Title XIII, COMMERCE (Ch. 505 - 554I)

1. Each applicant for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor shall have all of the following requirements, respectively, to wit: a. As a professional engineer: (1) (a) Graduation from a course in engineering of four years or more in a school or college…

Examinations for licensure shall be given as often as deemed necessary by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, but no less than one time per year. The scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the board. The identity of the pe…

1. Each licensee, upon licensure, shall obtain a seal of a design approved by the board, bearing the licensee’s name, Iowa license number, and the words “professional engineer” or “professional land surveyor” or both, as the case may be. A legible rubber stamp or other facsimile …

The board shall issue a certificate of licensure as a professional engineer to an applicant who has passed the examination as a professional engineer and who has paid an additional fee. The certificate shall be signed by the chairperson and secretary of the board under the seal o…

Certificates of licensure shall expire in intervals as determined by the board. Renewal may be effected by the payment of a fee the amount of which shall be determined by the board. The failure on the part of any licensee to renew a certificate in the month of expiration as requi…

To any applicant who shall have passed the examination as a professional land surveyor and who shall have paid an additional fee as set by the board, the board shall issue a certificate of licensure signed by its chairperson and secretary under the seal of the board, which certif…

As used in the chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the engineering and land surveying examining board provided by this chapter . 2. “Design coordination” includes the review and coordination of technical submissions prepared by others, including as ap…

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §41 . Licenses issued prior to July 1, 2024, to continue in full force and effect until expiration, suspension, or revocation; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §42

The board shall have the power by a five-sevenths vote of the entire board to suspend for a period not exceeding two years, or to revoke the certificate of licensure of, or to reprimand any licensee who is found guilty of the following acts or offenses: 1. Fraud in procuring a ce…

Proceedings for any action under section 542B.21 shall be begun by filing with the board written charges against the accused. Upon the filing of charges, the board may request the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to conduct an investigation into the charges. The …

Any person who is not legally authorized to practice in this state according to the provisions of this chapter , and shall practice, or shall in connection with the person’s name use any designation tending to imply or designate the person as a professional engineer or profession…

Any person who violates such permanent injunction or presents or attempts to file as the person’s own the certificate of licensure of another, or who shall give false or forged evidence of any kind to the board, or to any member thereof, in obtaining a certificate of licensure, o…

1. a. This chapter shall not apply to any full-time employee of any corporation while doing work for that corporation, except in the case of corporations offering their services to the public as professional engineers or professional land surveyors. b. Corporations engaged in des…

1. In addition to any other penalties provided for in this chapter , the board may by order impose a civil penalty upon a person who is not licensed under this chapter as a professional engineer or a professional land surveyor and who does any of the following: a. Engages in or o…

An engineering and land surveying examining board is created within the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. The board consists of three members who are licensed professional engineers, two members who are licensed professional land surveyors, and two members who ar…

The board shall set the fees for application, licensure, and renewal of licensure based upon the administrative costs of sustaining the board. The fees shall include, but shall not be limited to, the costs for: 1. Per diem, expenses, and travel for board members. 2. Office facili…

The public members of the board shall be allowed to participate in administrative, clerical, or ministerial functions incident to giving the examination, but shall not determine the content of the examination or determine the correctness of the answers. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §114.31 …

1. The board shall not disclose information relating to the following: a. The contents of the examination. b. The examination results other than final score except for information about the results of an examination which is given to the person who took the examination. 2. A memb…

1. “Real property inspection report” means a report stating whether, after visual examination, a parcel of real property which is being collateralized is materially impaired. 2. A real property inspection report is not a property survey or an engineering document and is exempt fr…

Appointments shall be for three-year terms and shall commence and end as provided by section 69.19 . Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the governor and shall be subject to senate confirmation. Members shall serve no more than three terms or nine y…

The board shall adopt and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all certificates of licensure granted and may make all bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with law, necessary for the proper performance of its duty. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1859; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 7…

Such board, or any committee thereof, shall be entitled to the counsel and to the services of the attorney general, and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, pay witness fees and mileage, and may take testimony and proofs and may administer oaths concerning any …

Members of the board are entitled to receive all actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties within the limits of funds appropriated to the board. Each member of the board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6 . [C24, 27, 31, 35, 3…

The board shall elect annually from its members a chairperson and a vice chairperson. The director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall hire and provide staff to assist the board in implementing this chapter . Meetings shall be called by the director or …