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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) An applicant for licensure as a professional engineer shall satisfactorily complete the engineering fundamentals examination and become certified as an engineer intern and subsequently show evidence of experience satisfactory to the board to prepare him for the engineering principles and practice examination.
(b)(1) An applicant for the engineer intern certificate shall show satisfactory evidence of:
(i) graduation from an approved engineering curriculum of four or more years; or
(ii) eight or more years of progressive experience in engineering work and knowledge, skill and education approximating that attained through graduation from an approved engineering curriculum.
(2) An engineering student who has completed two or more years of an approved program in engineering may, subject to board approval, sit for the examination; but the student shall not be eligible for certification until the student shows proof of graduation.
(3) An applicant who satisfactorily completes the examination in engineering fundamentals shall be certified as an engineer intern without time limitation and may remain certified until such time as the applicant becomes licensed under this act as a professional engineer.
(c) An applicant who is a certified engineer intern may apply for licensure and shall pass the examination in engineering principles and practice. To qualify for the principles and practice examination, an applicant shall, in addition to holding the engineer intern certificate, show satisfactory proof of:
(1) four or more years of progressive experience in engineering work performed under the supervision of a professional engineer or a similarly qualified engineer of a grade and character to qualify the applicant to assume responsible charge of the work involved in the practice of engineering; or
(2) four or more years of progressive teaching experience in an approved curriculum under the supervision of a professional engineer or a similarly qualified engineer of a grade or character to qualify the applicant to assume responsible charge of the work involved in the practice of engineering.
(d) The board may grant one year of experience credit for each postbaccalaureate engineering degree earned by applicants for licensure, not to exceed two years, provided that:
(1) the degree is from an engineering program approved by the board;
(2) the degree is in the same discipline as an earned undergraduate degree; and
(3) the academic time is not concurrent with earned experience.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) § 151.2. Procedure for licensing as professional engineer - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-63-ps-professions-and-occupations-state-licensed/pa-st-sect-63-151-2/
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