Again, I would like to thank everyone for their comments. I found the NY website:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/pe.htm
It does a pretty thorough job of explaining the requirements for doing engineering consulting. It appears you do need a PE to call yourself an engineer. There are exceptions for...
enginerding,
I had reviewed the website you mentioned. The term engineering is the real problem. As an electrical engineer most of what I do does not require a PE license. Most products are tested by a 3rd party such as UL.
Twoballcane,
None of us are PEs and we don't want to hire someone...
Hello Patrick,
Thanks for the advice. That is the same section of the New York Statue we read and interpreted it pretty much the same way you did. I sent an email to the state board and I'm waiting for a reply. I also emailed the small business development center here in the Albany area. They...
Thanks David.
This seems to be a pretty standard response. It's not very clear. Even after reading the law here in New York I still can not interpret the law. I guess we will ahve to break down and talk to a lawyer. I'll try to post a response after I talk to him. Obviously, it would not be...
We are trying to form an Engineering Consulting/Design Company in New York. We would like to form an LLC. We have read the NY laws and you could interpret the law as defining the profession of engineering as performing any design where someone could get injured. We would like to do basic...
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