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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-35.17 - Proof of completion.

45:8-35.17 Proof of completion.
7. The board may accept as proof of completion of continuing professional competency program credits:
a. documentation submitted by a person licensed as a professional engineer or by any entity offering a continuing professional competency program approved by the board pursuant to section 2 of this act; or
b. any other proof acceptable to the board.
L.2009, c.294, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-35.18 - Requirements for professional engineer, land surveyor.

45:8-35.18 Requirements for professional engineer, land surveyor.
8. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1993, c.39 (C.45:8-35.2) and section 1 of this act, the board shall require each person licensed as both a professional engineer and a land surveyor, as a condition for biennial certification, to complete not less than 36 credits of continuing professional competency relating to the practice of professional engineering and land surveying, with not less than 12 credits to be completed in professional engineering and not less than 12 credits to be completed in land surveying.
L.2009, c.294, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-35.19 - Carryover of credits.

45:8-35.19 Carryover of credits.
9. The board shall allow a professional engineer to carry over a maximum of 12 continuing professional competency credits to the next biennial licensure period.
L.2009, c.294, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-36.1 - Use of title "professional land surveyor"

45:8-36.1. Use of title "professional land surveyor"
5. Any person licensed as a land surveyor pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1938, c.342 (C.45:8-27 et seq.) may use the title "professional land surveyor" in the scope of the practice of land surveying.
L.1992,c.64,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-36.2 - Retirement procedures; resuming practice after retirement

45:8-36.2. Retirement procedures; resuming practice after retirement
3. A licensed professional engineer or land surveyor who has been licensed for a minimum of 25 years and is 62 years of age or older may apply to the board for retirement license status on a form furnished by the board. Upon receipt of the completed retired status application form and the board's determination that the licensee meets these requirements, the board shall declare the licensee retired and shall place the licensee on a retired status list. A person whose license is retired shall not offer or practice professional engineering or land surveying, or both, as the case may be, within the State.
A person on the retired status list who wants to resume the practice of professional engineering or land surveying, or both, as the case may be, shall make application in the manner determined by the board for reinstatement of licensure to the board as a professional engineer or land surveyor, as the case may be, and pay the prescribed reinstatement fee as required by regulation of the board. Any person who has been on the retired status list for five or more years shall furnish the board with satisfactory evidence of current knowledge, competency and skill in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying as required by law or any regulation of the board.
L.1995,c.36,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-36.3 - Waiver of corner marker requirements for certain land surveying work

45:8-36.3. Waiver of corner marker requirements for certain land surveying work
1. a. When a property survey is performed, appropriate corner markers shall be set either by a licensed land surveyor or under the supervision of a licensed land surveyor. These markers shall be set at each property corner not previously marked by a property marker, unless the actual corner is not accessible, or unless a written waiver signed by the ultimate user is obtained and retained for a period of not less than six years by the surveyor performing the survey.
b. Whenever a written waiver to omit corner markers is obtained pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the following notation shall be included on the plat or plan of survey:
"A written Waiver and Direction Not to Set Corner Markers has been obtained from the ultimate user pursuant to P.L.2003, c.14 (C45:8-36.3) and N.J.A.C. 13:40-5.1(d)."
c. Failure to comply with the provisions of P.L.2003, c.14 (C45:8-36.3) shall subject the licensee to a penalty of not greater than $2,500 for each violation, to be imposed pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-22).
L.2003,c.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-37 - Expiration and renewal of licenses; fees; revocation on failure to renew license

