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Louisiana Board Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Course Outline
Besides meeting specific requirements, such as education, experience, and examination, a licensee must get familiar with the Board Rules in order to practice engineering and land surveying in any state. While the Rules do vary from state to state, the basic requirements for the qualifications and the professional conduct are very similar throughout the United States. In this course, the student is required to study the Louisiana Revised Statues Title 37 Chapter 8 and the Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46 Part LXI, which cover the rules of professional conduct, licensee qualifications, continuing education requirements and other regulatory provisions. This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of course materials.
Learning Objective
At the
conclusion of this course, the student will be familiar with:
- The Louisiana
Revised Statues Title 37, Chapter 8;
- The
Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46, Part LXI;
- Qualifications
of becoming a licensee;
- Rules of
professional conducts;
- The
mandatory continuing education requirements;
- Proper ways
to sign and seal design documents; and
- The roles
and responsibilities of a licensee.
Course Content
All state boards for professional engineers and land surveyors require that the licensed professionals get familiar with the board rules (the Rules). Many state boards periodically disclose in their newsletters the disciplinary actions taken by the boards against the licensees who violated the Rules. The most common types of violations are:
1.
Performed services outside his/her area of competence.
2.
Practiced engineering without being licensed in the state of the project.
3.
Practiced or offered to practice engineering while not properly licensed.
4.
Failed to properly sign, seal and date documents.
5.
Affixed his/her seal to work not done under his/her direct supervision or
responsible charge.
6.
Affixed his/her seal to inadequate design documents, failing to protect the
public.
Other
types of violations include:
1.
Produced a deficient, substandard or inaccurate report, failing to protect
the public.
2.
Contracted with non-licensed individual to provide certain professional services.
3.
Failed to avoid conflicts of interests.
To avoid the above violations, it is highly recommended for all licensees to periodically review the Rules. As a professional engineer or land surveyor, the licensee shall at all times recognize the primary obligation to protect the safety, health, property and welfare of the public. If a licensee's professional judgment is overruled under circumstances where the safety, health or welfare of the public are endangered, he/she shall inform the proper authorities and his/her employer of the situation as may be appropriate.
In this course
you are required to study the following document:
Louisiana Revised Statues Title 37 Chapter 8 (the Board Laws) (a PDF file)
Selected Chapters from the
Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46, Part LXI (the Board Rules) (a PDF file)
Board Disciplinary and Enforcement Actions
(Excerpts from Board Newsletters) (a PDF file)
Please click on the above underlined hypertext to view, save or print the documents for your study.
To safeguard the safety,
health, property and welfare of the public, licensed professional engineers and land
surveyors must fully understand the professional and occupational
standards contained in Louisiana Revised
Statues Title 37 Chapter 8 and the Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46 Part LXI. A licensee who
violates the regulations may be subject to disciplinary action, such as a fine,
reprimand, suspension or revocation of his/her license.
Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are
not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any
other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general
information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice.
Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a
registered professional engineer. Anyone making use of the information set
forth herein does so at his/her own risk and assumes any and all resulting
liability arising therefrom.
