Alabama Administrative Code › Title 330 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS › Chapter 330-X-14 - PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT (CODE OF ETHICS) › Section 330-X-14-.06 - Ethics (Canon V)

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The engineer or land surveyor shall contribute to the
				maintenance, integrity, independence and competency of the engineering or land
				surveying profession as follows:
(a)
			 The engineer or land surveyor shall not:
1.
			 Violate any provision of the Alabama law regulating the practice of engineering
			 and land surveying or of the Administrative Code of the Board of Licensure for
			 Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors;
2. Participate, directly or indirectly, in
			 any plan, scheme or arrangement attempting or having as its purpose the evasion
			 of any provision of the Alabama law regulating the practice of engineering and
			 land surveying;
3. Fail to exercise
			 reasonable care or diligence to prevent his or her partners, associates, and
			 employees from engaging in conduct which if done by him or her, would violate
			 any provision of the Alabama Law regulating the practice of engineering and
			 land surveying;
4. Engage in any
			 illegal conduct, whether a felony or misdemeanor, the essential element of
			 which is dishonesty;
5. Engage in
			 any conduct that discredits or tends to discredit the profession of engineering
			 or land surveying;
6. Permit or
			 allow, his or her professional identification, seal, firm, or business name, or
			 his or her services to be used or made use of, directly or indirectly, or in
			 any manner whatsoever, so as to make possible or create the opportunity for the
			 unauthorized practice of engineering or land surveying by any person, firm or
			 corporation in this state;
7.
			 Perform any acts, allow omissions or make any assertions or representations
			 which are fraudulent, deceitful, or misleading, or which in any manner
			 whatsoever tend to create a misleading impression;
8. Knowingly associate with or permit or
			 allow the use of his or her name, firm name or professional identification or
			 seal in any business venture, project or enterprise which he or she knows or
			 has reason to believe is engaged in professional practices which violate any
			 provision of the Alabama Law regulating the practice of engineering and land
			 surveying;
9. Knowingly associate
			 with or permit the use of his or her name, professional identification, seal,
			 firm or business name in connection with any venture or enterprise which he or
			 she knows, or has reason to believe, is engaging in trade, business or
			 professional practice of a fraudulent, deceitful or dishonest nature;
10. Injure or attempt to injure or damage the
			 professional reputation of another by any means whatsoever; provided and
			 except, however, that this shall not relieve an engineer or land surveyor of
			 the obligation to expose unethical or illegal conduct to the proper authorities
			 or preclude a frank but private appraisal of engineers or land surveyors or
			 other persons or firms considered for employment;
11. Aid or abet, directly or indirectly, any
			 unlicensed person in connection with the unauthorized practice of engineering
			 or land surveying; or any firm or corporation in the practice of engineering or
			 land surveying unless carried on in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
			 11, Title 34 of the Alabama Law regulating the practice of engineering and land
			 surveying;
12. Place his or her
			 seal, signature, date and license number on a document constituting a
			 certification that the document was prepared by the licensee unless the
			 document was prepared by the licensee or under his or her direct control and
			 personal supervision or unless the licensee has reviewed the document in
			 sufficient depth to fully coordinate and assume responsibility for plans
			 prepared by another licensed professional engineer or licensed professional
			 land surveyor.
13. Review the work
			 of another engineer or land surveyor, for the same employer, except with the
			 knowledge or consent of the engineer or land surveyor, unless the connection of
			 the engineer or land surveyor with the work has been terminated.
14. Participate in procurement procedures for
			 engineering or land surveying services either by providing the bids or in
			 requesting bids from other professional engineers or land surveyors where
			 bidding is the primary consideration except as allowed by state law.
15. Fail to respond to the Board within 60
			 days of receipt of Board inquiries.