Requirements for professional license

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Wyoming Code › Title 33 › Chapter 29 › Section 33-29-403

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(a) An applicant for a license as a professional engineer who has not graduated from a doctoral curriculum in engineering approved by the board shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board showing that the applicant:

(i) Is possessed of a background that does not evidence conduct adverse to the practice of engineering or to the ability to practice engineering;

(ii) Has passed an examination in the principles and practice of engineering; and

(iii) Has one (1) of the following:

(A) Has met the requirements for an engineer intern certificate and has four (4) years of engineering experience in increasing responsibility and scope of a grade and character that evidence the applicant is competent to practice as a professional engineer; or

(B) Has graduated from a curriculum approved by the board of at least four (4) years and has been actively engaged in engineering practice of a character satisfactory to the board for at least ten (10) years after graduation.

(b) An applicant for a license as a professional engineer who has graduated from a doctoral curriculum in engineering approved by the board shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board showing that the applicant:

(i) Is possessed of a background that does not evidence conduct adverse to the practice of engineering or to the ability to practice engineering;

(ii) Has passed any examinations required by rule of the board to establish competence at a professional level in Wyoming licensing laws and professional ethics; and

(iii) Has four (4) years of engineering experience in increasing responsibility and scope of a grade and character

that evidence the applicant is competent to practice as a professional engineer.

(c) An applicant for a license as a professional land surveyor shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board showing that the applicant:

(i) Is possessed of a background that does not evidence conduct adverse to the practice of land surveying or to the ability to practice land surveying;

(ii) Has passed the examination in the principles and practice of land surveying;

(iii) Has met the requirements for a land surveyor intern certificate; and

(iv) Has four (4) years of land surveying experience in increasing responsibility and scope of a grade and character that evidence the applicant is competent to practice as a professional land surveyor. This experience shall be in addition to that described in W.S. 33-29-402(b)(iii).

(d) The board may by rule and regulation modify the requirements of this section as they relate to the licensure of a member of the faculty of the University of Wyoming teaching upper division engineering or land surveying courses.

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