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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 11 - Curricula › Section LXI-1105 - Acceptable Engineering Graduate Degrees

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A. Acceptable engineering graduate degrees
				are those in an engineering discipline or sub-discipline from a university
				having an undergraduate accredited engineering curriculum in the same
				discipline or sub-discipline and which require the removal of deficiencies in
				science, mathematics, engineering sciences and engineering design as a
				prerequisite to the graduate courses; or are those found by the board to be
				equivalent to such degrees. The successful completion of a minimum of 48
				semester credit hours of coursework in engineering sciences and engineering
				design is required in order to remove deficiencies in engineering sciences and
				engineering design.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 11 - Curricula › Section LXI-1107 - Land Surveying, Mapping and Real Property Courses

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A. To qualify for certification as a land
				surveyor intern pursuant to
				§907.A 1, the "30
				semester credit hours, or the equivalent, in land surveying, mapping, and real
				property courses approved by the board" shall include:
1. 15 semester credit hours, or the
				equivalent, with a grade of "C-" or better in land surveying courses, at least
				three of which shall be in boundary surveying;
2. three semester credit hours, or the
				equivalent, with a grade of "C-" or better in mapping courses;
3. three semester credit hours, or the
				equivalent, with a grade of "C-" or better in real property courses;
				and
4. nine semester credit hours,
				or the equivalent, with a grade of "C-" or better in either land surveying or
				mapping courses.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 13 - Examinations › Section LXI-1301 - General

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
1. Only individuals who have been authorized
				by NCEES will be allowed to take the fundamentals of engineering and
				fundamentals of land surveying examinations, and registration for these
				examinations must be made with NCEES.
2. Individuals who are seeking licensure as a
				professional engineer based on having met the educational qualifications
				described in
				§901.A.1 or
				§903.A.3 must obtain
				authorization from NCEES in order to be allowed to take the principles and
				practice of engineering examination, and registration for this examination must
				be made with NCEES.
3. Individuals
				who are seeking licensure as a professional engineer based on having met the
				educational qualifications described in
				§901.A.2 or
				§901.A.3 must obtain
				authorization from the board in order to be allowed to take the principles and
				practice of engineering examination, and registration for this examination must
				be made with the board.
4. Only
				individuals who have been authorized by the board will be allowed to take the
				principles and practice of land surveying and Louisiana laws of land surveying
				examinations, and all applications for these examinations must be timely filed
				with the board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 13 - Examinations › Section LXI-1303 - Waiver of the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination [Repealed]

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 13 - Examinations › Section LXI-1305 - Approval to Take the Examination in the Principles and Practice of Engineering (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 13 - Examinations › Section LXI-1309 - Approval to Take the Examinations in the Principles and Practice of Land Surveying and in the Louisiana Laws of Land Surveying

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A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection
				B, only an individual who meets all of the other requirements for licensure as
				a professional land surveyor may be permitted to take the examinations in the
				principles and practice of land surveying and in the Louisiana laws of land
				surveying.
B. An individual who has
				already been duly certified as a land surveyor intern by the board may be
				permitted to take the examination in the principles and practice of land
				surveying, even though such individual has not yet met the experience
				requirement for licensure as a professional land surveyor.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 13 - Examinations › Section LXI-1311 - Examination for Record Purposes

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A.
				The board provides the opportunity for professional engineers who were
				previously licensed in Louisiana to take the examination in the principles and
				practice of engineering in the discipline(s) of engineering in which they seek
				to be listed without affecting their current licensure status with the board.
				These examinations are offered at times and places designated by the board or
				NCEES. Each individual will be charged a fee for this service.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 13 - Examinations › Section LXI-1313 - Examination Results

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The board or
				NCEES will specify the minimum passing score for all examinations for
				certification or licensure of individuals.
B. Individuals will be informed only as to
				whether they passed or failed an examination.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 13 - Examinations › Section LXI-1315 - Re-Examinations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An individual
				who fails an examination is eligible to apply to retake the
				examination.
B. After an individual
				has failed a principles and practice of engineering examination, principles and
				practice of land surveying examination or Louisiana laws of land surveying
				examination a minimum of three times, he/she may be required to appear before
				the board, or a committee of the board, for an oral interview.
C. After an individual has failed a
				principles and practice of engineering examination, principles and practice of
				land surveying examination or Louisiana laws of land surveying examination,
				he/she may be required to appear before the board, or a committee of the board,
				for an oral interview/oral examination.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1501 - Recognition of Experience

