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NY S07149

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2020

Primary Sponsor

Toby Stavisky

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Allows engineering bachelor's degree or "substantial equivalent" to satisfy education requirements for professional engineer licensure, as determined by commissioner regulations.

  • Reduces initial professional engineer license fee from $220 to $135 and eliminates separate reexamination fees, maintaining triennial registration fee of $210.

  • Changes "intern engineer" terminology to "engineer in training" and simplifies requirements to paragraphs one, two, four, and seven of subdivision one, with examination and identification card fee of $70.

  • Removes education from waivable requirements for applicants with 15+ years of established professional standing in engineering.

  • Creates two-year window for applicants to substitute 12 years of practical engineering experience for degree and experience requirements, with up to two years of engineering study counting toward the experience requirement at the board's discretion.

Legislative Description

Relates to the education requirements for a license as a professional engineer.

Last Action

COMMITTED TO RULES

12/28/2020

Committee Referrals

Rules12/28/2020
Higher Education1/8/2020

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