Code of Massachusetts Regulations
250 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
Title 250 CMR 3.00 - The Registration Process
Section 3.05 - Experience Evaluation

(1) Acceptable Work Experience must be in work of a professional grade and character that indicates to the Board that the applicant is competent to practice engineering or land surveying.

(2) Acceptable Work Experience of a professional grade is evaluated on the basis of:

(3) Engineering work or land surveying work performed during a period of full-time study at an educational institution is considered part of the educational program, and is not acceptable Work Experience.

(4) Engineering work periods or land surveying work periods of up to six months during, or incidental to, undergraduate education (such as a cooperative experience or an internship) are considered part of the educational program and are not acceptable as Work Experience.

(5) Acceptable Work Experience for graduates of a Board-approved engineering curriculums leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Engineering Technology in an "evening" or "part-time" program may accrue during enrollment in such a program.

(6) Land surveying experience is not acceptable professional engineering Work Experience except that part of the practice of land surveying that is incidental to civil engineering.

(7) Periods of Work Experience claimed on an application for registration in one Branch cannot be used again on another application for a different Branch, except for that Work Experience that may be common to both Branches.

(8) Acceptable Work Experience for registration as an engineer or land surveyor must be accrued during the lawful Practice of Engineering or Practice of Land Surveying respectively except that teaching at a college or university offering a Board-approved engineering or surveying curriculum may be considered as acceptable Work Experience.

(9) Acceptable Work Experience for registration for an applicant under classification 250 CMR 3.04(4): Tables I or II classification (e) (20 year classification) shall in addition to meeting the requirements of 250 CMR 3.05(2), have been:

(10) Whether or not construction related experience is acceptable engineering experience depends upon the nature of the work performed as revealed by close examination of the details, professional level and the degree of responsibility carried by the applicant.

(11) The execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional engineer, or the supervision of the construction of such work as a foremen or superintendent, shall not be deemed to be the Practice of Engineering.

(12) At least 50% of an engineering applicant's required Work Experience for the selected application classification must have been completed in the United States or its territories or involve the application of technical codes and professional standards generally used in the United States. In determining whether an applicant's work involved the application of United States codes and professional standards, one of the factors the Board will consider is whether the work was performed under the Direct Supervision of a professional engineer licensed within the United States or one of its territories.

(13) Acceptable Work Experience for land surveying applicants must have been under the Direct Supervision of a professional land surveyor licensed within the United States or one of its territories.