Section 430-RICR-00-00-1.2 - DefinitionsA. In addition to the terms defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-2, for the purposes of this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:1. "ABET" means the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.2. "Board" means the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, established by R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-1, or, when the context permits, to the relevant Administration or personnel thereof.3. "COA" means Certificate of Authorization.4. "Department" means the Department of Business Regulation.5. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Business Regulation.6. "Division" or "Division of Building, Design and Fire Professionals" means the administrative division of the Department of Business Regulation as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-84.7. "EAC" means the Engineering Accreditation Commission, which is part of ABET. See the definition of "Accredited Program" in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-2.8. "Engineer" means as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws 5-8-2.9. "ETAC" means the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission, which is part of ABET. See the definition of "Accredited Program" in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-2.10. "EIT," or "Engineer-in-Training" means as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-2.11. "Experience of a grade and character satisfactory to the Board" means with respect to licensure requirements experience under the supervision of a professional engineer who is registered in any US jurisdiction that indicates to the Board that the applicant is competent to practice engineering.12. "FE exam" means the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam administered by NCEES.13. "Firm" means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership or sole proprietorship that practices or offers to practice engineering as described by R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-24.14. "In responsible charge," as applied to the Professional Engineer, means a Registrant of the Board who exerts direct control and personal supervision over all activities associated with and defined as engineering. An engineer in responsible charge must also exert and have authority to supervise all such regulated activities by the firm with whom he or she is employed or associated with.15. "NCEES" means the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.16. "Practice of engineering" means as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-2. It includes: a. Any service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such services or creative work as consultation, investigation, expert technical testimony, evaluation, planning, design and design coordination of engineering works and systems, teaching of advanced engineering subjects, performing evaluation surveys and studies, and the review and/or management of construction for the purpose of monitoring and/or ensuring compliance with drawings and specifications; any of which embraces such services or work, either public or private, in connection with any utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work systems, projects, communication systems, transportation systems, and industrial or consumer products, or equipment of a control systems, communications, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, environmental, or thermal nature, insofar as they involve safeguarding life, health, or property, and including such other professional services as may be necessary to the planning, progress, and completion of any engineering services.b. "Design coordination" includes the review and coordination of those technical submissions prepared by others, including as appropriate and without limitation, consulting engineers, architects, landscape architects, surveyors, and other professionals working under the direction of the engineer.17. "PE exam" means the Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam administered by NCEES.18. "Professional engineer" means as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-2.19. "Registrant" or "Licensee" means any person, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other legal entity holding a license, registration or certificate issued by the Board.20. "Rules of procedure" means the Department of Business Regulation's Rules of Procedure for Administrative Hearings, 230-RICR-10-00-2.430 R.I. Code R. 430-RICR-00-00-1.2
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