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				board will not recognize experience acquired by an applicant in violation of
				the licensure law of any state, territory, or possession of the United States,
				or the District of Columbia.
B. In
				considering applications for licensure by comity, the board may recognize
				examinations passed before the applicant had accrued sufficient qualifying
				experience according to Louisiana experience requirements in effect at the
				time, if:
1. the examination was passed in
				accordance with the laws and regulations in effect at the time in the
				jurisdiction in which the applicant was examined; and
2. the experience deficiency according to
				Louisiana experience requirements has been satisfied as of the date of the
				application to the Louisiana board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1503 - Graduate-Level Engineering Degree

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				An applicant who has obtained a master's degree in engineering which has
				followed a baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited engineering
				curriculum may use the masters degree for credit for one year's experience. An
				applicant who has obtained an earned doctoral degree in engineering which has
				followed a baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited engineering
				curriculum may use the doctoral degree for credit for two years' experience.
				The two-years credit for the doctoral degree includes the one year for a
				master's degree.
B. An applicant
				who has obtained an earned doctoral degree in engineering which has followed
				either a baccalaureate degree in engineering from a non-accredited engineering
				curriculum or a baccalaureate degree in a related science or engineering
				technology curriculum may use the doctoral degree for credit for one years
				experience.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1505 - Work Experience

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A. No
				applicant will be allowed credit of more than one year of experience for both
				work and education during any consecutive 12-month period.
B. Engineering Work Experience
1. For any required engineering work
				experience obtained in a state, territory, or possession of the United States,
				or the District of Columbia, it should be obtained under the supervision of a
				professional engineer holding a valid license to engage in the practice of
				engineering issued to him/her by proper authority of a state, territory, or
				possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or, if not, an
				explanation shall be made showing why such experience should be considered
				acceptable.
2. At least two years
				of any required engineering work experience obtained outside of a state,
				territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia,
				shall be obtained under the supervision of a professional engineer holding a
				valid license to engage in the practice of engineering issued to him/her by
				proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, or
				the District of Columbia. The remainder of such experience should also be
				obtained under the supervision of a professional engineer holding a valid
				license to engage in the practice of engineering issued to him/her by proper
				authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the
				District of Columbia, or, if not, an explanation shall be made showing why the
				remainder of such experience should be considered acceptable.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1507 - Engineering Experience Subsequent to Degree

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection
				B, only experience obtained subsequent to completion of a degree specified in
				the requirements for qualifying as an engineer intern will be considered as
				engineering experience.
B. Up to
				one year of engineering experience may be obtained prior to graduation, if
				obtained through a college or university-sponsored co-op program as part of an
				accredited engineering curriculum approved by the board, and only after
				completion of the first half of the curriculum. The coop program work must
				appear on the applicant-us college or university transcript for it to be
				considered. The amount of credit given for co-op program work will be based on
				the amount of co-op program work performed, will be limited by the applicant-us
				academic course load and will only include co-op program work performed during
				an academic term. The co-op program work must be performed under the
				supervision of a professional engineer holding a valid license to engage in the
				practice of engineering issued to him/her by proper authority of a state,
				territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or,
				if not, an explanation shall be made showing why the work should be considered
				acceptable.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1509 - Experience at Time of Application

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Experience must not be anticipated.
B. For applicants for professional engineer
				licensure under
				§903.A.1 of these rules,
				the "verifiable record of four years or more of progressive experience obtained
				subsequent to meeting the educational and applicable experience qualifications
				to be an engineer intern" must be gained by the time of application for
				licensure.
C. For applicants for
				professional engineer licensure under
				§903.A.3 of these rules,
				the "verifiable record of twenty years or more of progressive experience
				obtained subsequent to meeting the educational qualification" must be gained by
				the time of application for licensure.
D. For applicants for professional land
				surveyor licensure under
				§909.A.1 of these rules,
				the "verifiable record of four years or more of combined office and field
				experience in land surveying including two years or more of progressive
				experience on land surveying projects under the supervision of a professional
				land surveyor" must be gained by the time of application for
				licensure.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1511 - Experience from Faculty Engineering Research and Design Projects

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Experience
				gained in engineering research and design projects by members of an engineering
				faculty in an accredited engineering curriculum is creditable.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1513 - Teaching Experience

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Engineering. Teaching experience must be in engineering or engineering-related
				courses at an advanced level in an accredited engineering curriculum.
B. Land Surveying. Teaching experience must
				be in land surveying or land surveying-related courses at an advanced level in
				an accredited land surveying curriculum.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1515 - Progressive Experience