45:8-37. Expiration and renewal of licenses; fees; revocation on failure to renew license
License certificates shall expire on the thirtieth day of April following issuance, renewal or reinstatement and shall become invalid on that day unless renewed. Licensees shall apply for renewal on or before the thirtieth day of April of each year. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board to notify all persons licensed under this chapter of the date of the expiration of their certificates and the amount of the fee that shall be required for their renewal for one year; such notice shall be mailed to each licensee at his post-office address known to the board at least one month in advance of the date of expiration of said certificate. Renewal of any certificate issued under this chapter may be effected at any time during the month of April by the payment of the fee of five dollars ($5.00).
The failure on the part of the licensee to renew his certificate annually in the month of April as required shall not deprive such person of the right of renewal during the ensuing year but the fee to be paid if the license be renewed in any month during the current year subsequent to April shall be seven dollars ($7.00) instead of five dollars ($5.00); and, if the license certificate be not renewed in the current year, the licensee shall pay a reinstatement fee of ten dollars ($10.00) plus five dollars ($5.00) for each year in which the licensee is in arrears. One notice to the licensee, by mail, on or before April fifteenth, addressed to his last post-office address known to the board, informing him of his failure to have applied for a renewal of his license certificate, shall constitute legal notification of such delinquency by the board.
The failure on the part of the licensee to renew his certificate within one year from the date of the expiration of said license certificate will automatically revoke such license certificate and the right of the person to practice thereafter shall be restored only upon the payment of the ten dollar ($10.00) reinstatement fee plus all arrearages. Continuing to practice as a "professional engineer" or as a "land surveyor" after the expiration of his license shall render the person so doing liable to all the penalties prescribed for practicing without a license certificate.
L.1938, c. 342, p. 863, s. 11. Amended by L.1939, c. 339, p. 824, s. 6; L.1950, c. 149, p. 324, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-40 - Persons exempt

45:8-40. Persons exempt
The following shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter:
(1) A person not a resident of and having no established place of business in this State, practicing or offering to practice herein professional engineering or land surveying within the meaning and intent of this chapter, when such practice does not exceed in the aggregate 30 consecutive days in any calendar year; provided, such person is legally qualified by license to practice said professional engineering or land surveying in any State or country in which the requirements and qualifications for a certificate of license are at least comparable to those specified in this chapter.
However, no final plans or reports may be submitted under this provision.
(2) A person not a resident of and having no established place of business in this State, or who has recently become a resident thereof, practicing or offering to practice herein for more than 30 days in any calendar year professional engineering or land surveying, if he shall have filed with the board an application for a certificate of license and shall have paid the fee required by this chapter; provided, that such a person is legally qualified to practice said professional engineering or land surveying in any State or country in which the requirements and qualifications for obtaining a license are at least comparable to those specified in this chapter. Such exemption shall continue only for such time as the board requires for the consideration of the application for license certificate.
(3) An employee or a subordinate of a person holding a license under this chapter or an employee of a person exempted from license by subsections (1) and (2) of this section; provided, this practice does not include responsible charge of design or supervision.
(4) Officers and employees of the Government of the United States while engaged within this State in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying, for said government.
(5) The practice of engineering or land surveying solely as an officer or employee of a corporation engaged in interstate commerce as defined in an act of Congress entitled "Act to regulate commerce," approved February 4, 1887, and as amended, unless the same affects public safety or health.
L.1938, c. 342, p. 866, s. 14. Amended by L.1950, c. 149, p. 327, s. 14; L.1977, c. 340, s. 5, eff. Jan. 25, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-41 - Licensed engineers and surveyors on public contracts or works required

45:8-41. Licensed engineers and surveyors on public contracts or works required
Hereafter no county, city, town, township, village, borough or other municipal corporations or other political subdivisions in the State shall engage in the design, construction or maintenance of any public work involving professional engineering for which plans, specifications and estimates have not been made by and the construction and maintenance supervised by a licensed professional engineer or a registered architect, nor shall any county, city, town, township, village, borough or other municipal corporation or other political subdivision in the State employ any person to perform work involving land surveying except a licensed land surveyor.
L.1938, c. 342, p. 867, s. 15. Amended by L.1950, c. 149, p. 328, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-42 - Employment of licensed engineers by governmental departments

