Ala. Admin. Code r. 330-X-15-.01 - Requirements
(1) Section
34-11-9,
Code of Ala. 1975, provides that a firm, company,
partnership, or corporation may engage or offer to engage in the practice of
professional engineering or professional land surveying; provided, the managing
agent of the corporation or firm or partners of the partnership and all
personnel of the corporation, partnership, or firm who act in its behalf as
professional engineers or professional land surveyors in this state are
licensed as provided by Title 34, Chapter 11 of the Code of Ala.
1975, and further provided, that the corporation, partnership, or
firm has been issued a certificate of authorization by the Board.
(2) In order to be considered eligible for a
certificate of authorization (CA), every firm, partnership, or corporation or
other entity which performs engineering or land surveying services in the State
of Alabama, shall have a resident licensed professional engineer or licensed
professional land surveyor as the case may be, who exercises direct control and
personal supervision of the engineering or land surveying work for each
separate office or branch office in which engineering or land surveying
services are performed or offered to be performed. The resident engineer or
land surveyor shall be an employee of the firm, corporation, partnership, or
association or other entity, engaged in the practice of engineering or land
surveying, designated in the CA for the branch office. The managing agent and
the designated resident engineer or land surveyor shall only be for one
business location.
(3) An engineer
or land surveyor who renders occasional or part-time engineering or surveying
services to or for a firm may not be designated as being the managing agent of
the professional activities of the firm or as being the resident engineer or
land surveyor designated in the CA for the branch office.
(4) The managing agent is responsible for
notifying the Board within 30 days of any change in the firm name, address,
managing agent, or resident engineer or land surveyor during the
year.
(5) In the event of a change
in the managing agent, the firm cannot perform engineering or land surveying
services until such time as a new managing agent is identified to the
Board.
(6) In the event of a change
in the CA designated branch office resident engineer or land surveyor,
engineering or land surveying services cannot be offered or performed from that
office location until such time as a new resident engineer or land surveyor is
identified to the Board.
(7)
Failure by the firm or managing agent to provide notification within 30 days
may result in a temporary suspension of the certificate and the certificate
will remain suspended until such time as the requirements are met.
Notes
Author: Rick Huett (Executive Director), Bonnie Kelly and Griffin Pritchard, Alabama State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยงยง 34-11-9, 34-11-35.
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