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Engineering. Experience must be progressive on engineering projects to indicate
				that it is of increasing quality and requiring greater
				responsibility.
B. Land Surveying.
				Experience must be progressive on land surveying projects to indicate that it
				is of increasing quality and requiring greater responsibility.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1517 - Knowledge Required

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A. Engineering.
				Experience should include demonstration of a knowledge of engineering
				mathematics, physical and applied science, properties of materials, and the
				fundamental principles of engineering design.
B. Land Surveying. Experience should include
				demonstration of a knowledge of surveying mathematics, theory of measurements,
				application of legal principles of boundary surveying, and the fundamental
				principles of land surveying.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1519 - Applied Experience

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A.
				Engineering. Experience should include demonstration of the application of
				engineering principles in the practical solution of engineering
				problems.
B. Land Surveying
1. Experience should include demonstration of
				the application of land surveying principles in the practical execution of land
				surveying tasks.
2. A substantial
				portion of the experience must be spent in charge of work related to property
				conveyance and/or boundary line determination.
3. Adequate experience in the technical field
				aspects of land surveying must be demonstrated.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1521 - Experience Acquired in the United States Military

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A. Engineering. Engineering experience gained
				in the United State military must be of a character equivalent to that which
				would have been gained in the civilian sector doing similar work. Normally, it
				would be expected that the experience gained in the United States military is
				through service in an engineering or engineering-related group.
B. Land Surveying. Land surveying experience
				gained in the United States military must be of a character equivalent to that
				which would have been gained in the civilian sector doing similar work.
				Normally, it would be expected that the experience gained in the United States
				military is through services in a land surveying group.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1523 - Sales Experience

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For
				sales experience to be creditable as engineering experience, it must be
				demonstrated that engineering principles were required and applied in gaining
				the experience.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1525 - Construction Experience

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For
				construction experience to be creditable as engineering experience, it must be
				demonstrated that engineering principles were required and applied in gaining
				the experience.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 15 - Experience › Section LXI-1527 - Supervision by Licensed Professional (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 17 - Applications and Fees › Section LXI-1703 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Application
				fees, renewal fees and all other fees shall be established by the board by a
				majority vote at a regular meeting. The fees so established shall be in
				accordance with the limits specified in the licensure law.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 19 - Disciplines of Engineering › Section LXI-1901 - Disciplines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Professional
				engineers will be issued licenses by the board as a professional engineer, and
				the board shall list a professional engineer in one or more of the disciplines
				of engineering approved by NCEES based on such individual having passed the
				examination in the principles and practice of engineering in such
				discipline(s).
B. Each individual
				licensed under
				R.S.
				37:693(B)(5) shall be listed
				by the board as a professional engineer in the discipline of naval
				architecture/marine engineering.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 21 - Certificates of Licensure and Certification of Individuals or Firms › Section LXI-2101 - Expiration and Renewals

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Licenses
				and certificates of individuals and firms shall expire on the date specified on
				the applicable biennial renewal form and/or as shown on the board's records and
				shall become invalid after that date unless renewed within 120 days.
B. After the 120-day period, the licensee or
				certificate holder may apply to the board to reactivate the expired license or
				certificate to active status. Applicants to reactivate an expired license must
				also successfully complete the board's Louisiana laws and rules quiz and
				Louisiana ethics and professionalism quiz prior to reactivation. Additionally,
				applicants to reactivate an expired professional land surveyor license must
				successfully complete the board's Louisiana standards of practice for boundary
				surveys quiz prior to reactivation. Designated supervising professionals for
				firms applying to reactivate an expired license must also successfully complete
				the board's Louisiana laws and rules quiz and Louisiana ethics and
				professionalism quiz prior to reactivation of the firm. Additionally,
				designated supervising professionals for land surveying firms applying to
				reactivate an expired professional land surveying license must also
				successfully complete the board's Louisiana standards of practice for boundary
				surveys quiz prior to reactivation of the firm.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 23 - Firms › Section LXI-2301 - General

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following
				rules with regard to firms shall apply equally to domestic or foreign firms,
				partnerships, associations, cooperatives, ventures, corporations, limited
				liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and any other entities,
				unless otherwise provided:
1. use of the term
professional services
in this Chapter will refer to either
				engineering services or land surveying services; and
2. use of the term
licensed
				professional
in this Chapter will refer to either a professional
				engineer or a professional land surveyor duly licensed in Louisiana.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 23 - Firms › Section LXI-2305 - Supervising Professional

