Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 24 - Occupational and Professional Licenses, Division of › Rule 24.32.01 - RULES OF THE IDAHO BOARD OF LICENSURE OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS › Subchapter A - RULES OF PROCEDURE › Section 24.32.01.019 - LICENSEES OR CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF OTHER STATES, BOARDS, AND COUNTRIES

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Interstate Licensure
				Evaluation
. Each application for an Idaho professional engineer license
				or professional land surveyor license submitted by an applicant who is licensed
				as a professional engineer, or licensed as a professional land surveyor,
				respectively, in one (1) or more states, possessions or territories or the
				District of Columbia, will be considered by the Board on its merits, and the
				application evaluated for substantial compliance with respect to the
				requirements of the Idaho law related to experience, examination, and
				education. A minimum of four (4) years of progressive experience after
				graduation with a bachelor of science degree is required for licensure.
				Individuals who have passed the National Council of Examiners for Engineering
				and Surveying (NCEES) examinations for professional engineering or professional
				land surveying will be considered to have satisfied the examination requirement
				for issuance of a license as a professional engineer or professional land
				surveyor provided that land surveyor applicants also pass the Idaho specific
				professional land surveying examination. Prescriptive education requirements
				are as follows: (3-28-23)
a. Graduates from
				programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the ABET,
				Inc., (EAC/ABET), or graduates of university bachelor of science engineering
				programs accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accrediting Board, or those
				university bachelor of science engineering programs that are accredited by
				official organizations recognized by the U.K. Engineering Council, or graduates
				of engineering programs with coursework evaluated by the Board as being
				substantially equivalent to EAC/ABET degrees, will be considered to have
				satisfied the educational requirement for issuance of a license as a
				professional engineer. (3-28-23)
b.
				The Board may require an independent evaluation of the engineering education of
				an applicant who has a non-EAC/ABET accredited four (4) year bachelor degree.
				Such evaluation must be done through an organization approved by the Board and
				is done at the expense of the applicant to ensure that they have completed the
				coursework requirements of Subsection
				019.01.c. Such evaluation is
				not required if the applicant has been licensed in another jurisdiction of the
				United States for an minimum of ten (10) years and has not had any disciplinary
				action against them and there is none pending, and possesses the education,
				experience and examination credentials that were specified in the applicable
				registration chapter in effect in this state at the time such certification was
				issued. The Board may table action on the application pending receipt of the
				evaluation, and, in the event the applicant does not provide the evaluation
				within one (1) year, the Board may terminate the application, in which case the
				application fee will be forfeited. (3-28-23)
c. An applicant who was originally licensed
				in another jurisdiction after June 30, 1996, and who has completed a four (4)
				year bachelor degree program in engineering technology, or in a related science
				degree program other than engineering must have completed the following before
				the Board will consider them to possess knowledge and skill approximating that
				attained through graduation from an approved four (4) year engineering
				curriculum as required by Section
				54-1212(1)(b),
				Idaho Code: (3-28-23)
i. Thirty-two (32)
				college semester credit hours of higher mathematics and basic sciences. The
				credits in mathematics must be beyond algebra and trigonometry and must
				emphasize mathematical concepts and principles rather than computation. Courses
				in differential and integral calculus are required. Additional courses may
				include differential equations, linear algebra, numerical analysis, probability
				and statistics and advanced calculus. The credits in basic sciences must
				include at least two (2) courses. These courses must be in general chemistry,
				general calculusbased physics, or general biological sciences; the two (2)
				courses may not be in the same area. Additional basic sciences courses may
				include earth sciences (geology, ecology), advanced biology, advanced
				chemistry, and advanced physics. Computer skills and/or programming courses may
				not be used to satisfy mathematics or basic science requirements. Basic
				engineering science courses or sequence of courses in this area are acceptable
				for credit but may not be counted twice. (3-28-23)
ii. Twelve (12) college credit hours in a
				general education component that complements the technical content of the
				curriculum. Examples of traditional courses in this area are philosophy,
