Professional Engineers' Registration Act
Washington · Businesses and Professions · §§ 18.43.010 to 18.43.900 · 22 sections
Overview
This act governs the practice of professional engineering, establishing a state board of registration and requiring engineers to be registered before offering or performing engineering services. It sets the qualifications, application, examination, and fee requirements for obtaining a certificate of registration, provides for seals, renewal, continuing professional development, retired status, and recognition of out-of-state registrants and applicable military training or experience. It also defines prohibited conduct and unprofessional practice, empowers the board to discipline registrants and to reinstate certificates, exempts certain services from its requirements, and prescribes penalties for violations.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 25 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 81 Wash. 2d 528 - Yakima Fruit & Cold Storage Co. v. Central Heating & Plumbing Co.
Sections covered
- RCW 18.43.010General provisions.7 cites
- RCW 18.43.020Definitions.3 cites
- RCW 18.43.030Board of registration—Members—Terms—Qualifications—Compensation and travel expenses.1 cite
- RCW 18.43.033Pro tem board members—Limits—Duties.
- RCW 18.43.035Bylaws—Employees—Rules—Periodic reports and roster.
- RCW 18.43.040Registration requirements.2 cites
- RCW 18.43.050Application—Registration fees.
- RCW 18.43.060Examinations.
- RCW 18.43.070Certificates and seals.
- RCW 18.43.075Retired status certificate.
- RCW 18.43.080Expiration and renewals of certificates—Fees—Continuing professional development.
- RCW 18.43.100Registration of out-of-state applicants—Waiver.
- RCW 18.43.105Disciplinary action—Prohibited conduct, acts, conditions.7 cites
- RCW 18.43.110Discipline of registrant—Board's power—Unprofessional conduct—Reissuance of certificate of registration.4 cites
- RCW 18.43.120Violations and penalties.1 cite
- RCW 18.43.130Excepted services—Fees.
- RCW 18.43.150Fees—Duty of board to set—Disposition.
- RCW 18.43.170Registration suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
- RCW 18.43.180Uniform regulation of business and professions act.
- RCW 18.43.190Military training or experience.
- RCW 18.43.200Agreement with department of licensing.
- RCW 18.43.900Short title.
Enacted in other states
All Washington named statutes →
Download
Copy
Embed on your site
Hover to preview · click to copy the code