§ 25-31-1-14 — Examination; reexamination

(a) The examination required of all
applicants for registration as a professional engineer shall be a written
or computer based examination which shall be divided into the
following two (2) parts:
(1) Engineering fundamentals.
(2) Principles and practice of engineering.
The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing additional
examination requirements.
(b) The engineering fundamentals portion of the examination shall
be designed to test the applicant's knowledge of mathematics and the
physical and engineering sciences. The standards of proficiency
required shall approximate that attained by graduation in an approved
four (4) year engineering curriculum.
(c) The principles and practice of the engineering portion of the
examination shall be designed primarily to test the applicant's
understanding of, and judgment and ability to apply correctly, the
principles of:
(1) mathematics;
(2) the physical sciences;
(3) the engineering sciences; and
(4) engineering design analysis and synthesis;
to the practice of professional engineering. A part of the examination
may be designed to test the applicant's knowledge and understanding
of the ethical, economic, and legal principles relating to the practices
of professional engineering.
(d) An applicant for registration as a professional engineer who
holds an engineering intern certificate issued in Indiana or in any other
state or territory having equivalent standards may be exempted from
the engineering fundamentals portion of the examination.
(e) An applicant must successfully pass the engineering
fundamentals portion of the examination before taking the principles
and practice portion of the examination.
(f) Examinations shall be held at times and places as determined by
the board at least two (2) times each year. Examinations for
certification as an engineering intern may be held separately from the
examinations for registration as a professional engineer.
(g) An applicant for registration as a professional engineer who is
presently registered in another state or territory may be assigned a
written or computer based examination as the board deems necessary
to meet the requirements of this chapter.
(h) An applicant shall have three (3) attempts to pass each part of
the examination within a time period established by the board by rule.
The board may specify by rule the time required between examinations
and the opportunity for future examination attempts for an applicant
who fails to appear at an examination. The amount of the fee to be paid
for each examination shall be determined by the board under IC 25-1-8-2.
(i) If an applicant who has failed a part of the examination three (3)
times reapplies and submits evidence of acquiring additional
knowledge for the examination, the board may give the applicant
approval to take subsequent examinations or partial examinations.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.148, s.14; Acts 1947, c.262, s.6; Acts
1957, c.320, s.7; Acts 1961, c.277, s.5; Acts 1969, c.279, s.4. As
amended by Acts 1980, P.L.166, SEC.6; P.L.23-1991, SEC.22;
P.L.215-1993, SEC.13; P.L.194-2005, SEC.79; P.L.9-2012,
SEC.3.