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
1. Each firm licensed with the board shall
				designate one or more supervising professionals. Each supervising professional
				shall be a licensed professional in an active status:
a. whose primary employment is with the firm,
				provided the supervising professional works for the firm for a 12-month average
				of at least 30 hours per week or 130 hours per month; or
b. whose employment is with the firm,
				provided the supervising professional has at least a 25 percent ownership
				interest in the firm.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 23 - Firms › Section LXI-2307 - Professional Identification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Letterhead, business cards, advertisements, promotional materials, websites and
				other identifying items issued or used by firms in Louisiana shall reflect the
				exact firm name contained on the firms certificate of licensure issued by the
				board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:689.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 23 - Firms › Section LXI-2309 - Enforcement

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In the event
				that a firm shall fail to comply with these rules, the board may take whatever
				action is necessary against such firm to require compliance or to enjoin
				further practice or offers to practice engineering or land surveying.
B. Firms are subject to all disciplinary and
				enforcement provisions provided for in the licensure law.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:689.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 25 - Professional Conduct › Section LXI-2501 - Scope; Knowledge; Definition of Licensee

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In order to safeguard life, health and
				property, to promote the public welfare, and to establish and maintain a high
				standard of integrity and practice, the following rules of professional conduct
				shall be binding on every licensee. These rules of professional conduct deal
				primarily with the relationship between licensees and the public and should not
				be construed as a substitute for codes of ethics of the various professional
				and technical societies.
B. All
				licensees are charged with having knowledge of the licensure law and the rules
				of the board and shall be deemed to be familiar with their provisions and to
				understand them.
C. For purposes of
				this Chapter only, the term
licensee
shall mean any
				professional engineer, professional land surveyor, engineer intern, land
				surveyor intern, or firm holding a license or certificate issued by the
				board.
D. A licensee possessing
				personal knowledge of a violation of the licensure law or the rules of the
				board shall report such knowledge to the board in writing and shall cooperate
				with the board in furnishing such further information or assistance as it may
				require.
E. Licensees shall timely
				respond to all inquiries and correspondence from the board and shall timely
				claim correspondence sent to them from the board via the U.S. Postal Service or
				other delivery service.
F. Licensees
				shall be truthful in all communications with the board. Licensees shall not
				engage in any fraud, deceit or perjury, make any material misstatements, or
				submit any false or forged evidence, in connection with such
				communications.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 25 - Professional Conduct › Section LXI-2503 - Licensees