45:8-42. Employment of licensed engineers by governmental departments
No department, institution, commission, board or body of the State Government, or of any political subdivision thereof shall designate, appoint or employ an engineer or any person to be in responsible charge of professional engineering work other than a duly qualified professional engineer who has been licensed by the State of New Jersey, prior to the designation, appointment or employment by such department, institution, commission, board or body of the State Government, or any political subdivision thereof.
Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary no professional engineer licensed in this State prior to the passage of this chapter and holding an appointment by the State or by any department, institution, commission, board or body of the State Government, or any political subdivision thereof, shall be deprived of the right of reappointment to the same office or position or appointment to any other office or position requiring similar qualifications.
L.1938, c. 342, p. 867, s. 16. Amended by L.1950, c. 149, p. 329, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-43 - Filing of name of engineer engaged by governmental departments; employment of engineers and land surveyors

45:8-43. Filing of name of engineer engaged by governmental departments; employment of engineers and land surveyors
The clerk of such department, institution, commission, board or body of the State Government or of any political subdivision thereof shall file with the secretary-director of the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors the name of any engineer designated, appointed or employed, within 30 days after appointment. Where professional engineers or land surveyors are employed, subject to the provisions of the civil service law, the appointment of any such person shall be understood to mean and include appointment after such person has been certified as having satisfactorily passed a civil service examination. No person, firm, association or corporation engaged in engineering or land surveying, shall employ an engineer or land surveyor, in responsible charge of any work, within the meaning and intent of this act, other than a duly qualified professional engineer or land surveyor, who has been licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, prior to such employment by the person, firm, association or corporation so engaged in engineering or land surveying; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall apply to any public utility as defined in chapter 2 of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, or any employee thereof or to any improvement or proposed improvement made by any such public utility or by any employee of or any contractor or agent for said public utility.
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to a corporation or any of its affiliated companies any of which are in the field of telecommunications or any employee thereof where either said corporation or any of its affiliated companies is subject to the jurisdiction of the State Board of Public Utilities or the Federal Communications Commission.
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to a corporation in the field of telecommunications, or to its affiliates, or any employees thereof in which the primary business is research and technical development manufacturing or product design.
L.1938, c.342, s.17; amended 1950,c.149,s.17; 1989,c.276,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-44.1 - Authority of land surveyors to go on, over and upon lands of others during reasonable hours

45:8-44.1. Authority of land surveyors to go on, over and upon lands of others during reasonable hours
A person licensed to practice land surveying as provided in P.L.1938, c. 342 (C. 45:8-27 et seq.) and any of his agents, servants or employees under his direction who are necessary to make a land survey shall have the authority to go on, over and upon lands of others during reasonable hours when necessary to make land surveys if:
a. The licensed professional land surveyor has made a reasonable attempt, as defined in this section, to notify the owner of the land and, in the case of a lease, the lessee thereof, of his desire to enter on, over and upon the owner's or lessee's land to make a land survey and, the attempt having failed, the licensed professional land surveyor has given written notice, seven days prior to the proposed entry, to the municipal police department of the municipality in which the land is located of his intention to enter, containing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of those who propose to enter the land and the date, time, duration, and location of the proposed entry; and,
b. The land or any part thereof, to which entry is sought, is not enclosed by a constructed or natural barrier which is at least 6 feet in height or is not posted with signs or notices which prohibit trespassing and contain the name and address of the owner or lessee of the land;
c. As used in this section, a "reasonable attempt" to notify an owner or lessee means: an attempt to seek acknowledgment of the owner of the land and, in the case of a lease, the lessee thereof, by certified mail, return receipt requested, the attempt to be made a second time if unsuccessful the first time and a third time if unsuccessful the second time, each attempt to be made on a separate business day.
L.1983, c. 460, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-44.2 - Entry not trespass; immunity from arrest or civil action

45:8-44.2. Entry not trespass; immunity from arrest or civil action
Any entry under the right granted in this act shall not constitute trespass nor shall the licensed professional land surveyor or his agents, servants or employees be liable to arrest or civil action by reason of the entry.
L.1983, c. 460, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-44.3 - Destruction, injury or damage to land; prohibition; liability

45:8-44.3. Destruction, injury or damage to land; prohibition; liability
Nothing in this act shall be construed as giving the licensed professional land surveyor or his agents, servants or employees any right to destroy, injure or damage the land or any person or property on the land of another. A licensed professional land surveyor or his agents, servants or employees shall be liable for any such destruction, injury or damage which he is found to have caused to such persons, property or land.
L.1983, c. 460, s. 3, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-44.4 - Nonliability of owner or lessee of land

