section, and such experience must be verified.
(7) Any work experience gained without the supervision of a professional engineer authorized to practice under chapter 18.43 RCW or an individual authorized by another statute to practice engineering, or any work experience gained in any other situation which violates the provisions of chapters 18.43 and 18.235 RCW or Title 196 WAC will not be counted toward the statutory experience requirement.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 02-01-071, § 196-12-020, filed 12/14/01, effective 1/30/02; 98-12-052, § 196-12-020, filed 5/29/98, effective 7/1/98; 92-01-101, § 196-12-020, filed 12/17/91, effective 1/17/92; 87-13-005 (Order PM 606), § 196-12-020, filed 6/4/87; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454), § 196-12-020, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-12-020, filed 12/18/81; Order PL-115, § 196-12-020, filed 11/24/71; Rule IIB, filed 11/15/65; Rule IIB, filed 5/26/65; Rule IIB, filed 8/4/64; Rule IB, filed 12/26/62.]
Examinations are given at times and places designated by the board. ((The schedule of future examinations and examination syllabi may be obtained from the board office.)) Refer to the respective Internet websites of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), and the board for future examination schedules and syllabi. Examinees will not be allowed to view any examination material prior to taking the examination other than syllabi available to the public or sample examination booklets published by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. If one examination part is failed, only that examination part must be retaken.
(3) The branch of structural engineering requires a series of examinations, as determined by the board, to protect the public safety. To become licensed as a professional engineer in the branch of structural engineering, the candidate must pass: The stage 1 fundamentals-of-engineering examination; the stage 2 principles and practice of engineering (PE) and the take-home law and ethics examinations; and the stage 3 examination comprised of examinations in the principles and practice of structural engineering and structural engineering issues important to Washington state.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 02-01-071, § 196-12-030, filed 12/14/01, effective 1/30/02; 01-09-016, § 196-12-030, filed 4/6/01, effective 5/7/01; 98-12-052, § 196-12-030, filed 5/29/98, effective 7/1/98; 93-01-081, § 196-12-030, filed 12/15/92, effective 1/15/93; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454), § 196-12-030, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-12-030, filed 12/18/81; Order PL-129, § 196-12-030, filed 7/27/72; Order PL-115, § 196-12-030, filed 11/24/71; Order 11, § 196-12-030, filed 9/12/68; Rule IIC, filed 11/15/65, 8/4/64; Rule IC, filed 12/26/62.]
(a) The applicant must complete an application on forms provided by the board and filed with the executive director at the board's address accompanied by the appropriate fee ((and charge)) pursuant to WAC ((196-26-020)) 196-26A-035.
(b) The applicant's qualifications must meet the requirements of chapter 18.43 RCW and this chapter.
(c) The applicant is in good standing with the licensing agency in a state, territory, possession, district, or foreign country. Good standing shall be defined as a currently valid license in the jurisdiction of original registration or the jurisdiction of most recent practice if different from the jurisdiction of original registration.
(d) The applicant has been qualified by written examinations determined by the board to adequately test the fundamentals and principles and practice of engineering.
(2) The applicant will be required to pass the law and ethics examination and may be required to take and pass state specific examinations to demonstrate competency in issues specific to Washington.
(3) The original application for comity may be for multiple branches of engineering provided that the applicant has passed an examination in each branch equivalent to the examination given in the state of Washington. Licenses will be issued only in the branches of engineering offered by the board. Additional branches may be added at a later time; however, this will require submitting a new application and fee.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 98-12-052, § 196-12-045, filed 5/29/98, effective 7/1/98.]
The applicant should take note that a license granted based on waiving the fundamentals exam may not be accepted by other licensing jurisdictions.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 98-12-052, § 196-12-050, filed 5/29/98, effective 7/1/98; 93-01-081, § 196-12-050, filed 12/15/92, effective 1/15/93; 92-01-101, § 196-12-050, filed 12/17/91, effective 1/17/92; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454), § 196-12-050, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-12-050, filed 12/18/81; Order PL 181, § 196-12-050, filed 1/28/75; Order PL-121, § 196-12-050, filed 5/3/72; Order ELS 7001, § 196-12-050, filed 5/18/70; Order 11, § 196-12-050, filed 9/12/68; Rule IID, filed 11/15/65, 8/4/64; Rule IE, filed 12/26/62.]
(1) A properly completed application as prescribed by the board.
(2) Jurisdiction where currently registered.
(4) Dates work is to be started and terminated in the state of Washington. If the time differential between the starting and terminating date is in excess of thirty days in any calendar year, applicant must specify the days (totaling no more than thirty) on which the practice of engineering is to be performed in Washington.
