Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) A
person, firm, or entity shall be construed to practice or offer to practice
engineering or land surveying, who does any of the following:
(1) practices any branch of the professions
the Board regulates, or
(2) by
display or verbal claim, sign, advertisement, contract, card or other printed,
engraved, or written instrument or device, bearing a person's, firm's, or
entity's name or in any other way represents to be an Engineer, Professional
Engineer, Land Surveyor, or Professional Land Surveyor or a firm providing or
having the qualifications to provide engineering or land surveying services,
or
(3) through the use of some
other title implies that the person, firm, or entity is an Engineer,
Professional Engineer, Land Surveyor, or Professional Land Surveyor or a firm
providing engineering or land surveying services, or
(4) holds himself/herself or itself out as
having the qualifications to, is able to, or who does contract, offer or
perform any engineering or land surveying service.
(b) The following actions shall not be
violations under 59 O.S. 475.1 et seq. and the Rules of the Board:
(1) Advertising in national publications or
electronic media, provided there is no offering of professional services in
jurisdictions where not licensed
(2) Responding to letters of inquiry
regarding requests for proposals, provided there is written disclosure that the
engineer/surveyor and firm are not licensed in this jurisdiction and the
response is limited to inquiries regarding the scope of project and to
demonstrate interest
(3) Responding
to letters of inquiry from prospective clients, provided there is written
disclosure that the engineer/surveyor and firm are not licensed in this
jurisdiction and the response is limited to inquiries regarding scope of
project and to demonstrate interest
(4) Using the title/designation "Professional
Engineer", "Engineer", "P. E . " , "Professional Structural Engineer", "P.E.,
S.E.", "S.E.", "Professional Land Surveyor", "Land Surveyor", "P.S." , "L.S."
or "P. L . S . " or the like on letterheads, or business cards from an office
in the jurisdiction where licensure is held.
(c) Regardless of the above, proposals may
not be submitted, contracts signed, or work commenced until the engineer,
surveyor and firm become licensed in Oklahoma.
(d) Any violation of such action noted by
this Section shall be sufficient to justify an injunction or any other order or
a conviction without evidence of a general course of conduct. The Board shall
determine if other legal procedures and penalties are necessary and shall have
the power to proceed with any and all legal procedures in addition to the
injunction or other such orders issued.
Added at 10 Ok Reg 2211, eff 6-11-93; Amended
at 19 Ok Reg 2029, eff 7-11-02; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 896, eff 5-11-06; Amended
at 26 Ok Reg 1035, eff 5-11-09; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1150, eff 5-27-10; Amended
at 30 Ok Reg 1928, eff 7-25-13
