Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 6 - TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
Chapter 137 - COMPLIANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM FOR ENGINEERS
Subchapter C - PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND ETHICS
Section 137.63 - Engineers' Responsibility to the Profession
Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code ยง 137.63
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Engineers shall engage in professional and business activities related to the practice of engineering in an honest and ethical manner.
(b) The engineer must:
(1) meet all of the applicable
professional practice requirements of federal, state and local statutes, codes,
regulations, rules, ordinances or standards in the performance of engineering
services;
(2) exercise reasonable
care or diligence to prevent the engineer's partners, associates, and employees
from engaging in conduct which, if done by the engineer, would violate any
provision of the Texas Engineering Practice Act, general board rule, or any of
the professional practice requirements of federal, state and local statutes,
codes, regulations, rules or ordinances in the performance of engineering
services;
(3) exercise reasonable
care to prevent the association of the engineer's name, professional
identification, seal, firm or business name in connection with any venture or
enterprise which the engineer knows, or should have known, is engaging in
trade, business or professional practices of a fraudulent, deceitful, or
dishonest nature, or any action which violates any provision of the Texas
Engineering Practice Act or board rules.
(4) act as faithful agent for their employers
or clients;
(5) conduct engineering
and related business affairs in a professional manner in interactions with
involved parties and employees. Unprofessional conduct may include, but is not
limited to, misrepresentation in billing; sale and/or performance of
unnecessary work; or conduct that harasses or intimidates another party;
and
(6) practice engineering in a
careful and diligent manner.
(c) The engineer shall not:
(1) aid or abet, directly or indirectly, any
unlicensed person or business entity in the unlawful practice of
engineering;
(2) maliciously injure
or attempt to injure or damage the personal or professional reputation of
another by any means. This does not preclude an engineer from giving a frank
but private appraisal of engineers or other persons or firms when requested by
a client or prospective employer;
(3) retaliate against a person who provides
reference material for an application for a license or who in good faith
attempts to bring forward an allegation of wrongdoing;
(4) give, offer or promise to pay or deliver,
directly or indirectly, any commission, gift, favor, gratuity, benefit, or
reward as an inducement to secure any specific engineering work or
assignment;
(5) accept compensation
or benefits from more than one party for services pertaining to the same
project or assignment; or
(6)
solicit professional employment in any false or misleading
advertising.
(d) Engineers should strive to promote responsibility, commitment, and ethics both in the education and practice phases of engineering. They should attempt to enhance society's awareness of engineers' responsibilities to the public and encourage the communication of these principles of ethical conduct among engineers.
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