30 Miss. Code. R. 901-9.1 - Evaluation of Experience

General, All Licensure Applicants - The Board will take the following criteria into consideration when evaluating experience:

1. Concurrent Time - Concurrent time, that is, time spent in engineering or surveying work while attending school, will be credited either as education experience or work experience, but not as both; provided, however, engineering students who complete a formal cooperative engineering education (ABET accredited) program of fifty-two (52) weeks or more will be granted six (6) months of experience credit. Engineering students who complete a formal cooperative engineering (ABET accredited) education program of at least twenty-six (26) weeks, but less than fifty-two (52) weeks, will be granted three (3) months of experience credit. No experience credit of less than three (3) months will be granted.

2. Military Experience - Military experience, to be creditable, must have been spent in engineering or surveying and of a character equivalent to that required in the civilian sector in like work.

3. Actual Work Experience for Initial (first time) Licensure Applicants

a. Qualifying professional engineering experience must be obtained under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer.

b. Qualifying professional surveying experience must be obtained under the supervision of a licensed professional surveyor.

c. With reference to Mississippi statutes 73-13-23 and 73-13-77 and Rule 11.18, applicants seeking dual licensure (both Professional Engineer and Professional Surveyor) must meet the experience requirements for each license.

d. If the experience was not obtained under the direct supervision of a licensed professional engineer or professional surveyor, then the indirect supervision must be satisfactorily explained with respect to the degree and type of supervision received.

4. Actual Work Experience for Comity Licensure Applicants

a. Professional Engineer applicants for comity licensure who have been licensed and practicing for ten (10) years or more should submit experience verification forms from prior supervisors. If these cannot be obtained, the Board will consider experience verification forms or character reference forms from Professional Engineers who are familiar with the applicant's work.

b. Professional Engineer applicants for comity licensure who have been licensed and practicing for less than ten (10) years must submit experience verification forms from Professional Engineer supervisors who had review and approval authority over the applicant's work.

c. Professional Surveyor applicants for comity licensure who have been licensed and practicing for ten (10) years or more should submit experience verification forms from prior supervisor. If these cannot be obtained, the applicant should provide a written explanation or justification for why experience verification forms from prior supervisors cannot be obtained. In such circumstances, the Board will consider experience verification forms or character reference from Professional Engineers who are familiar with the applicant's work.

d. Professional Surveyor applicants for comity licensure who have been licensed and practicing for less than ten (10) years must submit experience verification forms from Professional Surveyor supervisors who had review and approval authority over the applicant's work.

e. If the comity licensure applicant's experience cannot be verified and documented in accordance with the four (4) procedures listed above, the Board may deny licensure, or, in the alternative, may require substantial additional documentation to verify the applicant's qualifying experience to the Board's satisfaction.

5. Anticipated Work Experience for Licensure Applicants

Experience must have been completed at the time the application is submitted. Experience which is anticipated to be obtained after the submission of the application will not be considered in the evaluation. Furthermore, postdating of the application so that anticipated experience can be included is not permitted and the application will not be evaluated.

Notes

30 Miss. Code. R. 901-9.1

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-15

Amended 1/1/2020