327.181. Practice as professional engineer defined--use of titles, restrictions. - Missouri Statutes

Practice as professional engineer defined--use of titles,restrictions.

327.181. 1. Any person practices in Missouri as a professionalengineer who renders or offers to render or holds himself or herself out aswilling or able to render any service or creative work, the adequateperformance of which requires engineering education, training, andexperience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical,physical, and engineering sciences to such services or creative work asconsultation, investigation, evaluation, planning and design of engineeringworks and systems, engineering teaching of advanced engineering subjects orcourses related thereto, engineering surveys, the coordination of servicesfurnished by structural, civil, mechanical and electrical engineers andother consultants as they relate to engineering work and the inspection ofconstruction for the purpose of compliance with drawings andspecifications, any of which embraces such service or work either public orprivate, in connection with any utilities, structures, buildings, machines,equipment, processes, work systems or projects and including sucharchitectural work as is incidental to the practice of engineering; or whouses the title "professional engineer" or "consulting engineer" or the word"engineer" alone or preceded by any word indicating or implying that suchperson is or holds himself or herself out to be a professional engineer, orwho shall use any word or words, letters, figures, degrees, titles or otherdescription indicating or implying that such person is a professionalengineer or is willing or able to practice engineering.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of subsection 1 of this section, anyperson using the word "engineer", "engineers", or "engineering", alone orpreceded by any word, or in combination with any words, may do so withoutbeing subject to disciplinary action by the board so long as such use isreflective of that person's profession or vocation and is clearly notindicating or implying that such person is holding himself or herself outas being a professional engineer or is willing or able to practiceengineering as defined in this section.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308)