§ 37:693 — Requirements for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor,

§693. Requirements for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor,
and for certification as an engineer intern or land surveyor intern
A.(1) The board shall license or certify, as the case may be, each applicant as an
engineer intern, a land surveyor intern, a professional engineer, or a professional land
surveyor, as specified herein, as requested by the applicant when, in the opinion of the board,
the applicant has met the requirements of this Chapter and is proficient and qualified to
practice as such.
(2) Professional engineers shall be issued licenses by the board as a professional
engineer. The board shall list a professional engineer in one or more of the disciplines of
engineering approved by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
to signify the area in which the professional engineer has demonstrated competence pursuant
to education, experience, and examination. The professional engineer may use a seal that
designates the discipline of engineering in which the board has listed the professional
engineer or a seal that identifies the licensee as a professional engineer.
B. The minimum requirements for licensure or certification by the board shall be as
follows:
(1) An engineer intern shall be any of the following:
(a) A graduate of an accredited engineering curriculum of four years or more
approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing, who is of good character and
reputation, who has passed the examinations required by the board, and who has satisfied the
requirements of R.S. 37:694.
(b) A graduate of a nonaccredited engineering or related science or technology
curriculum of four years or more, approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing,
who has obtained a graduate degree from a university having an accredited undergraduate
engineering curriculum in the same discipline or sub-discipline, approved by the board as
being of satisfactory standing, who is of good character and reputation, who has passed the
examinations required by the board, and who has satisfied the requirements of R.S. 37:694.
(c) A graduate of a nonaccredited engineering curriculum of four years or more
approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing, who has met the requirements for
progressive engineering experience in work acceptable to the board, who is of good character
and reputation, who has passed the examinations required by the board, and who has satisfied
the requirements of R.S. 37:694.
(2) A professional engineer shall be any of the following:
(a) An engineer intern, or an individual who meets the qualifications to be an
engineer intern, who has met the requirements for progressive engineering experience in
work acceptable to the board, who is of good character and reputation, who has passed the
examinations required by the board, and who has satisfied the requirements of R.S. 37:694.
(b) An individual who holds a valid license to engage in the practice of engineering
issued to him by proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, or
the District of Columbia, based on requirements that do not conflict with the provisions of
this Chapter and which were of a standard not lower than that specified in the applicable
licensure laws in effect in Louisiana at the time such license was issued, who is of good
character and reputation, and who has satisfied the requirements of R.S. 37:694, and if the
state, territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, in which he is licensed will accept
the license issued by the board on a reciprocal basis.
(c) A graduate of an accredited engineering curriculum of four years or more
approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing, who has twenty years or more of
progressive engineering experience in work acceptable to the board, who is of good character
and reputation, who has passed the examinations required by the board, and who has satisfied
the requirements of R.S. 37:694.
(3) A land surveyor intern shall be either:
(a) A graduate holding a baccalaureate degree from a curriculum of four years or
more who has completed at least thirty semester credit hours, or the equivalent approved by
the board, in courses involving land surveying, mapping, and real property approved by the
board, who is of good character and reputation, who has passed the examinations required
by the board, and who has satisfied the requirements of R.S. 37:694.
(b) An individual certified by the board as a land surveyor in training or a land
surveyor intern on or before January 1, 1995.
(4) A professional land surveyor shall be either:
(a) A land surveyor intern or an individual who meets the qualifications of a land
surveyor intern who has had at least four years or more combined office and field experience
in land surveying, including two years or more of progressive experience on land surveying
projects under the supervision of a professional land surveyor, who is of good character and
reputation, who has passed the oral and written examinations required by the board, and who
has satisfied the requirements of R.S. 37:694.
(b) An individual who holds a valid license to engage in the practice of land
surveying issued to him by the proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the
United States, or the District of Columbia, based on requirements that do not conflict with
the provisions of this Chapter and which were of a standard not lower than that specified in
the applicable licensure laws in effect in Louisiana at the time such license was issued, who
has passed an examination on the laws, procedures, and practices pertaining to land
surveying in Louisiana, who is of good character and reputation, and who has satisfied the
requirements of R.S. 37:694, and if the state, territory, or possession, or the District of
Columbia, in which he is licensed will accept the licenses issued by the board on a reciprocal
basis.
C. No individual shall be eligible for renewal of licensure as a professional engineer
or professional land surveyor, nor renewal of certification as an engineer intern or land
surveyor intern who is not, in the opinion of the board, of good character and reputation.
D. The 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 a violation of R.S. 37:698 or R.S. 37:700. However, such work may be
considered toward qualification required for licensure as a professional engineer under this
Chapter.
E. Any individual having the necessary qualifications prescribed in this Chapter
entitling him to licensure or certification shall be eligible for such licensure or certification
although he may not be practicing his profession at the time of making his application.

Legislative History

Acts 1980, No. 568, §1; Acts 1987, No. 385, §1; Acts 1993, No. 53, §1; Acts 1997, No. 361, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1096, §1; Acts 1999, No. 329, §1; Acts 1999, No. 396, §1; Acts 1999, No. 397, §1; Acts 2001, No. 495, §1; Acts 2003, No. 279, §5; Acts 2006, No. 473, §1; Acts 2010, No. 252, §1; Acts 2012, No. 31, §1, eff. May 4, 2012; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 2, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.