Utah State Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing

58-22-302. Qualifications for licensure.

1. Each applicant for licensure as a professional engineer shall:
   
   
   1. submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
   2. pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2;
   3. provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
   4. have graduated and received an earned bachelors or masters degree from an engineering program meeting criteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; or
   5. have completed the Transportation Engineering Technology and Fundamental Engineering College Program prior to July 1, 1998, under the direction of the Utah Department of Transportation and as certified by the Utah Department of Transportation;
   6. have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board;
   7. have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; and
   8. meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
      
      
2. Each applicant for licensure as a professional structural engineer shall:
   
   
   1. submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
   2. pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2;
   3. provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
   4. have graduated and received an earned bachelors or masters degree from an engineering program meeting criteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board;
   5. have successfully completed three years of licensed professional engineering experience established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board;
   6. have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; and
   7. meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
      
      
3. Each applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall:
   
   
   1. submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
   2. pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2;
   3. provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
   4. have graduated and received an earned associates, bachelors, or masters degree from a land surveying program, or an equivalent land surveying program, established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; or
   5. have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience in land surveying established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board;
   6. have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience in land surveying established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board, which experience is in addition to any experience obtained in Subsection (3)(e);
   7. have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; and
   8. meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
      
      
4. Each applicant for licensure by endorsement shall:
   
   
   1. submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
   2. pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2;
   3. provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
   4. submit satisfactory evidence of:
      
      
      1. current licensure in good standing in a jurisdiction recognized by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; and
      2. have successfully passed any examination established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; and
      3. full-time employment as a licensed professional engineer, professional structural engineer, or professional land surveyor as a principal for at least five of the last seven years immediately preceding the date of the application; and
         
         
   5. meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of evaluating the applicant's qualifications for license.

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David Fairhurst
Board Administrator
P.O. Box 146741
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-6741
801-530-6628
dfairhur@br.state.ut.us

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