Rules and Regulations and Statutes

Chapter IV

Registration Provisions

Section 1. Application Requirements for Engineers and Land Surveyors.

1. All individuals seeking registration as a professional engineer must possess four (4) years of experience after obtaining a bachelor's degree prior to seeking registration. Applicants seeking registration as a professional engineer, or professional land surveyor shall complete the application form. If the application does not contain space for the information to be submitted, the applicant may securely attach additional sheets to the form. In addition, all applicants shall:
   
   
   1. Arrange to have certified transcripts sent directly from the registrar of the college, university, or educational institution to the Board;
   2. Provide the names and addresses of immediate supervisors in past and present employment. Applicants who have been working in the profession in which registration is sought for ten (10) or more years shall provide the names and addresses of all immediate supervisors during the most recent ten-year period;
   3. If an applicant cannot supply the names and addresses of supervisors for at least (3) three engagements, provide to the Board a written, sworn explanation and the names and addresses of three additional references, unrelated to the applicant, at least two of whom shall be registered in the profession in which registration is sought;
   4. Execute a release authorizing the Board to investigate the applicant's education and experience credentials and good moral character and repute; and
   5. If an applicant makes no attempt to complete his application within six (6) months from the date of seeking registration, his application will be canceled with neither prejudice nor refund of fee.
      
      
2. The Board may mail or cause the applicant to mail Verification of Experience forms to an applicant's immediate supervisors at past and present employment. The Board may mail or cause the applicant to mail any required reference forms to additional references. Upon receipt of the completed forms from employers, reference letters if required, educational transcripts, and other materials required by this rule, the application will be evaluated. The applicant shall have the Verification of Experience forms and reference forms sent directly to the Board Office.
   
   
3. If the application is complete and in the proper form and the Board is satisfied that all statements on the application are true and that the applicant is eligible in all other respects to be registered in the field for which the applicant has applied, it shall certify the applicant as eligible to take the examination, or, if exempt from examination pursuant W.S. 33-29-130 , is eligible for registration. If for any reason the Board is not satisfied that all of the statements on the application are true or that the applicant is eligible in all respects for examination or registration, it may cause a further investigation to be made of the applicant. If, in the judgment of the Board, the applicant has not furnished satisfactory evidence of qualifications for examination or registration as required by these rules, it may deny the application or it may require additional data concerning the applicant's education or experience or both. The Board shall require an applicant for professional registration to have passed both the fundamentals and professional examination, unless exempt pursuant to W.S. 33-29-130. The Board may also require an applicant to submit to an additional oral or written examination if the applicant has not furnished satisfactory evidence of qualifications for registration.
   
   
4. No credit will be given for engineering work experience gained during formal education time; nor will credit be given for both land surveying and engineering for the same period of time.

Section 2. Application Requirements for In-Training Programs.

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1. In-training applicants shall complete the application.
   
   
2. If otherwise qualified, applicants for engineer-in-training and land surveyor-in-training programs will be permitted to take the fundamentals examination within the final year of an appropriate, accredited baccalaureate degree program. The applicant shall have his application form endorsed by the applicant's college dean.
   
   
3. Applicants for in-training programs who have not taken the examination pursuant to Subparagraph (b) above will be permitted to take the in-training examination after submitting to the Board specific evidence of the required amounts of education and experience, as set forth in Section 7(c) or Section 9(c) or (d) of Chapter IV of this rule. The Board will mail Verification of Experience forms and/or reference forms to the applicant's immediate supervisor(s) and previous employers/supervisors.
   
   Applicants for in-training registration must verify all educational experience by having certified transcripts sent directly from the registrar to the Board before in-training registration will be granted.
   

Section 3. Examinations; General.

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1. Examinations shall be given according to the following schedule:
   
   
   1. Fundamentals of Engineering, Fundamentals of Land Surveying - April and October;
   2. Professional Land Surveyor - April and October;
   3. Professional Engineers:
      1. Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Structural I & II - April and October;
      2. Agricultural, Control Systems, Fire Protection, Industrial, Manufacturing, Metallurgical, Mineral, Mining, Nuclear, Petroleum - October.
         
         
2. All examinations are given at the times and places determined by the Board in the months indicated in Subsection (a). Complete applications for professional registration and in-training registration must be filed with the Board by January 1st for April examinations and by July 1st for October examinations. Applications or materials received after the cutoff dates will be processed for the next Board Meeting.
   
   
3. When an applicant has paid the proper fee but is unable to take the first scheduled examination, he may request in writing, sixty (60) days prior to the examination date, an extension which will permit the applicant to take the next scheduled examination without submitting a reexamination fee. A request for an extension beyond the next scheduled examination will not be considered except for reasons of hardship, such as substantiated serious illness or absence from the country.
   
