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17-30-303. Authorization certificates.
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17-30-303. Authorization certificates.
(a)(1) The practice or offer to practice for others, as defined in § 17-30-101, by individuals licensed under this chapter through a firm is permitted if:
(A) The professional engineers of the firm are licensed under this chapter or are practicing under § 17-30-105; and
(B) The firm has been issued a certificate of authorization by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors under this subchapter.
(2) All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports, calculations, or other engineering papers or documents involving the practice of engineering, as defined in this chapter, when issued or filed for public record, shall be dated and bear the signature and seal of the professional engineer qualified in the appropriate branch of engineering who prepared them or under whose immediate direction they were prepared.
(b)(1) A firm desiring a certificate of authorization shall file with the board an application, using the form provided by the board, providing all the information required by the board, and also listing the names and addresses of the individual or individuals duly licensed to practice engineering in this state who shall be in responsible charge of the practice of engineering in the state through the firm, and other information, which must accompany the annual renewal fee.
(2) If there is a change in any of these persons during the year, the change shall be designated on the same form and filed with the board within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the change.
(3) If all of the requirements of this section are met, the board shall issue a certificate of authorization to the firm, and the firm may contract for and collect fees for furnishing engineering services.
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Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-30-303
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17-30-303. Authorization certificates.
(a)(1) The practice or offer to practice for others, as defined in § 17-30-101, by individuals licensed under this chapter through a firm is permitted if:
(A) The professional engineers of the firm are licensed under this chapter or are practicing under § 17-30-105; and
(B) The firm has been issued a certificate of authorization by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors under this subchapter.
(2) All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports, calculations, or other engineering papers or documents involving the practice of engineering, as defined in this chapter, when issued or filed for public record, shall be dated and bear the signature and seal of the professional engineer qualified in the appropriate branch of engineering who prepared them or under whose immediate direction they were prepared.
(b)(1) A firm desiring a certificate of authorization shall file with the board an application, using the form provided by the board, providing all the information required by the board, and also listing the names and addresses of the individual or individuals duly licensed to practice engineering in this state who shall be in responsible charge of the practice of engineering in the state through the firm, and other information, which must accompany the annual renewal fee.
(2) If there is a change in any of these persons during the year, the change shall be designated on the same form and filed with the board within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the change.
(3) If all of the requirements of this section are met, the board shall issue a certificate of authorization to the firm, and the firm may contract for and collect fees for furnishing engineering services.
(c) This chapter does not prevent a firm from performing engineering services for the firm itself or a subsidiary or an affiliate of the firm.
(d)(1) The firm shall not be relieved of responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees, officers, or partners by reason of its compliance with this section.
(2) An individual practicing engineering under this chapter shall not be relieved of responsibility for engineering services performed by reason of employment or other relationship with a firm holding an authorization certificate.
(e) A certificate of authorization shall be renewed as provided in this chapter.
(f) An engineer who gives occasional, part-time, or consulting engineering services to or for a firm shall not be designated as being responsible for the professional activities of the firm unless the engineer is an officer or owner of the firm.
(g)(1) The Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate of incorporation to an applicant or a registration as a foreign firm to a firm that includes among the objectives for which it is established any of the words “engineer”, “engineering”, or any modification or derivation thereof unless the board has issued for the applicant a certificate of authorization or a letter indicating the eligibility of the applicant to receive such a certificate.
(2) The firm applying shall supply such a certificate or letter from the board with its application for incorporation or registration.
(h) The Secretary of State shall decline to register any trade name or service mark that includes words as set forth in subsection (g) of this section or modifications or derivatives thereof in its firm name or logos except those firms holding authorization certificates issued under this section.
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17-30-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Consulting engineer” means a professional engineer whose principal occupation is the independent practice of engineering, whose livelihood is obtained by offering engineering services to the public, who serves clients as an independent fiduciary, who is devoid of public, commercial, and product affiliation that might tend to infer a conflict of interest, and who is aware of his or her public and legal responsibilities and is capable of discharging them;
(2) “Engineer-intern” means a person who under this chapter has:
(A) Qualified for an examination authorized by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors in fundamental engineering subjects; and
(B) Passed the examination;
(3)(A) “Firm” means a form of business entity that offers professional engineering services of its licensed personnel to the public.
(B) “Firm” does not include an individual licensee operating under his or her name;
(4)(A) “Practice of engineering” means a service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge in the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to services or creative work such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and design of engineering works and systems relating to the use of air, land, water, municipal and regional planning, forensic services, engineering teaching of advanced engineering subjects or related courses, engineering surveys, and the inspection of construction to assure compliance with drawings and specifications that are related to public or private service or work, concerning any utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, proc
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-30-101
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17-30-105. Exemptions.
This chapter does not prevent the practice by:
(1) Other Professions. The practice of any other legally recognized profession;
(2)Temporary Permits.
(A)(i) The practice or offer to practice of engineering by a person not a resident of or having no established place of business in this state if the person is legally qualified by licensure to practice engineering in his or her own state or country.
(ii) An applicant may temporarily provide engineering services before becoming licensed under the reciprocal and comity licensure provisions of § 17-30-302(d) by obtaining a temporary permit.
(iii) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors shall specify by rule the qualifications necessary to obtain a temporary permit.
(iv) The qualifications necessary to obtain a temporary permit shall be similar to those necessary for original licensure.
(B) An applicant for a temporary permit shall submit an application for a temporary permit and for reciprocal or comity licensure to the board in writing and, after payment of a fee established by board rule, may be granted a written permit for a definite period of time; and
(3) Employees and Subordinates. The work of an employee or a subordinate of a person holding a certificate of licensure under this chapter or an employee of a person practicing lawfully under subdivision (2) of this section if the work does not include final engineering designs or decisions and is done under the direct supervision of and verified by a person holding a certificate of licensure under this chapter or a person practicing lawfully under subdivision (2) of this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-30-105
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-30-105. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.