North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 56 - ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS › Section .0500 - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER › Section 56 .0502 - APPLICATION PROCEDURE: INDIVIDUAL

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				General. A person desiring to become licensed as a Professional Engineer must
				submit an application to the Board on a form prescribed and furnished by the
				Board.
(b) Request. A request for
				an appropriate application form may be made to the Board office or obtained
				from the website. Applicants may obtain Engineer Intern certification forms at
				https://www.ncbels.org/application/engineer-interncertification/.
				Applicants may obtain Professional Engineer licensure forms at
				https://www.ncbels.org/applications/professional-engineers/.
(c) Applicable Forms:
(1) Engineer Intern Certification Form. After
				passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination, an applicant may submit an
				application to the Board to become certified as an "Engineer Intern." This form
				requires the applicant to set forth their personal history, educational
				background, engineering experience, and character references. A passport-type
				photographic quality portrait that is adequate for current identification
				purposes is also required.
(2)
				Professional Engineer Form:
(A) All persons,
				including comity applicants and certified Engineer Interns, shall apply for
				licensure using the Professional Engineer Form. The submission of this form
				shall signify that the applicant has passed the Fundamentals of Engineering
				Examination, and seeks licensure as a Professional Engineer, when the applicant
				has met the requirements as set out in Rule .0501 of this Section. The
				Professional Engineering Form requires the applicant to set forth their
				personal and educational background, engineering experience and character
				references. A passport-type photographic quality portrait that is adequate for
				current identification purposes is required.
(B) Persons who previously passed the
				Fundamentals of Engineering Examination by use of the Engineering Intern
				Certification Form shall submit the Professional Engineer Application Form to
				request licensure as a Professional Engineer when the applicant has met the
				requirements as set out in Rule .0501 of this Section.
(3) Supplemental Form. Persons who initially
				applied for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam using the Professional
				Engineer Form shall supplement the initial application with this Form upon
				applying for the Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam. The Supplemental
				Form requires that all engineering experience from the date of the initial
				application until the date of the supplemental application be listed. Five
				references shall be submitted that are current to within one year of the
				examination date.
(4) Reference
				Forms:
(A) Persons applying for certification
				as an Engineer Intern shall submit to the Board the names of three individuals,
				one of whom is a professional engineer, who are familiar with the applicant's
				work, character and reputation. Persons applying to take the Principles and
				Practice of Engineering Examination shall submit to the Board the names of five
				individuals who are familiar with the applicant's work, character and
				reputation. Three of these individuals shall be Professional
				Engineers.
(B) In addition to the
				applicant submitting names to the Board of individuals familiar with the
				applicant's work, character and reputation, those individuals listed shall
				submit to the Board their evaluations of the applicant on forms supplied to
				them by the applicant.
(C) The
				reference form requires the individual evaluating the applicant to state the
				evaluating individual's profession, knowledge of the applicant and information
				concerning the applicant's engineering experience, character and
				reputation.
(D) The Board shall
				provide the reference forms to the applicant with the application. The
				reference forms shall then be distributed by the applicant to the persons
				listed on the application as references. The applicant shall ensure that the
				individuals listed as references return the completed reference forms to the
				Board prior to the filing deadline for the examination.