45:8-44.4. Nonliability of owner or lessee of land
Neither the owner of the land nor the lessee thereof shall be liable to a licensed professional land surveyor or his agents, servants or employees or any other person for any destruction, injury or damage, which was not willfully or maliciously done by the owner or lessee, to property or persons resulting from the licensed professional land surveyor or his agents, servants or employees going on, over and upon such lands under the provisions of this act.
L.1983, c. 460, s. 4, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-44.5 - Inapplicability of act to lands traversed by operating railroad

45:8-44.5. Inapplicability of act to lands traversed by operating railroad
This act shall not apply to lands traversed by an operating railroad.
L.1983, c. 460, s. 5, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-45 - Certificate and seal of licensed engineer, surveyor or architect on plans and specifications on public work

45:8-45. Certificate and seal of licensed engineer, surveyor or architect on plans and specifications on public work
No department, institution, commission, board or body of the State Government, or any political subdivision thereof, being the depository or having the custody of any plan or specification involving professional engineering, shall receive or file any such plan or specification unless there is affixed thereto the seal of a professional engineer licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or the seal of a registered architect thereon nor receive or file any plan involving land surveying unless there is affixed thereto the seal of a land surveyor licensed pursuant to this chapter.
L.1938, c. 342, p. 869, s. 19. Amended by L.1950, c. 149, p. 330, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-47 - Effect on other professions

45:8-47. Effect on other professions
This chapter shall not be construed to affect or prevent the practice of any other legally recognized profession. Nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting, regulating or interfering with persons duly licensed under any laws of this State in the operation and maintenance of equipment and in the supervision of operation of steam power plants, portable machinery and equipment, and refrigeration plants, or from engaging in such engineering activities as may be incident to such operating, maintenance or supervision as is customarily a part of the services rendered by such licensed persons in the course of their employment.
L.1938, c. 342, p. 869, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-48 - Partial invalidity; construction of chapter

45:8-48. Partial invalidity; construction of chapter
The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of the provisions hereof are held unconstitutional the decision shall not be construed to impair any other provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared as the legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional provisions not been included herein.
L.1938, c. 342, p. 870, s. 22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-49 - Repealer

45:8-49. Repealer
Chapter eight of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1938, c. 342, p. 870, s. 23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-56 - Certificate of authorization

45:8-56. Certificate of authorization
The board shall issue a certificate of authorization to certain corporations and those corporations shall be authorized to offer professional engineering and land surveying services or both, as follows:
a. No corporation shall offer to provide engineering services in this State unless issued a certificate of authorization pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act. This subsection shall not apply to a professional service corporation established pursuant to the "Professional Service Corporation Act," P.L.1969, c.232 (C.14A:17-1 et seq.).
b. No corporation shall offer to provide land surveying services in this State unless issued a certificate of authorization pursuant to this act. This subsection shall not apply to a professional service corporation established pursuant to the "Professional Service Corporation Act," P.L.1969, c.232 (C.14A:17-1 et seq.).
The certificate of authorization shall designate a New Jersey licensee or licensees who are in responsible charge of the engineering or land surveying activities and decisions of the corporation. All final drawings, papers or documents involving the practice of engineering or the practice of land surveying, when issued by the corporation or filed for public record, shall be signed and sealed by the New Jersey licensee who is in responsible charge of the work.
L.1989, c.276, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-57 - Contents of application; biennial renewal fee

45:8-57. Contents of application; biennial renewal fee
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of authorization, a corporation shall file with the board an application, on forms designated by the board, listing, where applicable, the name and address of the corporation and its satellite offices, and the name, address and signature of all officers, corporate board members, directors, principals and any licensees who shall be in responsible charge of the practice of engineering or the practice of land surveying or both, through the corporation, together with such other information as may be required by the board to ensure compliance with its regulations. The same information shall accompany the biennial renewal fee. A change in any of this information shall be reported to the board within 30 days after the effective date of that change.
L.1989, c.276, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-58 - Powers of board