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A. Licensees shall
				hold paramount the life, health, property and welfare of the public in the
				performance of their professional duties.
B. Licensees shall at all times recognize
				that their primary obligation is to protect the life, health, property, and
				welfare of the public. If their professional judgment is overruled by
				nontechnical authority, they will clearly point out the consequences, notifying
				the proper authority of any observed conditions which endanger public life,
				health, property and welfare.
C.
				Licensees shall approve and seal only those documents which are safe for public
				life, health, property, and welfare, which are complete and accurate, which are
				in conformity with accepted engineering and land surveying standards or
				practice, and which conform to applicable laws and ordinances.
1. Licensees shall comply fully with Chapter
				27 (Use of Seals).
2. Except as
				permitted by
				§2701.
				A.3.b ii, licensees shall not seal the work
				of or take the professional responsibility for any documents related to
				engineering or land surveying not performed by the licensee or under their
				responsible charge.
3. Licensees
				shall not accept the responsibility for, nor review, revise, sign, or seal
				documents when such documents are begun by persons not properly licensed; or do
				any other act to enable anyone to evade the requirements of the licensure
				law.
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A. Licensees
				shall further act in professional matters for each employer or client as
				faithful agents or trustees and shall avoid conflicts of interest.
B. Licensees shall disclose all known or
				potential conflicts of interest to their employers or clients by promptly
				informing them of any business association, interest, or other circumstances
				which could influence their professional judgment or the quality of their
				professional services.
C. Licensees
				shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than one party
				for professional services on the same project, or for professional services
				pertaining to the same project, unless the circumstances are fully disclosed
				to, and agreed to, by all interested parties.
D. Licensees shall not solicit or accept,
				directly or indirectly, benefits of any substantial nature or significant
				gratuity, from any supplier of materials or equipment, or from contractors,
				their agents, servants or employees or from any other party dealing with the
				client or employer of the licensee in connection with any project on which the
				licensee is performing or has contracted to perform professional
				services.
E. When in public service
				as a member, advisor or employee of a governmental body or agency, or under
				contract to provide consultation, advice, technical reviews and recommendations
				to a governmental body or agency, licensees shall not participate in
				considerations or actions with respect to professional services provided by
				them or their organization to that governmental body or agency or to any other
				person.
F. Licensees shall not
				solicit nor accept professional services from a governmental body or agency of
				which the licensee or a principal, officer or employee of the licensee's firm
				serves as a member, employee, consultant, contractor or representative, except
				upon public disclosure of all pertinent facts and circumstances and consent of
				all parties.
G. Licensees shall not
				attempt to supplant another licensee in a particular engagement after becoming
				aware that the other has been selected for the engagement.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
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A.
				Licensees shall avoid improper solicitation of professional employment or
				services.
B. Licensees shall not
				falsify or permit misrepresentation or exaggeration of:
1. the licensees or any associate's academic
				or professional qualifications;
2.
				the licensees degree of responsibility in or for the subject matter of prior
				work; or
3. pertinent facts
				concerning employers, employees, associates or joint ventures, of the licensees
				or his/her firm's past accomplishments.
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A.
				Licensees shall not make exaggerated, misleading, deceptive or false statements
				or claims about professional qualifications, experience or performance in
				brochures, correspondence, listings, websites, or other public communications.
B. The prohibitions listed in
				Subsection A include, but are not limited to:
1. the use of statements containing a
				material misrepresentation of fact;
2. omitting a material fact necessary to keep
				the statement from being misleading;
3. the use of statements intended or likely
				to create an unjustified expectation; and
4. the use of statements containing a
				prediction of future success.
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A. The
				following rules for the use of seals to identify work performed by a
				professional engineer or professional land surveyor shall be binding on every
				licensee.
1. Seal Possession
a. Each professional engineer or professional
				land surveyor, upon licensure, shall obtain an official seal.
i. Firms are not authorized to possess
				seals.
ii. In the case of a
				temporary permit issued to a licensee of another state, territory, or
				possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, the licensee
				shall affix the seal of his/her jurisdiction of licensure, his/her signature,
				the date of execution, and his/her Louisiana temporary permit number to all of
				his/her work.
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A. The
				following standards of practice for boundary surveying in Louisiana have been
				adopted to help ensure that boundary surveys are performed in accordance with
				acceptable procedures.
B. The
				purpose of these standards of practice is to safeguard life, health and
				property, and to promote the public welfare, by establishing technical
				standards of practice for every boundary survey performed in Louisiana so that
				professional performance can be evaluated for but not limited to research,
				field work, monuments, descriptions, plats and maps. If higher standards are
				required by clients, or by local, state and federal jurisdictions, then those
				standards shall govern. When a boundary survey involves certain corners or
				lines that are covered under the appropriate edition of the
Manual of
				Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States
,
				then the manuals rules or instructions for these particular surveys shall
				apply. Every professional land surveyor performing a boundary survey in
				Louisiana is required to follow these standards.
C. A boundary survey in Louisiana shall only
				be performed by a professional land surveyor, licensed pursuant to the laws of
				Louisiana, or persons under his/her responsible charge. The professional land
				surveyor shall at all times comply with the provisions of the licensure law and
				the rules of the board.
D. It is
				intended that these standards of practice not be relied upon by the
				professional land surveyor as a substitute for the exercise of proper
				individual skill, professional discretion, and professional judgment in
				fulfilling the contractual requirements of any boundary survey. This also does
