Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 10 - BOARD FOR ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS › Chapter 20 - BOARD FOR ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REGULATIONS › Part IV - Qualifications for Licensing of Professional Engineers › Section 18VAC10-20-160 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words, terms, and phrases when used in this
					 part shall have the meanings ascribed to them except where the context clearly
					 indicates or requires different meanings:
"ABET" means the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
					 Technology.
"Approved engineering program" means an undergraduate
					 engineering program of four years or more or a graduate engineering program
					 approved by the board. ABET-approved EAC programs are approved by the board.
					 Programs that are accredited by ABET not later than two years after an
					 applicant's graduation shall be deemed as ABET-approved.
"Approved engineering technology program" means an
					 undergraduate engineering technology program of four years or more approved by
					 the board. ABET-approved ETAC programs of four years or more are approved by
					 the board. Programs that are accredited by ABET not later than two years after
					 an applicant's graduation shall be deemed as ABET-approved.
"EAC" means Engineering Accreditation Commission.
"Engineer-in-training" or "EIT" means an applicant who has
					 completed any one of several combinations of education, or education and
					 experience, and has passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam.
"ETAC" means Engineering Technology Accreditation
					 Commission.
"Related science program" means a four-year program in
					 biology, chemistry, geology, geophysics, mathematics, physics, or other
					 programs approved by the board. Programs must have a minimum of six semester
					 hours of mathematics courses beyond algebra and trigonometry and a minimum of
					 six semester hours of science courses in calculus-based physics in order to be
					 considered a related science program.
"Qualifying engineering experience" means a record of
					 progressive experience on engineering work during which the applicant has made
					 a practical utilization of acquired knowledge and has demonstrated progressive
					 improvement, growth, and development through the utilization of that knowledge
					 as revealed in the complexity and technical detail of the applicant's work
					 product or work record. The applicant must show progressive assumption of
					 greater individual responsibility for the work product over the relevant
					 period. The progressive experience on engineering work shall be of a type and
					 quality that indicates to the board that the applicant is minimally competent
					 to practice engineering. Qualifying engineering experience shall be progressive
					 in complexity and based on a knowledge of engineering mathematics, physical and
					 applied sciences, properties of materials, and fundamental principles of
					 engineering design.
Statutory Authority: §§
												54.1-201
						and
						54.1-404
						of the Code of Virginia.