§ 40-22-50 — Duties of board; promulgation of examination, licensing, and registration fees; records; register of applications for certificates of authorization; roster.

(A) The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation shall provide all administrative, fiscal, investigative, inspectional, clerical, secretarial, and license renewal operations and activities of the board. (B) The board shall promulgate examination, licensing, and registration fees for professional engineers, engineers-in-training, professional surveyors, surveyors-in-training, and registered firms in regulation. If the board denies the issuance of a license to an applicant, once the processing of the application has commenced, the fee deposited must be retained as an application fee. (C) The board shall keep a record of its proceedings, a register of all applications for individual licenses, and a register of all applications for certificates of authorization. The records of the board are prima facie evidence of the proceedings of the board set forth in the record. A transcript of the proceedings, certified by the administrator or the director under seal, is admissible in evidence with the same force and effect as the original. (1) For professional licensure applications, the register shall state: (a) the name, age, and residence of each applicant; (b) the date and type of the application; (c) the business address and telephone number of the applicant; (d) the applicant's educational and other qualifications; (e) whether or not an examination was required; (f) whether the applicant was rejected; (g) whether a license to practice was granted; (h) the date of the action of the board; and (i) other information considered necessary by the board. (2) For applications requesting a certificate of authorization, the register shall state: (a) the name and type of business entity; (b) the date of application; (c) the business address and telephone number; (d) the address for service of due process; (e) the date of action by the board; (f) approval or rejection of the application; and (g) other information considered necessary by the board. (D) The board shall maintain a daily updated roster or supplements to the roster containing: (1) the current names and places of business of all professional engineers and all professional surveyors; and (2) a listing of each business entity that holds a valid certificate of authorization to practice engineering, surveying, or both, in this State.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 311, SECTION 1; 2007 Act No. 58, SECTION 1; 2016 Act No. 259 (S.685), SECTION 4, eff June 3, 2016. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 259, SECTION 4, rewrote (D), providing the board shall maintain and update, rather than annually prepare, a roster of information concerning professional engineers and surveyors.