Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 17 - Applications and Fees › Section LXI-1701 - Applications

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Applications for
				certification as an engineer intern or land surveyor intern shall be completed
				on the most current forms developed by the board. The application shall contain
				statements showing the applicant's qualifications, and a recommendation for
				certification by a professional engineer or professional land surveyor holding
				a valid license to engage in the practice of engineering or land surveying
				issued to him/her by proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of
				the United States, or the District of Columbia, as appropriate. Furthermore,
				applications for certification as an engineer intern pursuant to
				§901.
				A.3 submitted by graduates of a
				non-accredited engineering curriculum shall also contain a recommendation for
				certification by 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)
				having personal knowledge of the applicant's engineering experience.
B. Applications for licensure as a
				professional engineer or professional land surveyor shall be completed on the
				most current forms developed by the board. The application shall contain
				statements showing the applicant's qualifications, and the names and addresses
				of five personal references who recommend the applicant for licensure. None of
				the five personal references can be an immediate family member or business
				associate of the applicant. For purposes of this
				§1701 B,
				immediate family member is defined as a spouse, child, spouse of a child,
				sibling, spouse of a sibling, sibling of a spouse, parent, parent of a spouse,
				stepparent or stepchild. For purposes of this
				§1701 B,
				business associate is defined as a subordinate of the applicant, or a
				consultant or contractor who provides goods or services to the applicant or to
				a business, entity or agency in which the applicant is an owner, member,
				officer, director, trustee, partner, principal, manager, employee, associate,
				consultant or contractor. Three or more of the five personal references
				furnished by an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer shall be
				professional engineers holding valid licenses to engage in the practice of
				engineering issued to them by proper authority of a state, territory, or
				possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Three or more of
				the five personal references furnished by an applicant for licensure as a
				professional land surveyor shall be professional land surveyors holding valid
				licenses to engage in the practice of land surveying issued to them by proper
				authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the
				District of Columbia. Applicants for licensure as a professional engineer or
				professional land surveyor must also successfully complete the board's
				Louisiana laws and rules quiz and Louisiana ethics and professionalism quiz
				prior to licensure. Additionally, applicants for licensure as a professional
				land surveyor must successfully complete the board's Louisiana standards of
				practice for boundary surveys quiz prior to licensure.
C. Applicants who have attended college shall
				have certified transcripts of all college work forwarded by the registrar of
				each college directly to the office of the board.
D. For college credits and/or college degrees
				earned outside of the United States, applicants may be required to submit a
				course-by-course analysis and equivalency in terms of United States courses and
				credits from an organization approved by the board. The applicant will be
				responsible for fees connected with this service.
E. An application for certification or
				licensure may be considered incomplete by the board. The applicant may be
				denied admission to an examination until the information submitted in the
				application has been investigated and replies have been received from
				references. The board may require additional information and documents it
				considers necessary for the proper evaluation of an application.
F. An application requiring an examination
				for certification or licensure must be timely filed with the board or NCEES, as
				discussed in §1301
G.
				Applicant files may be destroyed at the discretion of the executive director no
				earlier than the end of the applicable retention period set forth in the
				board's records retention schedule.
H. Applications for licensure of an
				engineering firm and/or land surveying firm shall be completed on the most
				current forms developed by the board and shall contain the names, license
				numbers, and signatures of all professional engineers and/or professional land
				surveyors designated as supervising professionals in accordance with Chapter 23
				(Firms). The name and signature of an officer of the firm duly authorized to
				make certifications on behalf of the firm must appear in the specified location
				of the form. If the applicant is a corporation, a copy of the corporation's
				Louisiana certificate of incorporation (domestic) or certificate of authority
				(foreign) must accompany the application. If the applicant is a limited
				liability company, a copy of the company's Louisiana certificate of
				organization (domestic) or certificate of authority (foreign) must accompany
				the application. The board will license firms that are corporations using only
				the name as reflected on the corporation's Louisiana certificate of authority
				or certificate of incorporation. The board will license firms that are limited
				liability companies using only the name as reflected on the company's Louisiana
				certificate of authority or certificate of organization. Designated supervising
				professionals for the firm must also successfully complete the board's
				Louisiana laws and rules quiz and Louisiana ethics and professionalism quiz
				prior to licensure of the firm. Additionally, designated supervising
				professionals for a land surveying firm must successfully complete the board's
				Louisiana standards of practice for boundary surveys quiz prior to licensure of
				the firm.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.