Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Shannon Stanfill, Executive Director Troy Niesen, Outreach Coordinator April 19, 2016

 Introducing the Board  Powers and duties of Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors  Statutes, Rules and More  Defining the practice of professional engineering  Requirements for licensing and renewal  Grounds for disciplinary action  Procedure for investigation and hearing  Reviewing the types of disciplinary actions

“Safeguard life, health and property of the public by assuring that those who practice the profession of engineering and land surveying are licensed and attain and maintain competence in those professions.”

Creation of the Board – WS §  Appointed by the Governor  Represent engineers, land surveyors or both.  One public member  Staggered terms Attempt to represent Wyoming geographically but that is not statutorily required

 The state engineer;  Four (4) professional engineers. One (1) shall teach engineering at the university level. Two (2) shall be in private practice;  Three (3) professional land surveyors. Two(2) shall be in private practice; and  One (1) member who is neither a professional engineer nor a professional land surveyor. Nine Member Board - WS §

 Rules and regulations for enforcement  Rules and regulations for the practice  Hearings, testimony, oaths  Use investigations and the Attorney Generals office  Adopt a seal for the office and licensees  Employ a board administrator and staff  Committees  Establish and collect fees  Pay for membership with regional and national organizations  Use electronic transmission What does the Board do? Wyo. Stat. Ann §

What does the Board do? Licensing Quality Assurance (Enforcement) Administration

POLICIES & PROCEDURES Board Approved RULES Public Vetting Chapter 1-7 STATUTELegislature Wyo. Stat. Ann. § through Logical outgrowth

Title 33 Chapter 29

What the statute says (Wyo Stat (vii)) :  “… means performing for others or offering to perform for others any “professional service” or professional creative work” requiring engineering education, training and experience and special knowledge of mathematics, physics and engineering sciences. An individual performs “a professional service” or “professional creative work” in the practice of professional engineering if he: What the statute says (Wyo Stat (vii)) :  “… means performing for others or offering to perform for others any “professional service” or professional creative work” requiring engineering education, training and experience and special knowledge of mathematics, physics and engineering sciences. An individual performs “a professional service” or “professional creative work” in the practice of professional engineering if he:

Defining the practice of professional engineering What the statutes say:  represents himself to be a professional engineer by sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, verbal claim or any other manner  quotes a fee for a professional engineering service  executes a contract or agreement for a professional engineering service

Defining the practice of professional engineering the statutes continues:  teaches upper division engineering design subjects as a professional engineer at a college or university  performs research investigations as a professional engineer  testifies as an expert in professional engineering  holds himself out as able to perform or does perform, as a professional engineer, any similar service defined by board rules as the practice of professional engineering.

What the statute says (Wyo Stat (viii)) :  “… means performing for others or offering to perform for others any “professional service” which involve the application of special knowledge or principles of mathematics and methods of measurement for the determination and preservation of land boundaries and for the determination of land features and forms. An individual performs “a professional service” in the practice of professional land surveying if he:

What the statutes say:  As a professional land surveyor, makes geometric measurements and gathers related information pertaining to the physical or legal features of the earth, improvements on the earth and the space above, on or below the earth;  Teaches, as a professional land surveyor, upper division university level land surveying design subjects;  Performs professional land surveying research as a professional land surveyors Defining the practice of professional land surveying

the statute continues:  As a professional land surveyor, creates work product relating to land surveying such as graphics, data, maps, plans, reports and descriptions;  Represents himself to be a professional land surveyor by sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, verbal claim or any other way  Testifies as an expert in professional land surveying; or  Holds himself out as able to perform or does perform, as a professional land surveyor, any similar service defined by board rule as professional land surveying.

EXPERIENCE EXAMS

Wyo. Stat. Ann §: (a)(ii) “Has graduated from a curriculum approved by the board of at least four (4) years” What curriculums are approved?