				not absolve the professional land surveyor from his/her obligation to use due
				diligence in the practice of land surveying and from complying with all
				applicable laws and rules pertaining to the practice of land surveying.
E. When in the professional land
				surveyor's opinion, special conditions exist that effectively prevent the
				boundary survey from meeting these standards of practice, the special
				conditions and any necessary deviation from these standards shall be noted upon
				the drawing. It shall be a violation of this Chapter to use special conditions
				to circumvent the intent and purpose of these standards of practice.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
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A.
				Types of Boundary Surveys. Three types of boundary surveys, which relate to or
				define property boundaries, are regulated by these standards of practice. These
				are property boundary surveys, route surveys and mineral unitization
				surveys.
B. Presented below are
				classifications which define the degree of accuracy which shall be attained for
				boundary surveys performed in Louisiana. These classifications are based upon
				the purposes for which the property is being used at the time the survey is
				performed and any proposed developments which are disclosed to the professional
				land surveyor by the client. Refer to
				§2913 for
				accuracy standards for each of the following classes of boundary surveys
1. Class A Surveys. Boundary surveys which
				require maximum surveying accuracy. This includes, but is not limited to,
				surveys of urban business district properties and highly developed commercial
				properties.
2. Class B Surveys.
				Boundary surveys of properties which justify a high degree of surveying
				accuracy. This includes, but is not limited to, surveys of commercial
				properties and higher priced residential properties located outside urban
				business districts and highly developed commercial areas.
3. Class C Surveys. Boundary surveys of
				residential and suburban areas. This includes, but is not limited to, surveys
				of residential areas which cannot be classified as class A or class B
				surveys.
4. Class D Surveys.
				Boundary surveys of all remaining properties which cannot be classified as
				class A, B or C surveys. This includes, but is not limited to, surveys of farm
				lands and rural areas.
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A.
				Definition
Property Boundary Survey
-a survey which,
				  after careful study, investigation, and evaluation of major factors influencing
				  the location of boundaries, results in the deliberate location or relocation on
				  the ground of, and the recovery or installation of monuments that define the
				  location and extent of, one or more boundaries. Surveying and mapping
				  activities which meet the definition of a property boundary survey are listed
				  in Subparagraph a of
				  §105 A,
Practice of Land Surveying
. Any plat or map prepared from
				  surveying and mapping activities listed in Subparagraph b of
				  §105 A,
Practice of Land Surveying
, which does not meet the definition
				  of a property boundary survey, shall have a note stating that it that does not
				  represent a property boundary survey.
B. Purpose. The primary purpose of the
				property boundary survey is to locate or relocate the physical position and
				extent of the boundaries of real property, and the discovery of visible
				evidence of prescriptive rights relating thereto. A property boundary survey
				may also include the location or relocation of the physical position and extent
				of political boundaries which define the perimeters of public or private
				ownership. In addition, the property boundary survey is a means of marking
				boundaries for sufficient definition and identification to uniquely locate each
				lot, parcel, or tract in relation to other well recognized and established
				points of reference, adjoining properties and rights-of-way.
C. Product. A property boundary survey shall
				result in the recovery, establishment or reestablishment of monumented corners
				and points of curvature and tangency. Reference monuments shall be established
				or reestablished when required by these standards of practice (see Subsection
				E, "monuments"). In the event that no plat or map is required, the professional
				land surveyor shall maintain adequate records to substantiate his/her
				professional opinion in reestablishing boundary lines and corners on a survey.
				If requested by the client, a property boundary survey may also include the
				following:
1. a signed, sealed and dated
				metes and bounds written description depicting the surveyed boundary (see
				Subsection H, "Descriptions");
2. a
				certified plat or map depicting the survey as made on the ground; and
3. a signed, sealed and dated written report
				of the professional land surveyor's findings and determinations.
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A.
				Definition
Route Survey
-a survey for determining the
				  route of a proposed pipeline, power line, cable, road or other linear
				  facilities, excluding flood protection levees, in order to acquire a
				  right-of-way, servitude or easement from the property owner being
				  crossed.
B. Scope and Product. A route
				survey shall, as a minimum, consist of the following elements.
1. The professional land surveyor shall
				utilize sufficient title information and research as needed to define the tract
				boundaries.
2. The professional
				land surveyor shall locate sufficient evidence, on the ground, to determine the
				location of all boundary lines that will be crossed by the proposed
				right-of-way, servitude or easement. Installation of new monuments is not
				required when defining the limits of the right-of-way, servitude or easement to
				be acquired.
3. The professional
				land surveyor shall prepare a plat(s) or map(s) for those tracts being crossed,
				showing the alignment of the proposed route and the length of the proposed
				right-of-way, servitude or easement across the tract. These plats or maps shall
				be prepared in compliance with those requirements for property boundary survey
				plats or maps that are specifically contained in
				§2907.
				G.1 Final plats or maps issued to the client
				shall contain a statement by the professional land surveyor certifying its
				authenticity (that it represents his/her survey) and stating that the route
				survey complies with the applicable standards of practice as stipulated in this
				Chapter. Sufficient information to re-establish the right-of-way, servitude or
				easement, including any found monuments, must be shown at a suitable scale or
				in a separate detail on each plat or map.
4. If requested by the client, the
				professional land surveyor shall prepare a legal description of the proposed
				right-of-way, servitude or easement for each tract crossed by the proposed
				facility. The description shall describe the alignment and length of the
				proposed right-of-way, servitude or easement and shall comply with those
				requirements for legal descriptions for property boundary surveys that are
				specifically contained in
				§2907.
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5. The accuracy standards that are required
				for route surveys shall be based on property classification D, as presented in
				§2913