Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 7-1-2 - Definitions2.1. "ABET" means ABET, Inc., formally known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.2.2. "ABET/TAC" means the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc., formally known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.2.3. "Board" means the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.2.4. "COA" means Certificate of Authorization, which is a document required and issued in accordance with § 7-1-11 of these rules.2.5. "College/Unit Semester/Quarter Hour" means the credit given for courses in an ABET approved program or other Board-approved courses approved in accordance with § 7-1-10 of these rules.2.6. "Comity Applicant" means a person who is applying to become a registered PE in West Virginia and is currently in possession of a PE registration or certificate of licensure issued by a proper authority of a jurisdiction other than West Virginia.2.7. "EI" means a certified Engineer Intern, who is a person who has been certified as such by this Board after having met the qualifications set forth in W. Va. Code § 30-13-13 and these rules.2.8. "FE" means the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination.2.9. "Foreign Degree Applicant" means a person applying for certification or registration who received a Baccalaureate degree in Engineering from a non-ABET accredited foreign institution outside of the United States.2.10. "Firm" means a firm, corporation, partnership, joint stock association, private practitioner employing others, or sole proprietor employing no one but himself/herself which practices or offers to practice engineering.2.11."Initial license" means obtaining a license in West Virginia for the practice of engineering for the first time.2.12. "License" or "licensure" means the official authorization by the Board to engage in the practice of or the offering of engineering in the state.2.13. "Low-income individual" means an individual in the local labor market as defined in W. Va. Code § 21-1C-2, whose household adjusted gross income is below 130 percent of the federal poverty line. This term also includes any person enrolled in a state or federal public assistance program including, but not limited to, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF), Medicaid, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).2.14. "Military families" means any person who serves as an active member of the armed forces of the United States, the National Guard, or a reserve component as described in 38 U. S. C. § 101, honorably discharged veterans of those forces, and their spouses. This term also includes surviving spouses of deceased service members who have not remarried.2.15. "NCEES" means the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.2.16. "PDH" means a Professional Development Hour, which is one contact hour of instruction or presentation designed to keep a professional engineer current in his or her branch/discipline.2.17. "PE" means a registrant or registered Professional Engineer, who is a person who has passed the PE exam and is an acronym used after an engineer's name to indicate he or she is a registered engineer with the Board.2.18. "PE exam" means the Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination.2.19. "Registrant" means a PE.2.20. "Satisfactory" means that which a reasonable person would find acceptable for purposes of applying to the Board for licensure.2.21. "Status" refers to the designation of a current or former registrant, including the designations of nonpracticing status set forth in W. Va. Code § 30-13-13a.2.22."Unreversed", as that term refers to a criminal conviction, means that a conviction has not been set aside, vacated, pardoned, or expunged.