Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4113 Primary Sponsor:Neal Committee Number:26 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Engineering technology program Residing Body:House Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Companion Bill Number:619 Computer Document Number:436/11230AC.93 Introduced Date:19930414 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930414 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Neal Scott Inabinett Whipper White Moody-Lawrence Williams Canty Keyserling J. Brown Byrd Anderson Mattos Kennedy Hines Cobb-Hunter Govan Breeland McMahand McElveen Beatty Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4113 House 19930414 Introduced, read first time, 26
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TO AMEND SECTIONS 40-22-190 AND 40-22-200, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT GRADUATION FROM A FOUR-YEAR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM MAY BE QUALIFICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND FOR CERTIFICATION AS AN ENGINEER-IN-TRAINING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-22-190 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 99 of 1991, is amended by adding at the end:
"(3) Graduation in an engineering, related engineering science, or engineering technology curriculum of four years or more from a school or college that is accredited by the ABET. A specific record of eight years or more of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the board, indicating that the applicant is competent to practice engineering and who has passed the written examination required of applicants in subsection (1) of this section."
SECTION 2. Section 40-22-200 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 99 of 1991, is amended by adding at the end:
"(3) Graduation in an engineering technology curriculum of four years or more from a school or college that is accredited by the ABET. A specific record of four years or more of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the board and passing the written examination required of applicants in subsection (1) of this section.
Applicants may take the written examination upon graduation, but such applicants will not be certified as engineers-in-training until they have four additional years of satisfactory experience."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.