(5) Name and address of client.
(6) Description and location (address) of project and regulating authority (if applicable).
(7) Application fee as determined by the director of the department of licensing.
Upon approval of the information submitted, the board shall issue a permit to the nonresident engineer for the temporary practice of engineering in Washington.
Plans, specifications, and reports prepared by the nonresident engineer shall be signed, dated, and stamped with their professional seal. A copy of the permit issued by this board shall be attached to the engineering documents submitted for approval or building permit.
The exemption contained in RCW 18.43.130(2) shall only apply to individuals. Corporations and partnerships shall not practice in Washington unless authorized to do so under RCW 18.43.130 (8) and (9).
(b) Use the title professional engineer (PE), provided that it is supplemented by the term retired, or the abbreviation "ret";
(c) Work as an engineer in a volunteer capacity, provided that the retired registrant does not create an engineering document, and does not use their seal, except as provided for in (d) of this subsection;
(e) Serve in an instructional capacity on engineering topics;
(f) Provide services as a technical expert before a court, or in preparation for pending litigation, on matters directly related to engineering work performed by the registrant before they were granted a retired registration;
(h) Serve in an engineering capacity as a "good samaritan," as set forth in RCW 38.52.195 and 38.52.1951, provided said work is otherwise performed in accordance with chapter 18.43 RCW.
(a) Perform any engineering activity, as provided for in RCW 18.43.020, unless said activity is under the direct supervision of a Washington state professional engineer who has a valid/active registration in the records of the board;
(b) Act as the designated engineer or the engineer in responsible charge for a Washington engineering corporation or Washington engineering limited liability company;
(c) Apply their professional engineers seal, as provided for in RCW 18.43.070, to any plan, specification, plat or report, except as provided for in subsection (2)(d) of this section.
(4) Certificate of registration reinstatement. A retired registrant, upon written request to the board and payment of the current renewal fee, may resume active engineering practice. At that time the retired registrant shall be removed from retired status and placed on valid/active status in the records of the board. All rights and responsibilities of a valid/active registration will be in effect. At the date of expiration of the reinstated certificate of registration, the registrant may elect to either continue active registration or may again apply for retired registration in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
All applications must be completed on forms provided by the board and filed with the executive director at the board's address. The deadline for properly completed applications accompanied by the appropriate fee ((and charge)) as listed in WAC ((196-26-020)) 196-26A-025 is four months prior to the date of the examination. Late applications will be considered for a later examination. Supporting documents such as college transcripts and experience verification forms must be received by the board three months prior to the date of the examination in order for the board to determine eligibility prior to examination deadlines. Failure to have the supporting documents sent to the board by the defined deadline will result in the applicant being delayed until a later examination.
Once an application has been approved, no further application is required. An applicant who has taken an examination and failed or who qualified for an examination but did not take it shall request to take or retake the examination at least three months prior to the examination date. A written request accompanied by the applicable fee ((and charge)) as listed in WAC ((196-26-020)) 196-26A-025 is required to reschedule for an examination.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 96-11-086, § 196-16-007, filed 5/14/96, effective 7/1/96; 89-05-021 (Order PM 820), § 196-16-007, filed 2/10/89; 88-12-044 (Order PM 738), § 196-16-007, filed 5/27/88; 87-13-005 (Order PM 606), § 196-16-007, filed 6/4/87; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454), § 196-16-007, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-16-007, filed 12/18/81; Order PL 224, § 196-16-007, filed 11/5/75; Order PL-129, § 196-16-007, filed 7/27/72; Order PL-115, § 196-16-007, filed 11/24/71; Rule IIIA, filed 11/15/65; Rule IIIA, filed 8/4/64.]
(f) Interacting with clients and the public in conformance with chapter ((196-27)) 196-27A WAC.
(((7) An applicant meeting the requirements for six years of experience before the effective date of the law change on July 1, 1996, may be approved by the board to take the examination based on the rules in effect on January 1, 1996. This subsection expires on July 1, 1999.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 96-11-086, § 196-16-010, filed 5/14/96, effective 7/1/96; 87-13-005 (Order PM 606), § 196-16-010, filed 6/4/87; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454), § 196-16-010, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-16-010, filed 12/18/81; Order PL-115, § 196-16-010, filed 11/24/71; Rule IIIB, filed 11/15/65; Rule IIIB, filed 8/4/64; Rule IIA, filed 12/26/62.]
