NY Educ L § 7208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 8 - The Professions Article 145 - Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology 7208 - Exempt Persons for the Professions of Engineering and Land Surveying.

§ 7208.  Exempt  persons  for  the professions of engineering and land   surveying. This article shall not be construed to affect or prevent  the   following, provided that no title, sign, card or device shall be used in   such  manner  as  to  tend  to  convey  the  impression  that the person   rendering such service is a professional engineer  or  a  land  surveyor   licensed in this state or is practicing engineering or land surveying:a.  Offering  to  practice in this state as a professional engineer or   land surveyor by any person not a resident of, and having no established   place of practice in this state, provided that such  person  is  legally   qualified for such practice in his own state or country;b.  Practice as a professional engineer or land surveyor in this state   by any person not a resident, or having no established place of practice   in this state, or any person resident in this state but who has  arrived   in  this state within six months, provided, however, such a person shall   have filed an application for license as a professional engineer or land   surveyor, and is legally qualified for such practice  in  the  state  or   country  in which he resides or has his place of practice or in which he   had  his  previous  residence  or  place  of  practice,  such  exemption   continuing  for only such reasonable time as the board requires to grant   or deny the application for license, and a person intending to  practice   under this subdivision shall so state on the application;c.  Practice  of  engineering  or  land surveying, by an employee of a   county or town, in the construction, improvement  or  maintenance  of  a   county  road  or town highway, or by an employee of a county, city, town   or village, in the  construction,  improvement  or  maintenance  of  any   public  work  wherein  the  contemplated  expenditure  for the completed   project does not exceed five thousand dollars;d. Operation or maintenance of steam, power, or  refrigeration  plants   by legally authorized persons not licensed under this article or persons   engaged  or  employed as an engine man, operator or driver of any engine   or of any mechanical, electrical, chemical or other device or machine;e. Making of  surveys  by  professional  engineers,  except  that  the   determination of real property boundaries may be done only by a licensed   land surveyor;f.  Employment or supervision of interns or other persons qualified by   education or experience by professional engineers or land  surveyors  as   assistants  in  the  performance of engineering or land surveying, or as   consultants or employees in special fields related to but  not  uniquely   engineering  or  land  surveying,  provided  that  the engineers or land   surveyors employing or supervising such persons shall not be relieved of   any  responsibility  whatsoever  by  delegation  to  such  persons,  and   provided  further  that  such  persons  who have attained the bachelor's   level  of  studies  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  section   seventy-two  hundred  six  of  this  title  may be employed as junior or   assistant engineers or junior or assistant land  surveyors,  or  similar   titles, to act under the general direction of a professional engineer or   land surveyor, or in work not covered by this article;g.  Employment  of  any  person  as  a junior or assistant engineer or   junior or assistant land surveyor in the civil service of the  state  or   its political subdivisions in a position the title of which was approved   and in use as of July first, nineteen hundred seventy-one, provided such   person  acts  under  the  general  direction  of a licensed professional   engineer or land surveyor;h. Execution by a contractor or  by  others  of  work  designed  by  a   professional  engineer, or land surveyor, or the superintendence of such   work as a superintendent, foreman, or inspector;i. The practice of architecture  by  an  architect  licensed  in  this   state,  or  the  practice  of  landscape  architecture  by  a  landscape    architect licensed in this state, provided that  no  such  architect  or   landscape   architect   shall   use   the   designation   "engineer"  or   "engineering" unless licensed as a professional engineer in this state;j.  The  practice of engineering or land surveying or having the title   "engineer" or "surveyor" solely as  an  officer  or  an  employee  of  a   corporation engaged in interstate commerce;k.  The  practice  of engineering by a manufacturing corporation or by   employees of such corporation, or use of the title  "engineer"  by  such   employees,  in  connection  with  or incidental to goods produced by, or   sold by, or nonengineering services rendered by, such corporation or its   manufacturing affiliates;l. The practice of engineering or land surveying, or using  the  title   "engineer"  or "surveyor" (i) exclusively as an officer or employee of a   public  service  corporation  by  rendering  to  such  corporation  such   services  in connection with its lines and property which are subject to   supervision with respect to the  safety  and  security  thereof  by  the   public  service  commission  of  this  state,  the  interstate  commerce   commission or other federal regulatory body and so long as  such  person   is  thus  actually  and  exclusively  employed  and  no  longer, or (ii)   exclusively as an officer or employee of the Long Island power authority   or its service provider, as defined under section three-b of the  public   service law, by rendering to such authority or provider such services in   connection  with  its  lines  and  property  which  are  located in such   authority's service area and so long as such person is thus actually and   exclusively employed and no longer;m. The making of land surveys by a professional  engineer  where  such   land  surveys  are  essential  to  engineering projects, provided he was   licensed as a professional engineer in this state on or before the first   day of January in the year in which this act  shall  become  a  law  and   files  evidence  satisfactory to the board on or before the first day of   July in the year next succeeding the year in which this act  shall  have   become law, that he is competent and experienced in such land surveys;n.  The  design by a land surveyor of roads, drainage, water supply or   sanitary sewerage facilities  of  a  minor  nature  in  connection  with   subdivisions and the extension and inspection thereof, but not including   sewage  disposal  or  treatment plants, lift stations, pumping stations,   commercial buildings or bridges, provided the surveyor was licensed as a   land surveyor in this state on or before the first day of January in the   year in which this act shall  have  become  a  law  and  files  evidence   satisfactory to the board on or before the first day of July in the year   next  succeeding  the  year  in  which this act shall have become a law,   attesting that he  is  competent  and  experienced  in  the  engineering   required for design of such facilities appurtenant to subdivisions; oro. Using the title "marine operating engineer", "stationary engineer",   "port of customs surveyor", or "ship surveyor".p.  Contractors  or  builders from engaging in construction management   and administration of construction contracts.