Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 430 - Board of Registration for Professional Engineers › Chapter 00 - N/A › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations for Professional Engineering › Section 430-RICR-00-00-1.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. In addition to the terms defined in R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §
										5-8-2, for the purposes of this Part, the following terms
				  shall have the following meanings:
1. "ABET"
				  means the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
2. "Board" means the State Board of
				  Registration for Professional Engineers, established by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-8-1, or, when the context permits, to the relevant Administration or
				  personnel thereof.
3. "COA" means
				  Certificate of Authorization.
4.
				  "Department" means the Department of Business Regulation.
5. "Director" means the Director of the
				  Department of Business Regulation.
6. "Division" or "Division of Building,
				  Design and Fire Professionals" means the administrative division of the
				  Department of Business Regulation as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
				  5-84.
7. "EAC" means the
				  Engineering Accreditation Commission, which is part of ABET. See the definition
				  of "Accredited Program" in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-8-2.
8. "Engineer" means as defined in R.I. Gen.
				  Laws  5-8-2.
9. "ETAC" means the
				  Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission, which is part of ABET. See the
				  definition of "Accredited Program" in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-8-2.
10. "EIT," or "Engineer-in-Training" means as
				  defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-8-2.
11. "Experience of a grade and character
				  satisfactory to the Board" means with respect to licensure requirements
				  experience under the supervision of a professional engineer who is registered
				  in any US jurisdiction that indicates to the Board that the applicant is
				  competent to practice engineering.
12. "FE exam" means the Fundamentals of
				  Engineering Exam administered by NCEES.
13. "Firm" means a corporation, limited
				  liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership or sole
				  proprietorship that practices or offers to practice engineering as described by
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-8-24.
14.
				  "In responsible charge," as applied to the Professional Engineer, means a
				  Registrant of the Board who exerts direct control and personal supervision over
				  all activities associated with and defined as engineering. An engineer in
				  responsible charge must also exert and have authority to supervise all such
				  regulated activities by the firm with whom he or she is employed or associated
				  with.
15. "NCEES" means the
				  National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
16. "Practice of engineering" means as
				  defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-8-2. It includes:
a. Any service or creative work, the adequate
				  performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience
				  in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and
				  engineering sciences to such services or creative work as consultation,
				  investigation, expert technical testimony, evaluation, planning, design and
				  design coordination of engineering works and systems, teaching of advanced
				  engineering subjects, performing evaluation surveys and studies, and the review
				  and/or management of construction for the purpose of monitoring and/or ensuring
				  compliance with drawings and specifications; any of which embraces such
				  services or work, either public or private, in connection with any utilities,
				  structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work systems, projects,
				  communication systems, transportation systems, and industrial or consumer
				  products, or equipment of a control systems, communications, mechanical,
				  electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, environmental, or thermal nature,
				  insofar as they involve safeguarding life, health, or property, and including
				  such other professional services as may be necessary to the planning, progress,
				  and completion of any engineering services.
b. "Design coordination" includes the review
				  and coordination of those technical submissions prepared by others, including
				  as appropriate and without limitation, consulting engineers, architects,
				  landscape architects, surveyors, and other professionals working under the
				  direction of the engineer.
17. "PE exam" means the Principles and
				  Practice of Engineering Exam administered by NCEES.
18. "Professional engineer" means as defined
				  in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-8-2.
19.
				  "Registrant" or "Licensee" means any person, corporation, partnership, sole
				  proprietorship or other legal entity holding a license, registration or
				  certificate issued by the Board.
20. "Rules of procedure" means the Department
				  of Business Regulation's Rules of Procedure for Administrative Hearings,
				  230-RICR-10-00-2.