Mo. Code Regs. tit. 20 § 2030-4.070
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 24, December 16, 2024
Section 20 CSR 2030-4.070 - Evaluation-Comity Applications- Professional EngineersPURPOSE: This rule is being amended to comply with the recent passage of HB 2046.
(1) Any person applying for licensure as a professional engineer under section 327.381, RSMo who was licensed, in another state, territory, or possession of the United States or in another country without being required to pass the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) examinations, that is, the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination and the Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination, will be required to pass the NCEES examination(s) which he/she was not required to pass to attain his/her subsequent licensure(s) except that- (A) If such person has been actively engaged in the practice of engineering for a period of twenty (20) years prior to the filing of his/her application for comity, such person need not take the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination; or(B) An applicant has been granted a waiver of education and examination requirements pursuant to section (4).(2) When a comity applicant is required to take one (1) or both of the NCEES Examinations, the applicant will not be licensed by comity until he/she passes all of the examinations required of the applicant.(3) If the applicant fails to pass the required examination(s), he/she will be permitted unlimited reexaminations in accordance with NCEES policy.(4) Within six (6) months of an application for licensure by comity from a person, or within thirty (30) days of an application for licensure by comity from a nonresident or resident military spouse, who meets the following criteria, the board shall waive the requirement of passing the NCEES examination if it finds that the applicant: (A) Holds a current license as a professional engineer in another state, possession, or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, and has held such license for a period of one (1) year;(B) Has not had a license as a professional engineer revoked by any oversight body;(C) Is not currently under investigation, is not the subject of any complaint pending, or is not currently under disciplinary action with any oversight body outside this state;(D) Holds a license in good standing with an oversight body outside the state;(E) Does not have a criminal record that would disqualify him or her for licensure in Missouri; and(F) Holds a valid current license in the jurisdiction upon which the comity application is based on the date the board receives his or her application under this section.(5) The board may require an applicant relying on section (4) to disclose any disciplinary action taken against the applicant by any oversight body in any jurisdiction in the United States, and may deny waiver and defer action or deny an application until such disciplinary action is resolved.(6) No waiver of education or examination requirements granted under section (4) shall relieve any applicant of the requirement to take the Missouri-specific examination mandated by 20 CSR 2030-5.160. Nonresident and resident military spouses applying pursuant to section 324.009.3.(2), RSMo, shall not be required to take the Missouri specific examination mandated by 20 CSR 2030-5.160. AUTHORITY: sections 327.041 and 327.381, RSMo Supp. 2006.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 30-4.070. Original rule filed Dec. 8, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed April 7, 1999, effective Oct. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Aug. 18, 2005, effective March 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 2030-4.070, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed June 14, 2007, effective Dec. 30, 2007. Amended by Missouri Register August 15, 2018/Volume 43, Number 16, effective 10/1/2018Amended by Missouri Register March 1, 2021/Volume 46, Number 05, effective 4/30/2021*Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 327.381, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1999, 2001.