2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-315-310) › BUSINESS PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-100-101 — 12-165-113) › Article 120 - ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS, AND ARCHITECTS (§§ 12-120-101 — 12-120-417) › Part 2 - ENGINEERS (§§ 12-120-201 — 12-120-216) › Section 12-120-213 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Qualifications for professional engineer

(1)
[Repealed by 2024 Amendment.]
(2)
(a)
An applicant may qualify for licensing as a professional engineer by graduation, experience, and examination if the applicant passes the appropriate examination as adopted by the board in accordance with section 12-120-104 (2)(b).
(b)
In order to be admitted to the examination pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, the applicant must:
(I)
(A)
Have graduated from a board-approved engineering curriculum of four or more years; and
(B)
Have eight years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part; and
(C)
Have been enrolled as an engineer-intern in this state; or
(II)
(A)
Have graduated from a board-approved engineering technology curriculum of four or more years; and
(B)
Have ten years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part; and
(C)
Have been enrolled as an engineer-intern in this state; or
(III)
(A)
Have graduated from an engineering curriculum of four or more years not approved by the board or from a related science curriculum of four or more years; and
(B)
Have ten years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part; and
(C)
Have been enrolled as an engineer-intern in this state; or
(IV)
(A)
Have graduated from an engineering curriculum of four or more years or from a related science curriculum of four or more years; and
(B)
Have twenty years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part.
(c)
Upon passing the examination and the submission of evidence of experience satisfactory to the board, the applicant shall be licensed as a professional engineer if the applicant is otherwise qualified pursuant to section
12-120-212
.
(3)
(a)
An applicant may qualify for licensing as a professional engineer by experience and examination if the applicant passes the appropriate examination as adopted by the board in accordance with section 12-120-104 (2)(b).
(b)
In order to be admitted to the examination pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section, the applicant must:
(I)
Have twelve years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part; and
(II)
Have been enrolled as an engineer-intern in this state.
(c)
Upon passing the examination and the submission of evidence of experience satisfactory to the board, the applicant shall be licensed as a professional engineer if the applicant is otherwise qualified pursuant to section
12-120-212
.
(4)
(a)
A professional engineer who has been duly licensed to practice engineering in this state and who is over sixty-five years of age, upon application, may be classified as a retired professional engineer. Individuals who are so classified shall lose their licensure, shall not practice engineering, and shall pay a fee to retain retired professional engineer status.
(b)
(I)
A retired professional engineer shall be reinstated to the status of a professional engineer upon payment of the renewal fee. No other fee shall be assessed against the retired professional engineer as a penalty.
(II)
For any professional engineer who has been retired for two or more years, the board may require reexamination unless the board is satisfied of the retired professional engineer's continued competence.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 342,§ 7, eff. 8/7/2024.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 126, § 12, eff. 6/25/2020.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-25-114
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 356, § 10, eff. 7/1/2013.
L. 85: Entire article R&RE, p. 470, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (1)(a), (2)(a)(IV)(B), and (4) amended, p. 508, § 11, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1491, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1), (2)(a), (2)(c), (3)(a), (3)(c), (4)(a), and (4)(b)(I) amended, p. 1295, § 15, effective May 28. L. 2013: (4)(b)(II) amended, (SB 13-161), ch. 356, p. 2082, § 10, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 12-25-114 as it existed prior to 2019.
2024 Ch. 342, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
For the short title ("Red Tape Reduction Act") and the legislative declaration in HB 20-1326, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 126, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.