D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-1500
In order to safeguard life, health, and property, and promote the public welfare, the practice of engineering and/or land surveying in the District of Columbia is hereby declared to be subject to regulation in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter of public interest and concern that the professions of engineering and land surveying merit and receive the confidence of the public and that only qualified persons be permitted to engage in the practice of engineering and land surveying. All provisions of this chapter relating to the practice of engineering and land surveying shall be construed in accordance with this declaration of policy.
The adopted rules of procedure shall be consistent with District of Columbia law.
Rules of procedure adopted by the Board of Professional Engineering (the Board) shall be binding upon persons licensed as Professional Engineers or Land Surveyors pursuant to the Non-Health Related Occupations and Professions Licensure Act of 1998, effective April 20, 1999, (D.C. Law 12-261; D.C. Official Code § 47-2853.01 et seq.) ("the Act").
17 DCMR Chapter 33 shall supplement this Chapter. In the event of a conflict between 17 DCMR Chapter 33 and this Chapter or the Act, this Chapter and the Act shall control.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-1500