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Subchapter
002
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1171)
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§ 1171. Board of Professional Engineering
(a) The Board of Professional Engineering is created, consisting of six members who are
residents of this State. The Board shall be attached to the Office of Professional
Regulation.
(b) One member of the Board shall be a member of the public who has no financial interest
in engineering other than as a consumer or possible consumer of its services. The
member shall have no financial interest personally or through a spouse.
(c) Five members of the Board shall be licensed professional engineers:
(1) Membership under this subsection shall include one civil engineer, one mechanical
engineer, one structural engineer, one electrical engineer, and one engineer from
among all specialty disciplines licensed by the Board.
(2) Membership under this subsection shall include at least three engineers in private
practice.
(3) Of the five professional members appointed under this subsection, at the time of appointment,
three persons shall have been engaged in the practice of professional engineering
for at least 12 years.
(d) Board members shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with 3 V.S.A. §§ 129b and 2004. The Governor shall request nominations from the various State engineering societies
and may request nominations from other sources, but shall not be bound to select members
from among the persons nominated. (Added 1983, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(d); 2005, No. 27, § 37; 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2007, No. 29, § 22; 2007, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2013, No. 27, § 7.)