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PCS for HB 375 (2022)

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PCS for HB 375 (2022) is a bill to be entitled an act relating to Structural Engineering Recognition Program for Professional Engineers. Section 1 creates Section 471.055, Florida Statutes, under which the board shall establish the program and must recognize any licensed professional engineer who has successfully passed the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying Structural Engineering examination or another examination approved by the board. The board may not collect a fee for the application or for recognition, and recognition is not required to practice structural engineering. Section 2 states that the act takes effect July 1, 2022.

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           PCS for HB 375                                                                                       2022




    1                                          A bill to be entitled
    2              An act relating to Structural Engineering Recognition
    3              Program for Professional Engineers; creating s.
    4              471.055, F.S.; establishing the Structural Engineering
    5              Recognition Program for Professional Engineers;
    6              requiring the Board of Professional Engineers to
    7              recognize a licensed professional engineer who has
    8              successfully passed a specified examination; providing
    9              requirements for application and recognition;
10                 prohibiting a fee for such application or for
11                 recognition; authorizing a professional engineer
12                 recognized by the program to identify such recognition
13                 in her or his professional practice and marketing and
14                 advertising materials; providing that recognition by
15                 the program is not required to practice structural
16                 engineering; requiring rulemaking; providing an
17                 effective date.
18
19         Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
20
21                 Section 1.          Section 471.055, Florida Statutes, is created
22         to read:
23                 471.055         Structural Engineering Recognition Program for
24         Professional Engineers.—
25                 (1)          The board shall establish the Structural Engineering

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        PCS for HB 375                                                                                       2022




26      Recognition Program for Professional Engineers to recognize
27      professional engineers who specialize in structural engineering
28      and have gone above and beyond the required minimum professional
29      engineer licensing standards. The board shall establish minimum
30      requirements to receive recognition through the program. The
31      board must recognize any licensed professional engineer who has
32      successfully passed the National Council of Examiners for
33      Engineering and Surveying Structural Engineering 16 -hour PE
34      Structural examination or any other examination approved by the
35      board. In addition, the board may recognize any licensed
36      professional engineer who specializes in structural engineering
37      based on alternative criteria determined by the board.
38              (2)          Upon application to the board, a professional engineer
39      who has the minimum program requirements shall be recognized as
40      a professional engineer who has gone above and beyond in the
41      field of structural engineering. The board may not collect a fee
42      for such application or for recognition by the program.
43              (3) A professional engineer who is recognized by the
44      program may identify such recognition in her or his pro fessional
45      practice, including in marketing and advertising materials.
46              (4)          Recognition by the program is not required for a
47      professional engineer to practice structural engineering.
48              (5)          The board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
49              Section 2.          This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.



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