Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 542B · 27 active provisions
A person shall not engage in the practice of engineering or land surveying in the state unless the person is a licensed professional engineer or a licensed professional land surveyor as provided in this chapter, except as permitted by section 542B.26.
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 appropriate and without limitation, consult…
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 are not licensed professional engineers or…
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 years, whichever is least.
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.
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 matter within its jurisdiction.
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.
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 the director’s designee at the request of…
The staff shall keep on file a record of all certificates of licensure granted and shall make annual revisions of the record as necessary.
The staff shall collect and account for all fees provided for by this chapter and pay the fees to the treasurer of state who shall deposit the fees in the licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Applications for licensure shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the board, shall contain statements made under oath, showing the applicant’s education and a detailed summary of the applicant’s technical work, and the board shall not require that a recent photograph of the applicant be attached to the applicati…
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 which, in the opinion of the board, will…
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 person taking the examination shall be con…
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 of the seal may be used and shall have t…
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 of the board. The certificate shall autho…
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 required above shall not deprive a person of…
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 certificate shall authorize the applicant to p…
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 certificate of licensure. 2. Professional…
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 department of inspections, appeals, and…
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 professional land surveyor, may be restrained by pe…
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, or who shall falsely impersonate another…
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 designing buildings or works for public or…
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 offers to engage in the practice of profes…
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 facilities, supplies, and equipment. 3. Legal,…
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.