Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a)
General. A person desiring to become licensed as a Professional Engineer must
submit an application to the Board on a form prescribed and furnished by the
Board.
(b) Request. A request for
an appropriate application form may be made to the Board office or obtained
from the website. Applicants may obtain Engineer Intern certification forms at
https://www.ncbels.org/application/engineer-interncertification/. Applicants
may obtain Professional Engineer licensure forms at
https://www.ncbels.org/applications/professional-engineers/.
(c) Applicable Forms:
(1) Engineer Intern Certification Form. After
passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination, an applicant may submit an
application to the Board to become certified as an "Engineer Intern." This form
requires the applicant to set forth their personal history, educational
background, engineering experience, and character references. A passport-type
photographic quality portrait that is adequate for current identification
purposes is also required.
(2)
Professional Engineer Form:
(A) All persons,
including comity applicants and certified Engineer Interns, shall apply for
licensure using the Professional Engineer Form. The submission of this form
shall signify that the applicant has passed the Fundamentals of Engineering
Examination, and seeks licensure as a Professional Engineer, when the applicant
has met the requirements as set out in Rule .0501 of this Section. The
Professional Engineering Form requires the applicant to set forth their
personal and educational background, engineering experience and character
references. A passport-type photographic quality portrait that is adequate for
current identification purposes is required.
(B) Persons who previously passed the
Fundamentals of Engineering Examination by use of the Engineering Intern
Certification Form shall submit the Professional Engineer Application Form to
request licensure as a Professional Engineer when the applicant has met the
requirements as set out in Rule .0501 of this Section.
(3) Supplemental Form. Persons who initially
applied for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam using the Professional
Engineer Form shall supplement the initial application with this Form upon
applying for the Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam. The Supplemental
Form requires that all engineering experience from the date of the initial
application until the date of the supplemental application be listed. Five
references shall be submitted that are current to within one year of the
examination date.
(4) Reference
Forms:
(A) Persons applying for certification
as an Engineer Intern shall submit to the Board the names of three individuals,
one of whom is a professional engineer, who are familiar with the applicant's
work, character and reputation. Persons applying to take the Principles and
Practice of Engineering Examination shall submit to the Board the names of five
individuals who are familiar with the applicant's work, character and
reputation. Three of these individuals shall be Professional
Engineers.
(B) In addition to the
applicant submitting names to the Board of individuals familiar with the
applicant's work, character and reputation, those individuals listed shall
submit to the Board their evaluations of the applicant on forms supplied to
them by the applicant.
(C) The
reference form requires the individual evaluating the applicant to state the
evaluating individual's profession, knowledge of the applicant and information
concerning the applicant's engineering experience, character and
reputation.
(D) The Board shall
provide the reference forms to the applicant with the application. The
reference forms shall then be distributed by the applicant to the persons
listed on the application as references. The applicant shall ensure that the
individuals listed as references return the completed reference forms to the
Board prior to the filing deadline for the examination.
(d) Fees:
(1) Engineer Intern Certification Form. No
application fee is required to become certified as an "Engineer
Intern."
(2) Professional Engineer
Form. The application fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) is payable with the
filing of the application.
(3)
Comity. The licensure fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) is payable with the
filing of the application.
(4)
Examination. The examination fee for any applicant is payable to the National
Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) at the time of
registering to take the exam in accordance with
G.S.
89C-14.
(e) The Board shall accept the records
maintained by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
(NCEES) as evidence of licensure in another state. For comity licensure, the
NCEES record shall be accepted in lieu of completing the experience, education
and references sections of the application. A comity application, with or
without a NCEES record, shall be administratively approved by the Executive
Director without waiting for the next regular meeting of the Board. The
Executive Director's approval shall be based upon evidence of current licensure
in another jurisdiction with comparable qualifications, the required
references, and the comity applicant's disciplinary record in other
jurisdictions. Each administrative approval shall be reported to the Board at
its next regular meeting for final approval.
(f) Model Law Engineer. The term "Model Law
Engineer" refers to a person who meets the requirements of this Section by
meeting the requirements of NCEES, has a current NCEES record on file, and is
designated as a "Model Law Engineer." A "Model Law Engineer" application shall
be administratively approved by the Executive Director based upon the
designation, without waiting for the next regular meeting of the Board, at
which time the action shall be reported to the Board for final
approval.
(g) Personal interview.
During the application process, the applicant may be interviewed by the Board
members if the members have questions regarding the applicant's education,
experience or character, based upon the information submitted in the
application.
Authority
G.S.
89C-10;
89C-13;
89C-14;
89C-15;
Eff. February
1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 29, 1977;
Amended
Eff. May 1, 1994; November 2, 1992; April 1, 1989; December 1,
1984;
RRC Objection due to lack of Statutory Authority Eff.
November 17, 1994;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2014; May 1, 2009; August
1, 2002; August 1, 2000; August 1, 1998; January 1, 1995;
Pursuant
to G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. April 27,
2019.
