37-67-306. Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional engineer. - Montana Statutes

     37-67-306. Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional engineer. The following is considered minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for licensure as a professional engineer:
     (1) A graduate of an engineering or engineering technology curriculum of 4 years or more approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing, with a specific record of an additional 4 years or more of progressive experience on engineering projects under the direct supervision of a professional engineer, unless exempt under 37-67-320(2), and who has passed examinations of a grade and character that indicate to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, must be admitted to an 8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering and an 8-hour written examination in the principles and practices of engineering. Upon passing the examinations, the applicant must be granted a license to practice engineering in this state if the applicant is otherwise qualified.
     (2) A graduate of a related science curriculum of 4 years or more, other than engineering or engineering technology, with a specific record of 8 years or more of progressive experience on engineering projects of a grade and character that indicate to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, may be admitted to an 8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering and an 8-hour written examination in the principles and practices of engineering. Upon passing the examinations, the applicant must be granted a license to practice engineering in this state if the applicant is otherwise qualified.
     (3) A graduate of an engineering or related science curriculum of 4 years or more, with a specific record of 20 years or more of progressive experience on engineering projects, of which at least 10 of those years the applicant has been in charge of important engineering projects, of a grade and character that indicate to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, must be admitted to an 8-hour written examination in the principles and practices of engineering. Upon passing the examination, the applicant must be granted a license to practice engineering in this state if the applicant is otherwise qualified.
     (4) Teaching engineering in a college or university offering an approved engineering curriculum of 4 years or more may be considered as engineering experience in these requirements if research, product development, or consulting has been a concurrent activity.
     (5) A person who holds a doctorate degree in engineering from an institution with an engineering program approved by the board and the engineering accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology or the Canadian engineering accreditation board and who provides a specific record of at least 4 years of progressive experience on engineering projects of a grade and character that indicate to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering must be admitted to an 8-hour written examination in the principles and practices of engineering. Upon passing the examination, the applicant must be issued a license to practice engineering in this state if the applicant is otherwise qualified.

     History: En. 66-2357 by Sec. 5, Ch. 366, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2357(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 59, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 107, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 58, Ch. 492, L. 2001.