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From the October 2011 NSPE:
In August 2011, NCEES member licensing boards voted 60-5 to change the council's Model Law to require PEs to have responsible charge over the engineering design of buildings, structures, products, machines, processes, and systems that affect the public's health, safety, and welfare. The proposed amendment came in response to recent scrutiny of so-called industrial exemptions in state laws. These exemptions typically allow engineers employed by manufacturing businesses ot utilities to carry out engineering work without being licensed.
NCEESs action follows a unanimous vote by the NSPE House of Delegates in July to adopt a policy that recommends phasing out industrial exemptions in state licensing laws.
As the next step in the process, an NCEES committee will draft language that amends the Model Law, which serves as the engineering profession's nonbinding recommendation for how state licensing laws should be written.
In the area of education, NCEES members rejected a proposal related to a change in the Model Law that will take effect in 2020. That change will recommend that states increase the minimum education requirement for a PE license to a master's degree or equivalent.
The proposal rejected by NCEES would have allowed licensure candidates to fulfill the education requirement through a combination of approved continuing education coursework, additional experience, and mentoring.
Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC
In August 2011, NCEES member licensing boards voted 60-5 to change the council's Model Law to require PEs to have responsible charge over the engineering design of buildings, structures, products, machines, processes, and systems that affect the public's health, safety, and welfare. The proposed amendment came in response to recent scrutiny of so-called industrial exemptions in state laws. These exemptions typically allow engineers employed by manufacturing businesses ot utilities to carry out engineering work without being licensed.
NCEESs action follows a unanimous vote by the NSPE House of Delegates in July to adopt a policy that recommends phasing out industrial exemptions in state licensing laws.
As the next step in the process, an NCEES committee will draft language that amends the Model Law, which serves as the engineering profession's nonbinding recommendation for how state licensing laws should be written.
In the area of education, NCEES members rejected a proposal related to a change in the Model Law that will take effect in 2020. That change will recommend that states increase the minimum education requirement for a PE license to a master's degree or equivalent.
The proposal rejected by NCEES would have allowed licensure candidates to fulfill the education requirement through a combination of approved continuing education coursework, additional experience, and mentoring.
Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC