2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses › Article 23 - Engineering and Surveying › Section 61-23-14 - Certification as an engineer intern; requirements. (Repealed effective July 1, 2030.)

A. An applicant for certification as an engineer intern shall file the appropriate application that demonstrates that the applicant:
(1) is of good moral character and reputation as determined by board rules;
(2) has obtained at least a senior status in a board-approved, four-year curriculum in engineering or in a board-approved, four-year curriculum in engineering technology that is accredited by the engineering technology accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology; and
(3) has three references, one of whom shall be a licensed professional engineer.
B. After acceptance of the application by the board, the applicant shall be allowed to take the appropriate examination for certification as an engineer intern.
C. An applicant may be certified as an engineer intern upon successfully completing the examination; provided that the applicant has:
(1) graduated from a board-approved engineering curriculum of four years or more or graduated from an engineering master's program that is accredited by the engineering accreditation commission or a program that fulfills the required content of the engineering education standard as defined by the national council of examiners for engineering and surveying; or
(2) graduated from a board-approved, four-year engineering technology program accredited by the engineering technology accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology and augmented by at least two years of board-approved, post-graduate engineering experience.
D. The certification as engineer intern does not permit the intern to practice as a professional engineer. Certification as an engineer intern is intended to demonstrate that the intern has obtained certain skills in engineering fundamentals and is pursuing a career in engineering.
History:
1978 Comp., § 61-23-14, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 218, § 11; 1999, ch. 259, § 10; 2005, ch. 69, § 6; 2023, ch. 79, § 2.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals.
— For delayed repeal of this section,
see
61-23-32 NMSA 1978.
Repeals and reenactments.
— Laws 1987, ch. 336 repealed a former 61-23-14 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1979, ch. 363, § 8, relating to receipts and disbursements, effective June 19, 1987, and enacted former 61-23-14 NMSA 1978.
Laws 1993, ch. 218, § 11 repealed former 61-23-14 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 336, § 14, which concerned the requirements for registration as a professional engineer or certification as an engineering intern, and enacted a new section, effective July 1, 1993.
The 2023 amendment,
effective June 16, 2023, revised the qualifications for certification as an engineer intern; in Subsection A, Paragraph A(1), after "reputation", added "as determined by board rules", and in Paragraph A(2), after "accredited by the", deleted "technical" and added "engineering technology"; and in Subsection C, Paragraph C(1), after "board-approved", deleted "four-year", and after "engineering curriculum", added "of four years or more or graduated from an engineering master's program that is accredited by the engineering accreditation commission or a program that fulfills the required content of the engineering education standard as defined by the national council of examiners for engineering and surveying", and in Paragraph C(2), after "accredited by the", deleted "technology" and added "engineering technology".
The 2005 amendment,
effective June 17, 2005, eliminates the limitation in Subsection B on the number of examinations an applicant may take.
The 1999 amendment,
effective June 18, 1999, deleted "related science curriculum" following "curriculum in engineering" in Subsection A(2); substituted "licensed professional" for "registered professional" in Subsection A(3); and deleted "related science curriculum or" preceding 'engineering technology program" in Subsection C(2).