(A) The board may seek administrative fines, pursuant to Section 40-1-120 or seek criminal penalties against a person or firm found guilty of unlicensed practice of engineering or surveying. In addition to the grounds provided for in Section 40-1-110, the board may cancel, suspend, refuse, revoke, or restrict a license as well as reprimand, fine, or require re-examination of an individual who is found guilty of:

(1) the practice of fraud or deceit in applying for or obtaining a certificate of registration;

(2) gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of engineering or surveying;

(3) a felony or misdemeanor which, in the judgment of the board, adversely affects the registrant's ability to perform satisfactorily within the licensed discipline;

(4) aiding or abetting any person in violation of a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter;

(5) a violation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated by the board; and

(6) practicing in a registration category or tier for which the licensee has not been licensed by the board.

(B) The license of a person adjudged mentally incompetent is considered automatically suspended until the person is adjudged as being restored to mental competency by a court of competent jurisdiction or in any other manner provided by law.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 311, Section 1; 2016 Act No. 259 (S.685), Section 7, eff June 3, 2016.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws: 1991 Act No. 99, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 185, Section 7; 1976 Code Section 40-22-390.

Effect of Amendment

2016 Act No. 259, Section 7, substituted "considered automatically suspended" for "deemed automatically suspended upon the adjudication".