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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 12. Professions and Occupations § 12-120-213. Qualifications for professional engineer

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Repealed by Laws 2024, Ch. 342 (H.B. 24-1329), § 7, eff. Aug. 7, 2024.

(2)(a) An applicant may qualify for licensing as a professional engineer by graduation, experience, and examination if the applicant passes the appropriate examination as adopted by the board in accordance with section 12-120-104(2)(b).

(b) In order to be admitted to the examination pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, the applicant must:

(I)(A) Have graduated from a board-approved engineering curriculum of four or more years; and

(B) Have eight years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part; and

(C) Have been enrolled as an engineer-intern in this state; or

(II)(A) Have graduated from a board-approved engineering technology curriculum of four or more years; and

(B) Have ten years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part; and

(C) Have been enrolled as an engineer-intern in this state; or

(III)(A) Have graduated from an engineering curriculum of four or more years not approved by the board or from a related science curriculum of four or more years; and

(B) Have ten years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part; and

(C) Have been enrolled as an engineer-intern in this state; or

(IV)(A) Have graduated from an engineering curriculum of four or more years or from a related science curriculum of four or more years; and

(B) Have twenty years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part.

(c) Upon passing the examination and the submission of evidence of experience satisfactory to the board, the applicant shall be licensed as a professional engineer if the applicant is otherwise qualified pursuant to section 12-120-212.

(3)(a) An applicant may qualify for licensing as a professional engineer by experience and examination if the applicant passes the appropriate examination as adopted by the board in accordance with section 12-120-104(2)(b).

(b) In order to be admitted to the examination pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section, the applicant must:

(I) Have twelve years of progressive engineering experience, of which educational study may be a part; and

(II) Have been enrolled as an engineer-intern in this state.

(c) Upon passing the examination and the submission of evidence of experience satisfactory to the board, the applicant shall be licensed as a professional engineer if the applicant is otherwise qualified pursuant to section 12-120-212.

(4)(a) A professional engineer who has been duly licensed to practice engineering in this state and who is over sixty-five years of age, upon application, may be classified as a retired professional engineer. Individuals who are so classified shall lose their licensure, shall not practice engineering, and shall pay a fee to retain retired professional engineer status.

(b)(I) A retired professional engineer shall be reinstated to the status of a professional engineer upon payment of the renewal fee. No other fee shall be assessed against the retired professional engineer as a penalty.

(II) For any professional engineer who has been retired for two or more years, the board may require reexamination unless the board is satisfied of the retired professional engineer's continued competence.

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