Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 037 - Engineer, State › Sub-Agency 0001 - Engineers and Land Surveyors, Professional Licensing › Chapter 5 - Practice of Professional Engineering and Professional Land Surveying › Section 5-7 - Rules of Professional Conduct

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All Licensees
				and Interns shall comply with the following standards, and failure to do so may
				result in discipline:
(i) A Licensee or Intern
				shall not submit any materially false statements or fail to disclose any
				material facts requested in connection with the application for
				license;
(ii) A Licensee or Intern
				shall not engage in fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or concealment of
				material facts in advertising, soliciting or providing professional services to
				members of the public;
(iii) A
				Licensee or Intern shall not knowingly seal, sign and date any plans, drawings,
				blueprints, land surveys, reports, specifications or other documents not
				prepared or without thorough technical review by the Licensee or under the
				Licensee's direct supervision;
(iv)
				A Licensee or Intern shall not knowingly violate any federal or state statute
				concerning bribery;
(v) A Licensee
				or Intern shall comply with all federal, state, and local building, fire,
				safety, real estate, and mining codes, and any other laws, codes, ordinances,
				or regulations pertaining to the Licensee's professional practice. A Licensee
				shall not provide any professional services in violation of any such laws,
				codes, ordinances, or regulations;
(vi) A Licensee or Intern shall not violate
				any state or federal criminal statute involving fraud, misrepresentation,
				embezzlement, theft, forgery or breach of fiduciary duty, where the violation
				is related to his/her professional practice;
(vii) A Licensee shall apply the technical
				knowledge and skill which would be applied by other qualified Licensees who
				practice the same profession;
(viii) A Licensee shall not accept an
				assignment where the duty to a client or the public would conflict with the
				Licensee's personal interest or the interest of another client without full
				disclosure of all material facts of the potential conflict to each person who
				might be related to or affected by the project or engagement in
				question;
(ix) Licensees shall not
				accept compensation for services related to the same project or professional
				engagement from more than one private party without making full disclosure to
				all parties involved and obtaining the express written consent of all parties
				involved;
(x) Licensees who serve
				governmental or quasi-governmental organizations or departments, or are board
				members of any organization which receives government funds, as members,
				advisors, or employees shall recuse themselves from any conflict of interest
				decision and act in the best interest of that organization;
(xi) A Licensee shall not accept any
				professional engagement or assignment outside the Licensee's professional
				license unless:
(a) the Licensee is qualified
				by education, technical knowledge or experience to perform such work
				and
(b) such work is both necessary
				and incidental to the work of the Licensee's profession on that specific
				engagement or assignment;
(xii) Except as otherwise provided by law,
				code, ordinance, or regulation, a Licensee may act as the prime professional
				for a given project and select collaborating professionals; however, the
				Licensee shall perform only those professional services for which the Licensee
				is qualified and shall seal, sign and date only the work prepared by the
				Licensee or under the Licensee's direct supervision;
(xiii) A Licensee shall make full disclosure
				to all parties concerning:
(a) any
				transaction involving payments to any person for the purpose of securing a
				contract, assignment, or engagement, except for actual and substantial
				technical assistance in preparing the proposal; or
(b) any monetary, financial, or beneficial
				interest, the Licensee may hold in a contracting firm or other entity providing
				goods or services, other than the Licensee's professional services, to a
				project or engagement;
(xiv) A Licensee shall not solicit, receive,
				or accept compensation from material, equipment, or other product or service
				suppliers for specifying or endorsing their products, goods, or services to any
				client or other person without full written disclosure to all
				parties;
(xv) If a Licensee's
				professional judgment is overruled or not adhered to under circumstances where
				a serious threat to the public health, safety, or welfare results or would
				result, the Licensee shall immediately notify the client or employer. If the
				client or employer does not take appropriate remedial action within a
				reasonable amount of time under the circumstances, the Licensee shall also
				notify the Board of the specific nature of the public threat;
(xvi) If called upon or employed as an
				arbitrator to interpret contracts or to judge contract performance, or to
				perform any other arbitration duties, the Licensee shall render decisions
				impartially and without bias to any party.