   
4. Applications for admittance to the examination may be denied by the Board for any of the following reasons:
   
   
   1. If the examination or reexamination fee is not received on or before the specified date;
   2. If an applicant fails to successfully complete all parts of the examination or examinations to which the applicant is admitted within three (3) years after taking any part of the examination or examinations;
   3. If an applicant fails to comply with any of the provisions of W.S. 33-29-127, or these rules concerning applications.
      
      
5. An applicant who fails to achieve a passing grade on an examination may apply for reexamination within two (2) years of original application date by paying the appropriate examination fee or fees. Acess and review of examinations shall be allowed only to those individuals who have failed the examination. The review shall be held not more than one year following the date of the examination. The review shall be restricted to problems attempted during the last examination. Applicants may review their examinations by making prior arrangements with the staff and paying the appropriate fee.
   
   
6. An applicant may withdraw their application for registration by written request to the Board. An approved withdrawal shall be considered a denial of an application, with neither prejudice nor refund of fee.
   
   

Section 4. Admission to the Professional Examination; Out-of-State Applicants with In-Training Status.

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An applicant for registration as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor who has successfully completed the fundamentals examination in another jurisdiction, which is equivalent to those examinations administered in Wyoming, may be admitted to take the professional examination. Proof of in-training status must be forwarded directly from the authority which administered the original examination. An applicant must further comply with all the education and experience requirements set forth in the rule dealing with the profession for which registration is sought.

Section 5. Engineering Branches Recognized.

1. The Board currently recognizes the following branches of professional engineering:
   
   
   1. Agricultural
   2. *Chemical
   3. *Civil
   4. Control Systems
   5. *Electrical
   6. Environmental
   7. Fire Protection
   8. *Industrial
   9. Manufacturing
      
   10. *Mechanical
   11. Metallurgical
       
   12. Mineral
       
   13. Mining
       
   14. Nuclear
       
   15. Petroleum
       
   16. Structural I & II
       

   * Five (5) major disciplines

2. An applicant must submit a separate application and application fee for each branch for which application is made. An applicant who wishes to change the branch of engineering after the application has been evaluated shall submit the request in writing and pay an additional application fee.
   
   
3. An applicant will be registered only in the branch in which the examination has been successfully completed.
   

Section 6. Engineer-in-Training Registration Requirements.

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1. An applicant for engineer-in-training registration shall be of good moral character and repute, and
   
   
2. Have earned a bachelor degree in an engineering curriculum or currently be enrolled in an engineering curriculum and within thirty (30) semester credit hours of graduation, approved by the Board. To qualify for admission to the fundamentals examination on the basis of education, an applicant must be a graduate of a four-year engineering degree program accredited at the time of graduation by the Engineering Accredited Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). If an applicant is a graduate of an unaccredited four-year engineering degree program, the Board shall evaluate the curriculum to determine whether it is substantially equivalent to an ABET accredited curriculum. If the curriculum is determined to be substantially equivalent, the applicant shall qualify for admission to the fundamentals examination.
   
   
3. An applicant shall take and pass the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination with a minimum score determined by the Board. The fundamentals examination is administered by the Board and consists of the following:
   • Fundamentals of Engineering (provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying) - 8 hours.

Section 7. Engineer Registration Requirements.

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1. An applicant for registration as a professional engineer shall be of good moral character and repute, be registered as an engineer-in-training pursuant to W.S. 33-29-125 and meet the examination and other requirements of this rule.
   
   
2. An applicant shall have been actively engaged in the practice of engineering for at least an additional four (4) years beyond that required for registration as an engineer-in-training, of which a maximum of one year may be credited for post graduate engineering education. Work experience credited toward the four-year active engagement requirement shall be directly related to the applicant's branch of engineering and of a character satisfactory to the Board, which ordinarily should be under the direct supervision of a registered professional engineer.
   
   
3. An applicant who has graduated from a four-year engineering degree program in engineering, accredited by ABET or an equivalent organization at the time of graduation, and who has been actively engaged in engineering practice of a character satisfactory to the Board for at least twenty (20) years after graduation, is exempt from the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination upon Board approval.
   
   
4. An applicant shall take and pass the professional engineer examination offered in engineering with a minimum score determined by the Board. The professional examinations are administered by the Board and consist of the following:
   
   
   1. Agricultural, Chemical, Civil, Control Systems, Electrical, Environmental, Fire Protection, Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Mineral, Mining, Nuclear, Petroleum, and Structural I & II;
      • Principles and Practice (provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying) - 8 hours.
        
        
   2. Structural engineers;
      • Structural I and II - (provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying) - 8 hours each.

Section 8. Engineer Registration Without Examination.

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1. An applicant who holds a valid registration in another state, jurisdiction, territory, or country may be granted registration without examination, provided the applicant submits evidence acceptable to the Board that the education, experience, and examination requirements under which registered in the original jurisdiction were substantially identical to or greater than those existing in Wyoming at the time of the applicant's original registration.
   