45:8-58. Powers of board
The board shall have the authority to review the professional conduct of any corporation authorized to offer engineering or land surveying services or both under the provisions of P.L.1989, c.276 (C.45:8-56 et al.). In order to implement those provisions, the board may:
a. Establish by regulations adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) a biennial renewal fee for the certificate of authorization.
b. Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of authorization of any corporation whose agent, employees, directors or officers violate, or cause to be violated, any of the provisions of P.L.1989, c.276 (C.45:8-56 et al.) or chapter 8 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.).
c. Adopt such rules and regulations as required to carry out the provisions of this act pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
L.1989, c.276, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-59 - Records to establish regular, effective supervision

45:8-59. Records to establish regular, effective supervision
A licensee shall maintain such records as are reasonably necessary to establish that the licensee exercised regular and effective supervision of professional services of which such licensee was in responsible charge.
L.1989, c.276, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-60 - Responsibility for acts of agents, employees, officers

45:8-60. Responsibility for acts of agents, employees, officers
No corporation shall be relieved of responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees or officers by reason of compliance with the provisions of P.L.1989, c.276 (C.45:8-56 et al.).
L.1989, c.276, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-62 - Definitions relative to home inspectors.

45:8-62 Definitions relative to home inspectors.
2. As used in this act:
"Board" means the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
"Client" means any person who engages, or seeks to engage, the services of a home inspector for the purpose of obtaining inspection of and written report upon the condition of a residential building.
"Committee" means the Home Inspection Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 3 of this act.
"Home inspector" means any person licensed as a home inspector pursuant to the provisions of this act.
"Home inspection" means an inspection and written evaluation of the following components of a residential building: heating system, cooling system, plumbing system, electrical system, structural components, foundation, roof, masonry structure, exterior and interior components or any other related residential housing component as determined by the board by regulation.
"Residential building" means a structure consisting of from one to four family dwelling units that has been occupied as such prior to the time when a home inspection is requested or contracted for in accordance with this act, but shall not include any such structure newly constructed and not previously occupied.
L.1997,c.323,s.2; amended 2005, c.201, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-63 - Home Inspection Advisory Committee

45:8-63. Home Inspection Advisory Committee
3. a. There is created within the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, under the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, a Home Inspection Advisory Committee. The committee shall consist of five members who are residents of the State and are licensed home inspectors who have been actively engaged in the practice of home inspection in this State for at least five years immediately preceding their appointment.
b. For a period of one year after the effective date of this act, and notwithstanding any other provisions of this act to the contrary, the first five home inspectors appointed as members of the committee shall not be required, at the time of their first appointment, to be licensed to practice home inspection.
c. The Governor shall appoint each committee member for a term of three years, except that of the members first appointed, two shall serve for terms of three years, two shall serve for terms of two years and one shall serve for a term of one year. Each member shall hold office until his successor has been qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the committee shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided for the original appointment. No member of the committee may serve more than two successive terms in addition to any unexpired term to which he has been appointed.
L.1997,c.323,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-64 - Compensation, reimbursement of members

45:8-64. Compensation, reimbursement of members
4. Members of the committee shall be compensated and reimbursed for expenses and provided with office and meeting facilities and personnel required for the proper conduct of the committee's business.
L.1997,c.323,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-65 - Elections of officers of committee

45:8-65. Elections of officers of committee
5. The committee shall annually elect from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman and may appoint a secretary, who need not be a member of the committee. The committee shall meet at least twice a year and may hold additional meetings as necessary to discharge its duties.
L.1997,c.323,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-66 - Powers, duties of committee.

45:8-66 Powers, duties of committee.
6. The committee shall have the following powers and duties:
a. Administer and enforce the provisions of this act;
b. Issue and renew licenses to home inspectors pursuant to the provisions of this act;
c. Suspend, revoke or fail to renew the license of a home inspector pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.);
d. Establish standards for the continuing education of home inspectors;
e. Adopt and publish a code of ethics and standards of practice for licensed home inspectors; and
f. Prescribe or change the charges for examinations, licensures, renewals and other services performed pursuant to P.L.1974, c.46 (C.45:1-3.1 et seq.).
L.1997,c.323,s.6; amended 2005, c.201, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-67 - Licensing required for home inspectors

45:8-67. Licensing required for home inspectors
7. No person shall provide, nor present, call or represent himself as able to provide a home inspection for compensation unless licensed in accordance with the provisions of this act.
L.1997,c.323,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-68 - Requirements for licensure as home inspector.

