§ 34-11-5 — Applications; Fees

(a) Applications for licensure as a professional engineer, professional land surveyor, engineer intern, or land surveyor intern shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the board and shall contain a declaration made under penalty of perjury. Three or more of the references contained in an application for licensure as a professional engineer shall be professional engineers having personal knowledge of the applicant’s engineering experience. Three or more of the references contained in an application for professional land surveyor shall be professional land surveyors having personal knowledge of the land surveying experience of the applicant. All references furnished shall be considered confidential records of the board. Any individual who was previously licensed in this state and whose license is eligible for reinstatement as outlined in this chapter shall comply with the reinstatement procedures established by the board instead of the submission of a new application.
(b) The application fee for professional engineers or professional land surveyors shall include the licensure fee, shall be set by the board, shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300), and shall accompany the application.
(c) The application fee for engineer interns and land surveyor interns shall include the certification fee, shall be set by the board, shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50), and shall accompany the application.
(d) If the board denies certification or licensure to any applicant, the fee paid shall be retained as an application fee.

Legislative History

(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 1976, §13; Acts 1975, No. 1049, p. 2107, §1; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-792, p. 182, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-683, p. 1332, §1; Act 2018-550, §1.)