PRINTER'S NO. 1391
No. 1197 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, JUNE 14, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, JUNE 14, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act relating to and regulating the practice of
3 the profession of engineering; including civil engineering,
4 mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mining
5 engineering, chemical engineering, surveying and constituent
6 parts and combinations thereof as herein defined; providing
7 for the licensing and registration of persons practicing said
8 profession, and the certification of engineers in training,
9 and the suspension and revocation of said licenses,
10 registrations and certifications for violation of this act;
11 prescribing the powers and duties of the State Registration
12 Board for Professional Engineers, the Department of State and
13 the courts; prescribing penalties; and repealing existing
14 laws," further providing for the status of certain existing
15 professional engineers.
16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18 Section 1. Section 10 of the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913,
19 No.367), known as the Professional Engineers Registration Law,
20 amended December 13, 1979 (P.L.534, No.120), is amended to read:
21 Section 10. Status of Existing Licensees and Registrants
22 Preserved.--Any person, licensed or legally authorized to
23 practice as a professional engineer or surveyor in this
24 Commonwealth at the time this act takes effect, shall thereafter
1 continue to possess the same rights and privileges with respect
2 to the practice of engineering or land surveying without being
3 required to be licensed anew under the provisions of this act,
4 subject, however, to the following:
5 (a) Any person licensed to practice as a professional
6 engineer at the time of the effective date of this act, upon
7 application to the board within [two] five years of the
8 effective date of this act, shall be granted a certificate of
9 registration to practice land surveying.
10 (b) All actions shall be subject to the power of the board
11 as provided in this act to suspend or revoke the license of any
12 such person for any of the causes set forth in this act, and
13 subject to the power of the board to require any such person to
14 register biennially with the board as provided in this act.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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