45:8-68 Requirements for licensure as home inspector.
8. To be eligible for licensure as a home inspector, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
a. Be of good moral character; and
b. Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent; and
c. (1) Have successfully completed an approved course of study of 180 hours, as prescribed by the board, after consultation with the State Department of Education, which shall include not less than 40 hours of unpaid field-based inspections in the presence of and under the direct supervision of a licensed home inspector, which inspections shall be provided by the school providing the approved course of study; or
(2) Have performed not less than 250 fee-paid home inspections in the presence of and under the direct supervision of a licensed home inspector who oversees and takes full responsibility for the inspection and any report produced; and
d. Have passed an examination administered or approved by the committee. The examination may have been passed before the effective date of this act.
L.1997,c.323,s.8; amended 2005, c.201, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-70 - Noapplicability of act

45:8-70. Noapplicability of act
10. The provisions of this act shall not apply to:
a. Any person who is employed as a code enforcement official by the State or a political subdivision thereof when acting within the scope of that government employment;
b. Any person regulated by the State as an architect, professional engineer, electrical contractor or master plumber, who is acting within the scope of practice of his profession or occupation;
c. Any real estate broker, broker-salesperson, or salesperson who is licensed by the State when acting within the scope of his profession;
d. Any State licensed real estate appraiser or certified general or residential real estate appraiser, who is acting within the scope of his profession;
e. Any person regulated by the State as an insurance adjuster, who is acting within the scope of his profession;
f. Any person certified or registered as a pesticide applicator pursuant to subchapter 6 or 8 of chapter 30 of Title 7 of the New Jersey Administrative Code who is acting within the scope of the practice for which he is certified or registered; or
g. Any person making home inspections under the supervision of a licensed home inspector for the purpose of meeting the requirements of subsection d. of section 9 of this act to qualify for licensure as an associate home inspector.
L.1997,c.323,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-71 - Issuance of home inspector license

45:8-71. Issuance of home inspector license
11. a. Upon payment to the board of a fee and the submission of a written application provided by the board, the committee shall issue a home inspector license to any person who holds a valid license issued by another state or possession of the United States or the District of Columbia which has standards substantially equivalent to those of this State, as determined by the committee.
b. Notwithstanding the requirements of section 8 of P.L.1997, c.323 (C.45:8-68), upon payment to the board of a fee and the submission of a written application provided by the board, the committee shall issue a home inspector license to any person who is: (1) a licensed professional engineer deemed qualified by the board, without examination, by training, education and experience; or (2) a licensed architect deemed qualified by the New Jersey State Board of Architects, without examination, by training, education and experience.
L.1997,c.323,s.11; amended 2001, c.158, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-72 - Licensing of individuals currently engaged in practice of home inspection; criteria.

45:8-72 Licensing of individuals currently engaged in practice of home inspection; criteria.
12. The committee shall issue to any individual upon application a home inspector license, provided that the applicant meets the requirements of subsections a., b., and d. of section 8 of this act and: a. has been engaged in the practice of home inspections for compensation for not less than three years prior to December 30, 2005 and has performed not less than 300 home inspections for compensation prior to December 30, 2005; or b. has performed not less than 400 home inspections for compensation prior to December 30, 2005.
L.1997,c.323,s.12; amended 2003, c.77; 2004, c.18, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-72.1 - Issuance of home inspector license based on associate home inspector license or experience, certain.

