22 Tex. Admin. Code § 137.55 - Engineers Shall Protect the Public
(a)
Engineers shall be entrusted to protect the health, safety, property, and
welfare of the public in the practice of their profession. The public as used
in this section and other rules is defined as any individual(s), client(s),
business or public entities, or any member of the general population whose
normal course of life might reasonably include an interaction of any sort with
the engineering work of the license holder.
(b) Engineers shall not perform any
engineering function which, when measured by generally accepted engineering
standards or procedures, is reasonably likely to result in the endangerment of
lives, health, safety, property, or welfare of the public. Any act or conduct
which constitutes incompetence or gross negligence, or a criminal violation of
law, constitutes misconduct and shall be censurable by the board.
(c) Engineers shall first notify involved
parties of any engineering decisions or practices that might endanger the
health, safety, property or welfare of the public. When, in an engineer's
judgment, any risk to the public remains unresolved, that engineer shall report
any fraud, gross negligence, incompetence, misconduct, unethical or illegal
conduct to the board or to proper civil or criminal authorities.
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