§ 17-30-101 — Definitions

Arkansas § 17-30-101

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 17

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As used in this chapter: (1) "Consulting engineer" means a professional engineer whose principal occupation is the independent practice of engineering, whose livelihood is obtained by offering engineering services to the public, who serves clients as an independent fiduciary, who is devoid of public, commercial, and product affiliation that might tend to infer a conflict of interest, and who is aware of his or her public and legal responsibilities and is capable of discharging them; (2) "Engineer-intern" means a person who under this chapter has: (A) Qualified for an examination authorized by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors in fundamental engineering subjects; and (B) Passed the examination; (3) (A) "Firm" means a form of business entity that offers professional engineering services of its licensed personnel to the public. (B) "Firm" does not include an individual licensee operating under his or her name; (4) (A) "Practice of engineering" means a service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge in the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to services or creative work such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and design of engineering works and systems relating to the use of air, land, water, municipal and regional planning, forensic services, engineering teaching of advanced engineering subjects or related courses, engineering surveys, and the inspection of construction to assure compliance with drawings and specifications that are related to public or private service or work, concerning any utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work systems, or projects including architectural work that is incidental to the practice of engineering. (B) A person practices or offers to practice engineering, within the meaning of this chapter, who: (i) Practices a branch of the profession of engineering; (ii) By verbal claim, sign advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents himself or herself to be an engineer; (iii) Through the use of some other title implies that he or she is an engineer or that he or she is licensed under this chapter; or (iv) Holds himself or herself out as able to perform or does perform an engineering service or work or any other service designated by the practitioner that is recognized as engineering. (C) "Practice of engineering" does not include: (i) Persons who operate or maintain machinery or equipment; or (ii) The act of measuring land, drawing plans, reading plans, or doing other work normally performed by a mechanic, technician, professional surveyor, or draftsman; (5) "Professional engineer" means a person who has been licensed as a professional engineer by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors; and (6) "Responsible charge" means direct control of, supervision of, and legal responsibility for all engineering work performed.

Legislative History

Acts 1953, No. 214, § 3; 1969, No. 196, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-1020; Acts 1993, No. 1041, § 1; 2009, No. 444, § 1; 2011, No. 897, § 1.