University of Wyoming – ABET / EAC Architectural Engineering, BS Chemical Engineering, BS Civil Engineering, BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Science, BS Electrical Engineering, BS Energy Systems Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Petroleum Engineering, BS

University of Wyoming Sheridan College

What Exams are required:  Fundamentals in Engineering  Principals and Practice of Engineering FE ChemicalFE Chemical; FE Civil; FE Electrical and Computer; FE Environmental; FE Industrial; FE Mechanical; FE Other DisciplinesFE CivilFE Electrical and ComputerFE Environmental FE IndustrialFE MechanicalFE Other Disciplines Agricultural and Biological EngineeringAgricultural and Biological Engineering; Architectural; Chemical Civil: Construction; Civil: Geotechnical; Civil: Structural; Civil: Transportation; Civil: Water Resources and Environmental; Control Systems; Electrical and Computer: Computer Engineering; Electrical and Computer: Electrical and Electronics; Electrical and Computer: Power; Environmental; Fire Protection; Industrial; Mechanical: HVAC and Refrigeration; Mechanical: Mechanical Systems and Materials; Mechanical: Thermal and Fluids Systems; Metallurgical and Materials; Mining and Mineral Processing; Naval Architecture and Marine; Nuclear; Petroleum; Software; StructuralArchitecturalChemical Civil: ConstructionCivil: GeotechnicalCivil: StructuralCivil: TransportationCivil: Water Resources and EnvironmentalControl SystemsElectrical and Computer: Computer EngineeringElectrical and Computer: Electrical and ElectronicsElectrical and Computer: PowerEnvironmentalFire ProtectionIndustrialMechanical: HVAC and RefrigerationMechanical: Mechanical Systems and Materials Mechanical: Thermal and Fluids SystemsMetallurgical and MaterialsMining and Mineral ProcessingNaval Architecture and MarineNuclearPetroleumSoftware Structural

What Exams are required:  Fundamentals in Land Surveying (FS)  Principals and Practice of Land Surveying (PS)  State Specific Exam  Take-Home Exam

Wyo. Stat. Ann §: (a)(iii) “Has met the requirement for an engineer intern certificate and has four (4) years of engineering experience in increasing responsibility and scope of a grade and character that evidence the applicant is competent to practice as a professional engineer.” Wyo. Stat. Ann §: (a)(i) “Is of good moral character and repute;”

Wyo. Stat. Ann §: (c)(iv) “Has four (4) years of land surveying experience in increasing responsibility and scope of a grade and character that evidence the applicant is competent to practice as a professional land surveyor. This experience shall be in addition to that described in W.S (b)(iii) Wyo. Stat. Ann §: (c)(i) “Is of good moral character and repute;”

EXPERIENCE EXAM FE PE

Wyo. Stat. Ann §: Rule Chapter 4  Biennial renewal  CPCs  What happens when a license expires

Wyo. Stat. Ann §: Rule Chapter 4  Renew by December 31 st every two years ( responsibility of licensee)  30 CPCs (15 may carry from previous biennium)  Board courtesy reminders – October  Subject to Audit

Wyo. Stat. Ann §: Rule Chapter 4 What happens when you are late:  Illegal to practice professional engineering  Renewal fee $90 + Penalty Fee (up to $360)  CPC’s still required If you are over two years late:  Back to square one – apply for a new license.

Licensing Quality Assurance (Enforcement) Administration

Wyo. Stat. Ann § through Rule: Chapter 6

Wyo. Stat. Ann § (a) An individual or business entity is subject to disciplinary action for: (i) A violation of this act, board rule, order or code of ethics; (ii) Fraud or misrepresentation relating to the practice of engineering or land surveying, including in the submission of information to the board and signing of documents; (iii) Allowing or assisting another to violate this act or a rule or order of the board; (iv) Incompetence, habitual or gross negligence or other misconduct in the practice of engineering or land surveying; (v) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of drugs or alcohol which affects the ability to practice engineering or land surveying; (vi) Conviction of a felony that is related to the ability to practice engineering or land surveying; (vii) Discipline or restriction of a license, intern certificate or business entity registration by another jurisdiction if the ground for the action was the same or substantially equivalent to a ground for discipline in this section.

 Regulatory Violation  Ethical Violation  Fraud or misrepresentation  Aiding or abetting  Substandard Practice  Intoxication or addiction  Related felony  Discipline by another jurisdiction

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Deny an application for a license Revoke, Suspend or refuse to renew Impose probation Restrict the scope of a license Impose peer review Require continuing education Formally (or informally) reprimand Impose civil penalties

Mission: “Safeguard life, health and property of the public by assuring that those who practice the profession of engineering and land surveying are licensed and attain and maintain competence in those professions.” /

Understanding Rules and Regulations of the Practice of Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Shannon Stanfill, Executive Director Troy Niesen, Exam and Outreach Coordinator