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-2103 - Licensure and Certification Status

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				The board has established the following licensure statuses for licensees.
Active Status
-the licensure status which
				  exists for a licensee of the board who has complied with all the licensure and
				  licensure renewal requirements of the board and who has either elected to be in
				  this status on his/her biennial licensure renewal form or otherwise received
				  authorization from the board to be in this status.
Expired Status
-the licensure status which
				  exists for a licensee of the board who has either failed to properly renew
				  licensure as required in
				  R.S.
				  37:697 or otherwise received authorization
				  from the board to be in this status. A licensee in an expired status cannot
				  practice or offer to practice engineering or land surveying in
				  Louisiana.
Inactive Status
-the licensure status which
				  exists for an individual licensee of the board who has chosen not to practice
				  or offer to practice engineering and/or land surveying in Louisiana and who has
				  either elected to be in this status on his/her biennial licensure renewal form
				  or otherwise received authorization from the board to be in this status. A
				  licensee in an inactive status can represent himself/herself to the public as a
				  P.E. inactive or a P.L.S. inactive, as applicable, but cannot otherwise
				  practice or offer to practice engineering and/or land surveying in Louisiana. A
				  licensee in an inactive status may apply to the board to reactivate the
				  inactive license to active status. Applicants to reactivate an inactive 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 inactive professional land surveyor license must
				  successfully complete the board's Louisiana standards of practice for boundary
				  surveys quiz prior to reactivation.
Retired Status
-the licensure status which
				  exists for an individual licensee of the board who has chosen not to practice
				  or offer to practice engineering and/or land surveying in Louisiana and who has
				  either elected to be in this status on his/her biennial licensure renewal form
				  or otherwise received authorization from the board to be in this status. To
				  qualify for the retired status, the licensee must be at least 70 years of age
				  or have been a licensee of the board for at least 35 years. Unless the licensee
				  is granted a waiver by the board, the renewal fee for the retired status shall
				  be one-half of the current renewal fee for the active status
.
A licensee qualified for the retired status may be granted a waiver of this
				  renewal fee if the licensee is at least 70 years of age, has been a licensee of
				  the board for at least 35 years continuously, has never been subject to
				  disciplinary action in any jurisdiction, has never committed any of the
				  offenses described in
				  R.S.
				  37:698(A)(3), (4) or (5),
				  and is of good character and reputation. A licensee in a retired status can
				  represent himself/herself to the public as a P.E. retired or a P.L.S. retired,
				  as applicable, but cannot otherwise practice or offer to practice engineering
				  and/or land surveying in Louisiana. A licensee in a retired status may apply to
				  the board to reactivate the retired license to active status. Applicants to
				  reactivate a retired 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 a retired
				  professional land surveyor license must successfully complete the board's
				  Louisiana standards of practice for boundary surveys quiz prior to
				  reactivation.
B. The board
				has established the following certification statuses for certificate holders.
Active Status
-the certification status which
				  exists for a certificate holder of the board who has complied with all the
				  certification and certification renewal requirements of the board and who has
				  either elected to be in this status on his/her biennial certification renewal
				  form or otherwise received authorization from the board to be in this
				  status.
Expired Status
-the certification status
				  which exists for a certificate holder of the board who has either failed to
				  properly renew certification as required in
				  R.S.
				  37:697 or otherwise received authorization
				  from the board to be in this status. A certificate holder in an expired status
				  may apply to the board to reactivate the expired certification to active
				  status.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.