DE HB369

Defines "successor professional engineer" as a licensed engineer who assumes responsible charge of a project or portion thereof and uses or relies upon work previously sealed by another professional engineer.

Successor engineers may only assume responsible charge when qualified by education or experience in the relevant areas of professional engineering.

Requires successor professional engineers to notify the previous engineer in responsible charge via certified mail or verifiable communication, though previous engineer approval is not required.

Successor professional engineers must perform sufficient review and calculation to ensure all standards of practice are met and assume full professional responsibility by signing and sealing assumed documents.

Clarifies that professional engineers using work such as geotechnical reports, soil investigations, legal surveys, or work by qualified associates and consultants are not considered successor engineers and may seal documents for the total project.