45:8-72.1 Issuance of home inspector license based on associate home inspector license or experience, certain.
11. a. During the first 180 days after the enactment date of this amendatory and supplementary act, the committee shall, upon application, issue a home inspector license to any person who at any time prior to or during that 180-day period held a license as an associate home inspector, provided that the applicant: (1) had been engaged in the practice of home inspections for compensation for not less than three years prior to December 30, 2005 and had performed not less than 300 home inspections for compensation prior to December 30, 2005; or (2) had performed not less than 400 home inspections for compensation prior to December 30, 2005.
b. During the first 180 days after the enactment date of this amendatory and supplementary act, the committee shall, upon application, issue a home inspector license to any individual: (1) whose application for an associate home inspector license had been approved by the committee prior to December 30, 2005; or (2) who had satisfied the requirements set forth in section 9 of P.L.1997, c.323 (C.45:8-69) and had completed not less than 40 hours of unpaid field-based inspections in the presence of and under the direct supervision of a licensed home inspector prior to December 30, 2005.
L.2005,c.201,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-73 - Establishment, prescription, change of fees for licenses

45:8-73. Establishment, prescription, change of fees for licenses
13. a. The board shall by rule or regulation establish, prescribe or change the fees for licenses, renewals of licenses or other services provided by the board or the committee pursuant to the provisions of this act. Licenses shall be issued for a period of two years and be biennially renewable, except that the board may, in order to stagger the expiration dates thereof, provide that those licenses first issued or renewed after the effective date of this act shall expire or become void on a date fixed by the board, not sooner than six months nor later than 29 months after the date of issue.
b. Fees shall be established, prescribed or changed by the committee to the extent necessary to defray all proper expenses incurred by the board or the committee, and any staff employed to administer this act, except that fees shall not be fixed at a level that will raise amounts in excess of the amount estimated to be so required.
c. All fees and any fines imposed by the board shall be paid to the board and shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer and become part of the General Fund.
L.1997,c.323,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-74 - Refusal to grant, suspension, revocation of license.

45:8-74 Refusal to grant, suspension, revocation of license.
14. In addition to the provisions of section 8 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21), the committee may refuse to grant or may suspend or revoke a home inspector license upon proof to the satisfaction of the committee that the holder thereof has:
a. Disclosed any information concerning the results of the home inspection without the approval of a client or the client's representatives;
b. Accepted compensation from more than one interested party for the same service without the consent of all interested parties;
c. Accepted commissions or allowances, directly or indirectly, from other parties dealing with their client in connection with work for which the licensee is responsible; or
d. Failed to disclose promptly to a client information about any business interest of the licensee which may affect the client in connection with the home inspection.
L.1997,c.323,s.14; amended 2005, c.201, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-75 - Limitations upon licensees

45:8-75. Limitations upon licensees
15. No person licensed as a home inspector pursuant to this act shall engage in the practice of architecture or the practice of professional engineering unless licensed therefor.
L.1997,c.323,s.15; amended 2001, c.158, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-76 - Requirement of error and omissions policy.

45:8-76 Requirement of error and omissions policy.
16. a. Every licensed home inspector who is engaged in home inspection shall secure, maintain and file with the board proof of a certificate of an error and omissions policy, which shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000 per occurrence.
b. Every proof of an errors and omissions policy required to be filed with the board shall provide that cancellation or nonrenewal of the policy shall not be effective unless and until at least 10 days' notice of intention to cancel or nonrenew has been received in writing by the board.
L.1997,c.323,s.16; amended 2005, c.201, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-76.1 - Action, commencement within four years.

45:8-76.1 Action, commencement within four years.
10. An action for an error or omission in the performance of a home inspection contract with respect to a home inspector licensed pursuant to P.L.1997, c.323 (C.45:8-61 et seq.), shall be commenced within four years of the date of the home inspection.
L.2005,c.201,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-77 - Rules, regulations

45:8-77. Rules, regulations
17. The board, after consultation with the committee, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.1997,c.323,s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-78 - Continuing education requirement.

45:8-78 Continuing education requirement.
6. The State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors shall require each home inspector, as a condition for biennial license renewal pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1997, c.323 (C.45:8-73), to complete 40 credit hours of continuing education requirements imposed by the Home Inspection Advisory Committee pursuant to sections 7 through 9 of P.L.2005, c.201 (C.45:8-79 through C.45:8-81).
L.2005,c.201,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-79 - Standards for continuing education.

