Section 4.2. Procedure for Licensing as Professional Engineer.--(a) An applicant for licensure as a professional engineer shall satisfactorily complete the engineering fundamentals examination and become certified as an engineer intern and subsequently show evidence of experience satisfactory to the board to prepare him for the engineering principles and practice examination. ((a) amended June 28, 2024, P.L.421, No.32)
(b) (1) An applicant for the engineer intern certificate shall show satisfactory evidence of:
(i) graduation from an approved engineering curriculum of four or more years; or
(ii) eight or more years of progressive experience in engineering work and knowledge, skill and education approximating that attained through graduation from an approved engineering curriculum.
(2) An engineering student who has completed two or more years of an approved program in engineering may, subject to board approval, sit for the examination; but the student shall not be eligible for certification until the student shows proof of graduation.
(3) An applicant who satisfactorily completes the examination in engineering fundamentals shall be certified as an engineer intern without time limitation and may remain certified until such time as the applicant becomes licensed under this act as a professional engineer.
((b) amended June 28, 2024, P.L.421, No.32)
(c) An applicant who is a certified engineer intern may apply for licensure and shall pass the examination in engineering principles and practice. To qualify for the principles and practice examination, an applicant shall, in addition to holding the engineer intern certificate, show satisfactory proof of:
(1) four or more years of progressive experience in engineering work performed under the supervision of a professional engineer or a similarly qualified engineer of a grade and character to qualify the applicant to assume responsible charge of the work involved in the practice of engineering; or
(2) four or more years of progressive teaching experience in an approved curriculum under the supervision of a professional engineer or a similarly qualified engineer of a grade or character to qualify the applicant to assume responsible charge of the work involved in the practice of engineering.
((c) amended June 28, 2024, P.L.421, No.32)
(d) The board may grant one year of experience credit for each postbaccalaureate engineering degree earned by applicants for licensure, not to exceed two years, provided that:
(1) the degree is from an engineering program approved by the board;
(2) the degree is in the same discipline as an earned undergraduate degree; and
(3) the academic time is not concurrent with earned experience.
((d) added Nov. 27, 2003, P.L.320, No.35)
(4.2 added Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.782, No.192)
Compiler's Note: See sections 3 and 4 of Act 32 of 2024 in the appendix to this act for provisions relating to engineer-in-training.
Compiler's Note: Section 14 of Act 192 of 1990, which added section 4.2, provided that sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall not apply to any person who completes the educational requirements by June 30, 1994, for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor as those requirements existed on the day prior to the effective date of Act 192. Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall not apply to any person who begins the experience requirements prior to the effective date of this act for licensure as a professional engineer or land surveyor as those requirements existed on the day prior to the effective date of Act 192. Such persons to whom sections 4.2 and 4.3 do not apply shall comply with the education and experience requirements as they existed on the day prior to the effective date of Act 192.