Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2030 - Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Professional Landscape Architects › Chapter 5 - Examinations › Section 20 CSR 2030-5.080 - Standards for Licensure-Professional Engineers

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to comply with
				  the recent passage of HB 2046.
(1) An applicant for licensure as a
				professional engineer shall have the knowledge, skills, and experience as the
				board deems necessary to qualify the applicant for being placed in responsible
				charge of engineering work. The minimum length of experience required of the
				applicant, based on education, is three (3) years for any applicant holding a
				master's degree in engineering or four (4) years after the applicant has
				satisfied the educational requirements of sections
				327.221
				and
				327.241.6,
				RSMo. Any applicant who meets the educational requirements of sections
				327.221,
				and
				327.241.6,
				RSMo, qualifies for admission to the examination. The Engineers' Council for
				Professional Development (ECPD) has been succeeded by the Accreditation Board
				for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET). For purposes of evaluating
				engineering curricula at the baccalaureate level, the programs accredited by
				the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET shall be the basis used
				for evaluation of programs not accredited by EAC of ABET.
(2) The board reserves the right to revoke
				this approval at any time and to prepare and administer the examination as it
				deems proper.
(3) Foreign-educated
				applicants holding an engineering degree not accredited by ECPD, ABET, or its
				successor organizations will be required to submit a favorable evaluation
				report completed by an evaluation service acceptable by the professional
				engineering division of the board certifying equivalency to an ABET accredited
				degree. Applicants holding a United States of America (USA) engineering degree
				not accredited by ECPD, ABET, or its successor organizations will be required
				to have their educational degree program evaluated in order to determine
				whether or not it is equal to or exceeds the programs accredited by ECPD, ABET,
				or their successor organizations. The evaluation must be completed by an
				evaluation service acceptable by the professional engineering division of the
				board. The evaluator, by evaluation of transcripts and an official publication
				describing the engineering degree program of the institution, personal
				interview, by examination, or both in any other manner deemed suitable, shall
				make an evaluation as to whether the academic program completed by the
				applicant meets the minimum educational requirements established by section
				327.221,
				RSMo. The evaluator shall recommend to the professional engineering division
				and report how any deficiencies can be corrected, listing prescribed
				educational areas to bring the applicant's academic qualifications up to the
				required minimum. Deficiencies in engineering courses must be made up with
				courses offered by an EAC/ABET-accredited degree program or equivalent. The
				report of the evaluator is not binding upon the division.
(4) An applicant who completes an engineering
				education program that is non-accredited and not deemed substantially
				equivalent and who then earns a graduate engineering degree from a United
				States school with an EAC/ABET-accredited undergraduate or graduate program in
				an equivalent discipline will be accepted for the licensure process. The
				graduate degree should be treated as confirming the undergraduate degree giving
				the applicant equal standing with an applicant who has graduated from an
				EAC/ABET undergraduate engineering program. The degree earned in the graduate
				program validates the degree earned in the non-accredited undergraduate program
				and would not then be applicable for experience credit.
(5) A degree in engineering technology does
				not meet the educational requirements for licensure as a professional
				engineer.
(6) Any applicant deemed
				by the professional engineering division under sections (3) or (4) of this rule
				to have completed an educational program which is equal to or exceeds those
				programs accredited by ECPD, ABET, or their successor organizations shall be
				required to have obtained the minimum engineering work experience as is
				required in section (1) of this rule before applying for licensure. In all
				cases, the board will consider only that experience the applicant has obtained
				after satisfying the educational requirements of sections
				327.221
				and
				327.241,
				RSMo.
(7) In evaluating the minimum
				engineering work experience required of all applicants, maximum credit granted
				includes the following:
(A) Engineering
				teaching at collegiate level (only advanced engineering subjects or courses
				related to advanced engineering at board-approved schools), assistant professor
				and higher-year-for-year;
(B)
				Master's degree in engineering-one (1) year for completion;
(C) Military service (commissioned only-
				normally this service is in a technical branch such as engineering, ordinance,
				civil work services (CWS), civil engineering corps (CEC), etc.): Generally
				year-for-year subject to evaluation;
(D) Construction (technical decision-making
				level), above average complexity, non-standard design, or both involving field
				modification-year-for-year;
(E)
				Project planning including layout and twenty-five percent (25%) or more design-
				year-for-year;
(F) Research and
				development at the planning and decision-making level-year-for-year;
				and
(G) Engineering management and
				administration-year-for-year.