New Jersey Statutes 45:8-27. License required; display of license; exceptions; corporations, firms, partnerships and associations
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:8-27
- certificate of authorization: shall mean a certificate issued by the board pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act. See New Jersey Statutes 45:8-28
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- land surveyor: as used in this chapter shall mean a person who is a professional specialist in the technique of measuring land, educated in the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law, all requisite to the practice of land surveying as attested by his license as a land surveyor. See New Jersey Statutes 45:8-28
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- responsible charge: as used in this chapter for professional engineers shall mean the provision of regular and effective supervision by a competent professional engineer who shall provide personal direction to, and quality control over, the efforts of subordinates of the licensee which directly and materially affect the quality and competence of the professional services rendered by the licensee. See New Jersey Statutes 45:8-28
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
No corporation, firm, partnership or association shall be granted a license under this chapter; however, certain corporations shall be required to obtain a certificate of authorization as provided pursuant to P.L.1989, c.276 (C. 45:8-56 et al.). No corporation, firm, partnership or association shall use or assume a name involving the word “engineers” or “engineering” or any modification or derivative of such terms, unless an executive officer, if a corporation, or a member, if a firm, partnership or association, shall be a licensed professional engineer of the State of New Jersey.
No corporation, firm, partnership or association shall use or assume a name involving the words “surveyors,” “land surveyors,” “surveying,” or “land surveying,” or any modification or derivative of such terms, unless an executive officer, if a corporation, or a member, if a firm, partnership, or association, shall be a licensed land surveyor of the State of New Jersey.
No corporation, firm, partnership or association shall practice or offer to practice engineering or land surveying in this State unless the person or persons in responsible charge of engineering or land surveying work shall be so licensed to practice in this State. The person or persons carrying on the actual practice of professional engineering or land surveying on behalf of or designated as “engineers” or “surveyors” or “professional engineers” or “land surveyors,” with or without qualifying or characterizing words, by any such corporations, firms, partnerships or associations, shall be licensed to practice professional engineering or land surveying as provided in this chapter.
Services constituting the practice of professional engineering shall not be rendered or offered through any business association other than a sole proprietorship of a professional engineer, a partnership of professional engineers, a partnership of closely allied professionals including at least one professional engineer, a professional service corporation established pursuant to the “Professional Service Corporation Act,” P.L.1969, c.232 (C. 14A:17-1 et seq.) or a corporation authorized pursuant to P.L.1989, c.276 (C. 45:8-56 et al.).
Services constituting the practice of land surveying shall not be rendered or offered through any business association other than a sole proprietorship of a land surveyor, a partnership of land surveyors, a partnership of closely allied professionals including at least one land surveyor, a professional service corporation established pursuant to the “Professional Service Corporation Act,” P.L.1969, c.232 (C. 14A:17-1 et seq.) or a corporation authorized pursuant to P.L.1989, c.276 (C. 45:8-56 et al.).
Nothing in this act shall be construed as required licensing for the purpose of practicing professional engineering or land surveying by any person, firm, or corporation upon property owned or leased by such person, firm or corporation, unless the same involves the public safety, public health or public welfare.
L.1938, c.342, s.1; amended 1947,c.60,s.1; 1950,c.149,s.1; 1970,c.177,s.1; 1989,c.276,s.1.