				religion, history, literature, fine arts, sociology, psychology, political
				science, anthropology, economics (micro and macro), professional ethics, social
				responsibility. Examples of other general education courses deemed acceptable
				include management (such as organizational behavior), accounting, written and
				oral communications, business, and law. No more than six (6) credit hours may
				come from courses in management, accounting, business, or law. Courses in
				engineering economics, engineering management, systems engineering/ analysis,
				production, and industrial engineering/management will not be counted. Language
				courses in the applicant's native language are not acceptable for credit; no
				more than six (6) credit hours of foreign language courses are acceptable for
				credit. Native language courses in literature and civilization may be
				considered in this area. Courses which instill cultural values are acceptable,
				while routine exercises of personal craft are not. (3-28-23)
iii. Forty-eight (48) college credit hours of
				engineering science and engineering design courses. Courses in engineering
				science must be taught within the college / faculty of engineering having their
				roots in mathematics and basic sciences but carry knowledge further toward
				creative application of engineering principles. Examples of approved
				engineering science courses are mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer,
				electrical and electronic circuits, materials science, transport phenomena, and
				computer science (other than computer programming skills). Courses in
				engineering design stress the establishment of objectives and criteria,
				synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation. Graduate level
				engineering courses may be included to fulfill curricular requirements in this
				area. Engineering technology courses cannot be considered to meet engineering
				topic requirements. (3-28-23)
d. In regard to educational requirements, the
				Board will consider as unconditionally approved only those surveying programs
				that are accredited either by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC),
				the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC) or the
				Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET, Inc. An
				applicant who has completed a four (4) year bachelor degree program in a
				related program must have completed a minimum of the following college level
				academic courses, or their equivalents as determined by the Board, before the
				Board will consider them to possess knowledge and skill approximating that
				attained through graduation from an approved four (4) year surveying curriculum
				as required by Section
				54-1212(2)(b),
				Idaho Code, for licensure as a professional land surveyor: (3-28-23)
i. Eighteen (18) college semester credit
				hours of mathematics and basic sciences. A minimum of twelve (12) credits in
				mathematics must be beyond basic mathematics, but the credits include college
				algebra or higher mathematics. These courses must emphasize mathematical
				concepts and principles rather than computation. Mathematics courses may
				include college algebra, trigonometry, analytic geometry, differential and
				integral calculus, linear algebra, numerical analysis, probability and
				statistics, and advanced calculus. A minimum of six (6) credits must be in
				basic sciences. These courses must cover one or more of the following topics:
				general chemistry, advanced chemistry, life sciences (biology), earth sciences
				(geology, ecology), general physics, and advanced physics. Computer skills
				and/or programming courses may not be used to satisfy mathematics or basic
				science requirements; (3-28-23)
ii.
				Twelve (12) college semester credit hours in a general education component that
				complements the technical content of the curriculum. Examples of traditional
				courses in this area are religion, history, literature, fine arts, sociology,
				psychology, political science, anthropology, economics, professional ethics,
				and social responsibility. No more than six (6) credit hours of languages other
				than English or other than the applicant's native language are acceptable for
				credit. English and foreign language courses in literature and civilization may
				be considered in this area. Courses that instill cultural values are
				acceptable, while routine exercises of personal craft are not;
				(3-28-23)
iii. Thirty (30) college
				semester credit hours of surveying science and surveying practice. Courses must
				be taught by qualified surveying faculty. Examples of surveying courses are
				basic surveying, route surveying, geodesy, geographic information systems, land
				development design and planning, global positioning systems, photogrammetry,
				mapping, survey adjustment and coordinates systems, cartography, legal
				descriptions, and remote sensing. Required courses will include a minimum of
				basic surveying, route surveying, geodesy, surveying law, public land survey
				system and global positioning systems. Graduate-level surveying courses can be
				included to fulfill curricular requirements in this area.
				(3-28-23)