§ 25-31-1-12 — Qualifications for registration

(a) The following under either subdivision
(1) or (2) shall be considered as minimum evidence that the applicant
is qualified for registration as a professional engineer:
(1) All of the following:
(A) Graduation in an approved engineering curriculum of four
(4) years or more.
(B) A specific record of four (4) years or more of progressive
experience on engineering projects of sufficient quality
acquired subsequent to graduation, which experience indicates
that the applicant is qualified to be placed in responsible charge
of engineering work requiring the exercise of judgment in the
application of engineering sciences to the sound solution of
engineering problems.
(C) The successful passing of an examination as provided for
in section 14 of this chapter.
(2) All of the following:
(A) A specific record of eight (8) years or more of engineering
education and experience in engineering work, which indicates
that the applicant has acquired knowledge and skill and
practical experience in engineering work approximating that
required for registration as a professional engineer under
subdivision (1).
(B) The successful passing of an examination as provided for
in section 14 of this chapter.
(b) The following under either subdivision (1) or (2) shall be
considered as minimum evidence that the applicant is qualified for
certification as an engineering intern:
(1) All of the following:
(A) Graduation in an approved engineering curriculum of four
(4) years or more.
(B) The successful passing of an engineering intern
examination as provided in section 14 of this chapter.
(2) All of the following:
(A) A specific record of four (4) years or more of engineering
education and experience in engineering work indicating that
the applicant has acquired knowledge and skill approximating
that acquired through graduation in an approved engineering
curriculum of four (4) years or more.
(B) The successful passing of an engineering intern
examination as provided in section 14 of this chapter.
(c) The board may waive the examination under section 14 of this
chapter to any applicant who has been granted a certificate of
registration under section 21 of this chapter.
(d) An individual is not eligible for registration as a professional
engineer or certification as an engineering intern if the individual has
been convicted of:
(1) an act which would constitute grounds for disciplinary
sanction under IC 25-1-11; or
(2) a felony that has a direct bearing on the individual's ability to
practice competently.
(e) In considering the qualifications of applicants, responsible
charge of engineering teaching shall be construed as responsible charge
of engineering work. An applicant who holds a degree of master of
science of engineering or the equivalent thereof from a curriculum in
engineering approved by the board may be given a maximum credit of
one (1) year of experience in addition to the credit of four (4) years of
education. An applicant who holds a degree of doctor of philosophy or
the equivalent thereof from a curriculum in engineering approved by
the board may be given a maximum of credit of two (2) years of
experience in addition to a credit of four (4) years of education.
Graduation in a course other than engineering from a college or
university acceptable to the board may be considered as equivalent to
two (2) years engineering experience and education. The mere
execution, as a contractor of work designed by a professional engineer,
or the supervision of the construction of such work as a foreman or
superintendent shall not be deemed to be engineering experience.
(f) Any person having the necessary qualifications to be registered
under this chapter is eligible for registration although the individual
may not be engaged in the practice of engineering at the time the
application is made.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.148, s.12; Acts 1947, c.262, s.4; Acts
1957, c.320, s.5; Acts 1961, c.277, s.3; Acts 1965, c.284, s.6; Acts
1969, c.279, s.2. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.234; Acts
1982, P.L.113, SEC.76; P.L.23-1991, SEC.20; P.L.1-1992, SEC.133;
P.L.215-1993, SEC.11; P.L.214-1993, SEC.80.