Ala. Admin. Code r. 330-X-15-.01

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 330-X-15-.01 - Requirements

(1) Section 34-11-9, Code of Ala. 1975, provides that a firm, company, partnership, or corporation may engage or offer to engage in the practice of professional engineering or professional land surveying; provided, the managing agent of the corporation or firm or partners of the partnership and all personnel of the corporation, partnership, or firm who act in its behalf as professional engineers or professional land surveyors in this state are licensed as provided by Title 34, Chapter 11 of the Code of Ala. 1975, and further provided, that the corporation, partnership, or firm has been issued a certificate of authorization by the Board.

(2) In order to be considered eligible for a certificate of authorization (CA), every firm, partnership, or corporation or other entity which performs engineering or land surveying services in the State of Alabama, shall have a resident licensed professional engineer or licensed professional land surveyor as the case may be, who exercises direct control and personal supervision of the engineering or land surveying work for each separate office or branch office in which engineering or land surveying services are performed or offered to be performed. The resident engineer or land surveyor shall be an employee of the firm, corporation, partnership, or association or other entity, engaged in the practice of engineering or land surveying, designated in the CA for the branch office. The managing agent and the designated resident engineer or land surveyor shall only be for one business location.

(3) An engineer or land surveyor who renders occasional or part-time engineering or surveying services to or for a firm may not be designated as being the managing agent of the professional activities of the firm or as being the resident engineer or land surveyor designated in the CA for the branch office.

(4) The managing agent is responsible for notifying the Board within 30 days of any change in the firm name, address, managing agent, or resident engineer or land surveyor during the year.

(5) In the event of a change in the managing agent, the firm cannot perform engineering or land surveying services until such time as a new managing agent is identified to the Board.

(6) In the event of a change in the CA designated branch office resident engineer or land surveyor, engineering or land surveying services cannot be offered or performed from that office location until such time as a new resident engineer or land surveyor is identified to the Board.

(7) Failure by the firm or managing agent to provide notification within 30 days may result in a temporary suspension of the certificate and the certificate will remain suspended until such time as the requirements are met.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 330-X-15-.01

Filed September 22, 1982. Amended: Filed November 14, 1984. Amended: Filed September 13, 1994; effective October 18, 1994. Amended: Filed September 23, 1998; effective October 28, 1998. Repealed and New Rule: Filed December 15, 2004; effective January 19, 2005. Amended: Filed June 22, 2012; effective July 27, 2012.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXII, Issue No. 11, August 29, 2014, eff. 9/3/2014.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 02, November 30, 2018, eff. 12/31/2018.

Author: Rick Huett (Executive Director), Bonnie Kelly and Griffin Pritchard, Alabama State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-11-9, 34-11-35.