   
2. For purposes of this rule, "evidence acceptable to the Board" shall mean a completed application as described in Section 1 of this Chapter and including registration documentation forwarded directly to the Board from the registration authority on Verification of Registration forms provided by the Board, or in the case of a National Council Record Book, on such forms as the issuing bureau may require. Such registration documentation shall contain information concerning the requirements in force at the time the candidate was originally registered, the method of registration including examination results, cutoff scores, engineering branch, the date of original registration and the current status of the registration.
   
   
3. An applicant who is currently registered in another state or jurisdiction of the United States and submits materials to support comity registration as indicated in paragraph (a) of this section, including specifically, demonstration of an ABET/EAC engineering bachelor's degree, passing scores on the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering and Principles and Practice Examinations, and at least four (4) years of qualifying experience, may be registered in Wyoming without examination. Such registration may be done by the Executive Director with ratification by the Board at the next regular meeting.

Section 9. Land Surveyor-in-Training Registration Requirements.

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1. An applicant for land surveyor-in-training registration shall be of good moral character and repute, and
   
   
2. Have a bachelor of science degree in a land surveying or engineering curriculum approved by the Board which curriculum included at least (30) thirty semester credit hours in surveying, mapping and other courses approved by the Board, or
   
   
3. Have an associate degree in surveying technology in a curriculum accredited at the time of graduation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology or otherwise approved by the Board plus four years of combined office and field experience in land surveying, of which two (2) years shall have been in charge of boundary land surveying projects under the supervision of a registered land surveyor.
   
   
4. The applicant shall take and pass the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination with a minimum score determined by the Board. The fundamentals examination is administered by the Board and consists of the following:
   • Fundamentals of Land Surveying (provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying) - 8 hours.

Section 10. Land Surveyor Registration Requirements.

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1. An applicant for registration as a professional land surveyor shall be of good moral character and repute, be registered as a land surveyor-in-training pursuant to W.S. 33-29-125, and meet the examination and other requirements of this rule. The applicant must also be proficient in boundary land surveying.
   
   
2. An applicant shall have been actively engaged in the practice of land surveying for at least an additional four (4) years beyond that required for registration as a land surveyor-in-training, of which a maximum of one year may be credited for post graduate land surveying education experience on other than boundary surveying projects. Work experience credited toward the four (4) year active engagement requirement shall be of a character satisfactory to the Board, and ordinarily should be under the direct supervision of a registered professional land surveyor.
   
   
3. The applicant shall take and pass the professional land surveyor examination with a minimum score determined by the Board. The land surveyor examination is administered by the Board and consists of the following:
   
   
   1. Principles and Practice (provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying) - 6 hours
   2. Wyoming Land Surveying Examination (provided by Wyoming) - 2 hours
   3. Wyoming Land Surveying Take-Home Examination (provided by Wyoming)
      
      
4. An applicant who holds a valid registration in another state, jurisdiction, territory, or country may be considered for registration provided the applicant submits evidence acceptable to the Board that the education, experience, and examination requirements under which the applicant was registered in the original jurisdiction were substantially identical to or greater than those existing in Wyoming at the time of the applicant's original registration. Said applicant, if approved by the Board, may be required to take and pass the Wyoming examinations, as described in Subsection (c) of this section, of the professional land surveyor examination with a minimum score determined by the Board.
   
   
5. For purposes of this rule, "evidence acceptable to the Board" shall mean a completed application as described in Section 1 of this Chapter and including registration documentation forwarded directly to the Board from the registration authority on Verification of Registration forms provided by the Board, or in the case of a National Council Record Book, on such forms as the issuing bureau may require. Such registration documentation shall contain information concerning the requirements in force at the time the candidate was originally registered, the method of registration including examination results, cutoff scores, the date of original registration and the current status of the registration.

Section 11. Land Surveyor Registration Without Examination.

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1. An applicant who holds a valid registration in another state, jurisdiction, territory, or country may be granted registration without examination, provided the applicant submits evidence acceptable to the Board that the education, experience, and examination requirements under which the applicant was registered in the original jurisdiction were substantially identical to or greater than those existing in Wyoming at the time of the applicant's original registration.
   
   
2. For purposes of this rule, "evidence acceptable to the Board" shall mean a completed application as described in Section 1 of this Chapter and including registration documentation forwarded directly to the Board from the registration authority on Verification of Registration forms provided by the Board, or in the case of a National Council Record Book, on such forms as the issuing bureau may require. Such registration documentation shall contain information concerning the requirements in force at the time the candidate was originally registered, the method of registration including examination results, cutoff scores, the date of original registration and the current status of the registration.
   
   
3. An applicant who is registered in another state may be registered in Wyoming without the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying Examination, if the Board determines that the applicant is qualified for registration. The Board may take action during a regularly scheduled meeting or a conference call. If the Board meets by conference call, its' decision must be ratified at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Christine Turk
Executive Director
2424 Pioneer Avenue, Suite 400
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
307-777-6155
cturk@wyoming.com

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