New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 7206. Requirements for a license as a professional engineer

1. To qualify for a license as a professional engineer an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

2. For an identification card as an “engineer in training”, an applicant shall fulfill the requirements of paragraphs one, two, four and seven of subdivision one of this section.  The fee for examination and identification card as an “engineer in training” shall be seventy dollars.

3. On recommendation of the board, the department may waive specific requirements, except as to age, character and citizenship, in the case of applicants who are possessed of established and recognized standing in the engineering profession and who have practiced lawfully for more than fifteen years.

4. Applicants who file with the department within two years of the effective date of this subdivision an application and fee requirements pursuant to paragraphs one and eight of subdivision one of this section and who, at such time or anytime thereafter, demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that they have twelve years of practical experience in work satisfactory to the board may substitute such experience for the degree and experience requirements specified in paragraphs two and three of subdivision one of this section, provided that each full year of study in engineering satisfactory to the department may at the discretion of the board be accepted in lieu of up to two years of the required twelve years of experience.