[SI-LIST] Re: when is a PE license required?
- From: "Curt McNamara" <CurtM@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rsefton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:51:44 -0500
The best bet is to call the State Board in California.
In Minnesota and in many other states you are required to
have a P.E. if you advertise yourself as an engineer. If=20
you advertise yourself as a consultant or designer then
the requirements come from the type of work. For example,
design of any commercial wiring requires a P.E. license.
Curt
http://www.dca.ca.gov/pels/
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On Behalf Of Robert Sefton
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:44 PM
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Subject: [SI-LIST] when is a PE license required?
Sorry for the off-topic question, but there are a lot of consultants on
this list who may know the answer. I've heard and read conflicting
information about when a practicing engineer must be licensed by the
state as a Professional Engineer (PE). In California this is covered by
the 2005 Professional Engineers Act, which can be downloaded here:
http://www.dca.ca.gov/pels/laws.htm
The consensus among people I talk to is that in California the PE
requirement only comes into play when building bridges, buildings, etc.
But that's not clearly stated in the PE Act, at least as far as I can
gleen. There is some verbage about who can claim the title "Engineer",
but that's a different question than what kind of work actually requires
a PE license. I know a consultant in New Jersey who does FPGA and DSP
consulting who was informed by the state that a licensed PE was required
to be on staff for him to offer his services to the public. So this
person had to either get his PE license (which he did), hire a PE, or
quit consulting in New Jersey. I have never heard of this happening in
California, but maybe the law is just not enforced here. Does anyone
know exactly when a PE license is required in California to sell
electronics-related consulting services outside of the construction
field?
Thanks,
Bob Sefton
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