Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 901 - Rules and Regulations of the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors › Chapter 17 - CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT › Rule 30-901-17.6 - Ethics

Current through June 25, 2024
The licensee shall contribute to the maintenance, integrity,
				  independence and competency of the engineering and/or surveying profession as
				  follows:
1. The licensee shall not
				violate any provision of Mississippi Law regulating the practice of engineering
				and surveying;
2. The licensee
				shall not participate, directly or indirectly, in any plan, scheme or
				arrangement attempting or having as its purpose the violation of any provision
				of the Law regulating the practice of engineering and surveying;
3. The licensee shall exercise reasonable
				care to assure that his partners, associates, and employees do not engage in
				conduct which, if done by him, would violate any provision of Law regulating
				the practice of engineering and surveying;
4. The licensee shall not engage in any
				illegal conduct involving moral turpitude;
5. The licensee shall not engage in any
				conduct that discredits or tends to discredit the profession of engineering
				and/or surveying;
6. The licensee
				shall not permit or allow himself, his professional identification, seal, firm,
				or business name, or his services to be used or made use of, directly or
				indirectly, or in any manner whatsoever, so as to make possible or create an
				opportunity for the unauthorized practice of engineering and/or surveying by
				any person, firm or corporation in this state;
7. The licensee shall not 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. The
				licensee shall not knowingly associate with or permit or allow the use of his
				name, firm name or professional identification or seal in any business venture,
				project or enterprise which he knows or has reason to believe is involved in
				professional practices which violate any provision of the Law regulating the
				practice of engineering and/or surveying;
9. The licensee shall not knowingly associate
				with or permit the use of his name, professional identification, seal, firm or
				business name in connection with any venture or enterprise which he knows, or
				has reason to believe, involves trade, business or professional practice of a
				fraudulent, deceitful or dishonest nature;
10. The licensee shall not injure or attempt
				to injure the professional reputation of another licensee. This shall not
				relieve a licensee of the obligation to expose unethical or illegal conduct to
				the proper authorities or preclude an honest appraisal of licensees considered
				for employment;
11. The licensee
				shall not aid or abet, directly or indirectly, any nonlicensee in the practice
				of engineering and/or surveying.
12. The licensee shall be personally and
				professionally responsible and accountable for the care, custody, control and
				use of his engineer's and/or surveyor's seal, his professional signature and
				identification. A seal which has been lost, misplaced or stolen shall, upon
				discovery of its loss, be reported immediately to the Board, which may
				invalidate the licensure number of said seal, if it deems this necessary, and
				issue another licensure number to said licensee.
13. The licensee shall not, directly or
				indirectly, use or make use of any property, facility or service of any
				governmental body, agency or department for the benefit of any private business
				or activity in which the licensee also may be engaged.
14. The licensee shall not, directly or
				indirectly, use or make use of any property, facility or service of his client
				or employer for his own benefit.
15. The licensee shall not practice or offer
				to practice engineering and/or surveying in any governmental jurisdiction in
				which to do so would be in violation of the Laws regulating the practice of
				professional engineering and/or professional surveying in that
				jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										73-13-15