SF 417

2nd Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/11/2015 09:38am

A bill for an act
relating to professional engineers; clarifying licensing requirements; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326.02, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Practice of professional engineering.

(a) Any person shall be deemed to
be practicing professional engineering within the meaning of sections 326.02 to 326.15
who holds out as being able to perform or who does perform any technical professional
service, such as planning, design or observation of construction for the purpose of
assuring compliance with specifications and design, in connection with any public or
private structures, buildings, utilities, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects
wherein the public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health, or property is concerned
or involved, when such professional service requires the application of the principles of
mathematics and the physical and applied engineering sciences, acquired by education
or training, and by experience.

(b) No person other than one licensed under sections 326.02 to 326.15 as a
professional engineer may:

(1) use the term "professional engineer";

(2) use any other abbreviation or term, including the initials "P.E." or "PE" by
signature, verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or similar means that would
lead the public to believe that the person was a professional engineer; or

(3) use any means or in any other way make a representation that would lead the
public to believe that the person was a professional engineer.

new text begin (c) A professional engineering license satisfies any requirements by the state or its
political subdivisions to perform any actions authorized under the professional engineering
license. A person licensed as a professional engineer under sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall
only be required to obtain a license, certification, or other form of approval for a skill or
service in addition to a professional engineering license if the state or political subdivision
has made an affirmative written determination in statute, rule, or ordinance that such
additional license or certification is necessary to safeguard life, health, or property,
or promote the public welfare. This section does not preclude the state or a political
subdivision from including additional requirements when soliciting public contracts for
engineering services. This paragraph does not apply to practice areas where licenses or
certifications are required prior to August 1, 2015.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2015.
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