PRINTER'S NO. 567
No. 517 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON AND VAN HORNE, MARCH 2, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 2, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act relating to and regulating the practice of
3 the profession of engineering; including civil engineering,
4 mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mining
5 engineering, chemical engineering, surveying and constituent
6 parts and combinations thereof as herein defined; providing
7 for the licensing and registration of persons practicing said
8 profession, and the certification of engineers in training,
9 and the suspension and revocation of said licenses,
10 registrations and certifications for violation of this act;
11 prescribing the powers and duties of the State Registration
12 Board for Professional Engineers, the Department of State and
13 the courts; prescribing penalties; and repealing existing
14 laws," further providing for the status of certain existing
15 professional engineers.
16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18 Section 1. Section 10(a) of the act of May 23, 1945
19 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the Professional Engineers
20 Registration Law, amended December 22, 1983 (P.L.348, No.87), is
21 amended to read:
22 Section 10. Status of Existing Licensees and Registrants
23 Preserved.--Any person, licensed or legally authorized to
24 practice as a professional engineer or surveyor in this
1 Commonwealth at the time this act takes effect, shall thereafter
2 continue to possess the same rights and privileges with respect
3 to the practice of engineering or land surveying without being
4 required to be licensed anew under the provisions of this act,
5 subject, however, to the following:
6 (a) Any person licensed to practice as a professional
7 engineer at the time of the effective date of this act, upon
8 application to the board within [two] five years of the
9 effective date of this act, shall be granted a certificate of
10 registration to practice land surveying.
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12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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