45:8-79 Standards for continuing education.
7. a. The committee shall:
(1) Establish standards for continuing home inspection education, including the subject matter and content of courses of study and the selection of instructors;
(2) Approve educational programs offering continuing education credits; and
(3) Approve other equivalent educational programs and establish procedures for the issuance of credit upon satisfactory proof of the completion of these programs.
b. In the case of education courses and programs, each hour of instruction shall be equivalent to one credit.
L.2005,c.201,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-80 - Waiving of requirements for continuing education.

45:8-80 Waiving of requirements for continuing education.
8. The committee may, in its discretion, waive requirements for continuing education on an individual basis for reasons of hardship such as illness or disability, retirement of a license, or other good cause.
L.2005,c.201,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8-81 - Time for completion of continuing education.

45:8-81 Time for completion of continuing education.
9. The committee shall require completion of continuing education credits on a pro rata basis for any registration periods commencing more than 12 but less than 24 months following the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act.
L.2005,c.201,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8A-1 - Professional librarian's certificate

45:8A-1. Professional librarian's certificate
1. The State Board of Examiners shall, upon application, issue to any person a professional librarian's certificate to act as a professional librarian if he shall be a graduate from a library school accredited by the State Board of Education and shall meet such other requirements as shall be fixed by the State Board of Education for the issuance of such certificates except that the State Board of Examiners shall, upon application, issue such certificate to any person holding, at the time this act becomes effective, a professional office, or position, that requires for adequate performance the knowledge and techniques of library science as taught in accredited library schools, in any library within this State supported in whole or in part by public funds, except in a library under the charge and control of a board of education, provided such application is made within three years from the effective date of this act or in the case of a veteran of World War II or a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, such a certificate shall be issued to any person holding such a professional office or position, who has held the same since November 1, 1957, provided application is made within 30 days of the enactment of this 1991 amendatory act.
L.1947,c.132,s.1; amended 1956,c.152,s.2; 1969,c.83; 1991,c.389,s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8A-2 - Rules and regulations; fee

45:8A-2. Rules and regulations; fee
The State Board of Education shall make and enforce rules and regulations for the granting of such certificates for the issuance of each of which a fee of not less than $5.00 shall be charged.
L.1947, c. 132, p. 605, s. 2. Amended by L.1956, c. 152, p. 622, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8A-3 - Public library officials may require certificate; persons already employed

45:8A-3. Public library officials may require certificate; persons already employed
The officer or body having charge and control of any library within this State supported in whole or in part by public funds, except a board of education, may, in its discretion, require, and any officer or body having charge and control of any such library serving any municipality or group of municipalities having a population of 10,000 inhabitants or over, except a board of education, shall require that any person hereafter employed in such library in any professional office or position, that requires for adequate performance the knowledge and techniques of library science as taught in accredited library schools, shall hold a professional librarian's certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners as provided in this act. No such officer or body shall terminate the employment of or refuse to continue the employment or re-employment of any person holding a professional office or position at the time this act becomes effective for the reason that such person is not the holder of any such certificate.
L.1947, c. 132, p. 605, s. 3. Amended by L.1956, c. 152, p. 623, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8A-4 - School district employees not exempted from other requirements

45:8A-4. School district employees not exempted from other requirements
Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any employee of any school district from obtaining any other certificate prescribed by the State Board of Education as a requirement for the holding of any office, position, or employment in the public schools.
L.1947, c. 132, p. 606, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Professions and Occupations › Section 45:8B-1 - Declaration relative to practice of marriage and family therapy

45:8B-1. Declaration relative to practice of marriage and family therapy
1. The practice of marriage and family therapy in the State of New Jersey is hereby declared to affect the public safety and welfare, and to be subject to regulation and control in the public interest in order to protect the public from the unprofessional, improper, unauthorized and unqualified practice of marriage and family therapy, and from unprofessional conduct by persons licensed to practice marriage and family therapy. This act shall be liberally construed to carry out these objects and purposes.
L.1968,c.401,s.1; amended 1995,c.366,s.1.