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 96-11-086, § 196-16-020, filed 5/14/96, effective 7/1/96; 93-01-081, § 196-16-020, filed 12/15/92, effective 1/15/93; 89-05-021 (Order PM 820), § 196-16-020, filed 2/10/89; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454), § 196-16-020, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-16-020, filed 12/18/81; Order PL-121, § 196-16-020, filed 5/3/72; Order PL-115, § 196-16-020, filed 11/24/71; Rule IIIC, filed 11/15/65; Rule IIIC, filed 8/4/64; Rules IIB and IID (part), filed 12/26/62.]
(((b))) (c) The applicant is in good standing with the licensing agency in a state, territory, possession, district, or foreign country. Good standing shall be defined as a currently valid license in the jurisdiction of original registration or the jurisdiction of most recent practice, if different from the jurisdiction of original registration((.)); and
(((c))) (d) The applicant has been qualified by a written examination determined by the board to adequately test the fundamentals and principles and practice of land surveying and whose experience includes WAC 196-16-010 (2)(a) through (f).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 96-11-086, § 196-16-031, filed 5/14/96, effective 7/1/96; 93-01-081, § 196-16-031, filed 12/15/92, effective 1/15/93; 91-23-111, § 196-16-031, filed 11/20/91, effective 12/21/91; 89-05-021 (Order PM 820), § 196-16-031, filed 2/10/89; 84-04-027 (Order PL 454), § 196-16-031, filed 1/25/84; 82-01-064 (Order 81-10), § 196-16-031, filed 12/18/81; Order PL-115, § 196-16-031, filed 11/24/71.]
All applications must be completed on forms provided by the board and filed with the executive director at the board's address. The deadline for properly completed applications accompanied by the appropriate fee ((and charge)) as listed in WAC ((196-26-020)) 196-26A-025 is four months prior to the date of examination. Late applications will be considered for a later examination.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 96-11-086, § 196-21-010, filed 5/14/96, effective 7/1/96.]
(a) Performing complex survey calculations;
(b) Conducting boundary and corner research;
(c) Preparing and using property descriptions;
(d) Understanding and applying fundamental boundary and topographic principles;
(e) Making and/or analyzing horizontal and vertical control measurements; and
(f) Being skilled in survey equipment care and usage.
(4) In the judgment of the board, the applicant must have demonstrated increased levels of responsibility and a continuous gain in experience and knowledge such that at the time of being approved for the fundamentals-of-land surveying examination, the applicant is capable of making independent judgments and decisions under the general guidance and direct supervision of an authorized professional.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 96-11-086, § 196-21-020, filed 5/14/96, effective 7/1/96.]
(2) An applicant passing the fundamentals-of-land surveying examination will be enrolled as a land surveyor-in-training pursuant to RCW 18.43.020(8).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 96-11-086, § 196-21-030, filed 5/14/96, effective 7/1/96.]
(c) Applied to the document by the identified registrant.
(a) Unique to the registrant using it;
(c) Under the exclusive control of the registrant using it;
(d) Linked to a document in such a manner that the digital identification is invalidated if any data in the document is changed((;
(e) In conformance with the definition of "digital signature" as it appears in chapter 19.34 RCW, Washington Electronic Authentication Act)).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 01-09-017, § 196-23-070, filed 4/6/01, effective 5/7/01.]
OTS-6497.5
WAC 196-25-001 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to provide clarification on how businesses are authorized to provide engineering or land surveying services in Washington and to implement that part of chapter 18.43 RCW related to corporations and limited liability companies offering engineering and land surveying services, as enacted by the 1997 legislature.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035 and 18.43.130. 98-12-053, § 196-25-001, filed 5/29/98, effective 7/1/98.]
((Effective July 1, 1998, engineering partnerships currently registered with the board will no longer be required to pay an annual renewal fee. Also effective July 1, partnerships and limited liability partnerships offering engineering and/or land surveying services will not be required to apply for a certificate of authorization from the board. However, the)) A general partnership must employ at least one person currently registered pursuant to chapter 18.43 RCW for each profession for which services are offered.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035 and 18.43.130. 98-12-053, § 196-25-005, filed 5/29/98, effective 7/1/98.]
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035 and 18.43.130. 98-12-053, § 196-25-010, filed 5/29/98, effective 7/1/98.]
(b) As a convenient workplace for a specific land surveying or engineering project. A project office is not allowed to offer services and shall not be required to have a resident professional engineer or resident land surveyor)) in responsible charge of said engineering and/or land surveying services.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. 99-15-053, § 196-25-050, filed 7/15/99, effective 8/15/99.]