La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXI-1101

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXI-1101 - Approved Curricula

A. The board shall determine which curricula are to be recognized under the provisions of the licensure law as approved curricula for the certification and licensure of individuals as engineer interns, professional engineers, land surveyor interns, and professional land surveyors.

B. In general, the board will recognize as approved all accredited engineering curricula of four years or more. The board may recognize as approved an engineering curriculum that was not accredited at the time of the applicant's graduation, but which became accredited within the following two years.

C. Based on an investigation by a committee of the board, the board may, by a majority vote at a regular meeting, recognize as an approved curriculum a non-accredited engineering curriculum of four years or more from a school of satisfactory standing that does not meet the specifications of §1101. B The board shall keep a record of the engineering curricula thus approved.

D. To qualify for certification as an engineer intern pursuant to §901.A.2 or §901.A 3, a graduate of a non-accredited engineering or related science or engineering technology curriculum must submit to the board an evaluation of the curriculum prepared by a board-approved education credential evaluation service.

E. In general, the board will recognize as approved all accredited land surveying curricula of four years or more. The board may recognize as approved a land surveying curriculum that was not accredited at the time of the applicant's graduation, but which became accredited within the following two years.

F. Based on an investigation by a committee of the board, the board may, by a majority vote at a regular meeting, recognize as an approved curriculum a nonaccredited land surveying curriculum of four years or more from a school of satisfactory standing that does not meet the specifications of §1101.E The board shall keep a record of the land surveying curricula thus approved.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXI-1101

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, LR 5:113 (May 1979), amended LR 5:365 (November 1979), LR 7:646 (December 1981), LR 10:805 (October 1984), LR 19:57 (January 1993), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board, LR 27:1029 (July 2001), LR 30:1713 (August 2004), Amended LR 44618 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 4577 (1/1/2019), Amended LR 47495 (4/1/2021).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:688.