PRINTER'S NO. 164
No. 159 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY BONETTO, MENHORN, MISCEVICH, GEISLER AND SCHMITT,
JANUARY 28, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
JANUARY 28, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), entitled "An
2 act relating to and regulating the practice of the profession
3 of engineering; including civil engineering, mechanical
4 engineering, electrical engineering, mining engineering,
5 chemical engineering, surveying and constituent parts and
6 combinations thereof as herein defined; providing for the
7 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 Public
13 Instruction and the courts; prescribing penalties; and
14 repealing existing laws," further providing for licensing of
15 professional engineers.
16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18 Section 1. Clause (5) of subsection (b) of section 4, act of
19 May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the "Professional
20 Engineers Registration Law," added November 24, 1967 (P.L.548,
21 No.270), is amended to read:
22 Section 4. General Powers of Board.--The board shall have
23 power--
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1 (b) Licensing Professional Engineers.--To provide for and to
2 regulate the licensing, and to license to engage in the practice
3 of engineering any person of good character and repute who is at
4 least in his twenty-fifth year of age, and who speaks and writes
5 the English language, if such person either--
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7 (5) Is possessed of long established and recognized standing
8 in the engineering field, provided said person is not less than
9 [fifty] forty-five years of age and has a record of not less
10 than [twenty-five] twenty years' experience in engineering, of
11 which at least fifteen years has been in responsible charge of
12 important and outstanding engineering work or teaching. Upon
13 application from such an individual and the payment of the
14 required registration fees, the board may issue to such an
15 applicant a certificate of registration as a professional
16 engineer based upon an oral examination and after approval of a
17 majority of the board.
18 Prior to consideration by the board of any such application
19 made under this clause (5) and prior to giving any such oral
20 examination, the board shall issue public notice of the names of
21 all such applicants in a newspaper of general circulation in
22 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and the duly approved Legal
23 Journal of Dauphin County. The application forms relative to
24 such applicants shall be open to public inspection, and the
25 board shall receive and consider all written comments relative
26 to such applicants in processing such applications.
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28 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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