Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4733 - State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors › Chapter 4733-13 - Registration by Endorsement, Reciprocity, or Temporary Certification › Section 4733-13-01 - Comity and temporary registration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Every state requires registration for
			 engineers and surveyors who engage in professional practice within its borders.
			 A person who desires to accept employment in another state should know how to
			 continue practicing there in a legal manner.
(B) The national council of examiners for
			 engineering and surveying has endeavored for many years to develop a plan for
			 registration by comity, but every state must measure the qualifications of each
			 individual to whom it grants a professional license. The board will grant
			 registration to a licensee of another state when the applicant has met the
			 standards equal to those specified in the law of this state at the time his
			 certificate of registration was received. However, the person applying for
			 registration as a professional surveyor by comity in Ohio, shall be required to
			 pass the final 
								Ohio state-specific professional surveying
			 examination, devoted to the laws and practices peculiar to the state of
			 Ohio.
(C) The board cannot
			 guarantee that an Ohio registrant will be granted a license elsewhere merely
			 because of registration in this state.
(D) An Ohio registrant desiring registration
			 in another state should contact the board of the state in which the registrant
			 is interested for an application and instructions. The board will be contacted
			 by the other state board relative to the applicant's record, and will furnish
			 the information promptly.
(E)
			 Division (A) of section
			 4733.18
			 of the Revised Code permits a registered engineer or surveyor of another state
			 to practice temporarily in Ohio until permanent registration is granted. It is
			 conditioned on the provisions that such person is legally qualified by
			 registration to practice the said profession in the applicant's own state or
			 U.S. territory and that the qualifications under which said applicant obtained
			 registration in said state meet the requirements of section
			 4733.11
			 and section
			 4733.19 of the
			 Revised Code, which are prerequisite for becoming registered in Ohio by all
			 applicants.
(F) In order to enable
			 the board to ascertain if a person requesting temporary registration is
			 qualified, it shall be necessary to file with the board an application for a
			 temporary permit along with an affidavit showing the state or states or U.S.
			 territory in which the applicant is registered and the qualifications by which
			 the applicant obtained such registration.
(G) If the request for a temporary
			 registration is made under the provisions of section
			 4733.18
			 of the Revised Code, an application for permanent Ohio registration shall
			 accompany such request.
(H) If,
			 after examination of said request for a temporary permit and verification of
			 the pertinent information, it is found that the applicant meets the
			 requirements as set forth in this rule, the executive director of the board is
			 authorized to issue and sign the requested permit. The applicant may then
			 legally practice in this state under the terms and conditions set forth in said
			 permit.