Kentucky Statutes 322.180 – Grounds for denial of licensure and for disciplinary action
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The board may refuse to issue, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license, may reprimand, place on probation, or admonish a licensee, may impose a fine on a licensee not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or may impose any combination of these penalties when it finds that an applicant or licensee:
(1) Engaged in any practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a license;
(2) Engaged in gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the practice of engineering or land surveying;
(3) Violated any provision of this chapter, the administrative regulations promulgated by the board, or the code of professional practice and conduct adopted by the board and incorporated in administrative regulations;
(4) Employed, procured, or induced a person not licensed to practice engineering or land surveying in this state;
(5) Aided or abetted a person not licensed to practice engineering or land surveying in this state;
(6) Been granted a license upon a mistake of material fact;
(7) Been convicted by a court of law of a felony, if in accordance with KRS Chapter 335B;
(8) Become a chronic or persistent alcoholic or has become drug-addicted so that continued practice is dangerous to clients or to the public safety;
(9) Developed a physical or mental disability or other condition so that continued practice is dangerous to clients or to the public safety;
(10) Violated any order of suspension or the terms or conditions of any order of probation issued by the board;
(11) Had a license or registration certificate to practice as an engineer or land surveyor denied, limited, suspended, probated, or revoked in another jurisdiction on grounds sufficient to cause licensure to be denied, limited, suspended, probated, or revoked in this state;
(12) Engaged in conduct likely to deceive or defraud the public;
(13) Presented or attempted to use as his or her own the license, seal, or stamp of another;
(14) Falsely impersonated any other licensee;
(15) Attempted to use an expired, suspended, or revoked license;
(16) Provided certification for any plan, specification, plat, report, or physical description not prepared by him or her or under his or her direct supervision; or
(17) Applied the seal, stamp, signature, or title block of another professional engineer or professional land surveyor to a plan, specification, plat, report, or physical description that was not prepared by the other professional engineer or land surveyor.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 70, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 163, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 16, effective January 1, 1999. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 291, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch.
273, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 13.
— Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599e-20.
(1) Engaged in any practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a license;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 322.180
- Board: means the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010 - Certification: means affixing a seal or stamp, signature, and date by a professional engineer or professional land surveyor to represent that the services or work addressed therein was performed by that professional engineer or professional land surveyor according to his or her knowledge, information, and belief, and that it was completed in accordance with applicable standards of practice. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010
- Engineer: means a person who is qualified to engage in the practice of professional engineering by reason of special knowledge and use of:
(a) The mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010 - Engineering: means any professional service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience as an engineer. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Land surveying: shall include but not be limited to the following:
1. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010 - Land surveyor: means a person who is qualified to engage in the practice of land surveying by reason of special knowledge and use of mathematics, the physical and applied sciences, and the principles and methods of land surveying, acquired by education and practical experience in land surveying. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Professional engineer: means a person who is licensed as a professional engineer by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010
- Professional land surveyor: means a person who is licensed as a professional land surveyor by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) Engaged in gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the practice of engineering or land surveying;
(3) Violated any provision of this chapter, the administrative regulations promulgated by the board, or the code of professional practice and conduct adopted by the board and incorporated in administrative regulations;
(4) Employed, procured, or induced a person not licensed to practice engineering or land surveying in this state;
(5) Aided or abetted a person not licensed to practice engineering or land surveying in this state;
(6) Been granted a license upon a mistake of material fact;
(7) Been convicted by a court of law of a felony, if in accordance with KRS Chapter 335B;
(8) Become a chronic or persistent alcoholic or has become drug-addicted so that continued practice is dangerous to clients or to the public safety;
(9) Developed a physical or mental disability or other condition so that continued practice is dangerous to clients or to the public safety;
(10) Violated any order of suspension or the terms or conditions of any order of probation issued by the board;
(11) Had a license or registration certificate to practice as an engineer or land surveyor denied, limited, suspended, probated, or revoked in another jurisdiction on grounds sufficient to cause licensure to be denied, limited, suspended, probated, or revoked in this state;
(12) Engaged in conduct likely to deceive or defraud the public;
(13) Presented or attempted to use as his or her own the license, seal, or stamp of another;
(14) Falsely impersonated any other licensee;
(15) Attempted to use an expired, suspended, or revoked license;
(16) Provided certification for any plan, specification, plat, report, or physical description not prepared by him or her or under his or her direct supervision; or
(17) Applied the seal, stamp, signature, or title block of another professional engineer or professional land surveyor to a plan, specification, plat, report, or physical description that was not prepared by the other professional engineer or land surveyor.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 70, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 163, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 16, effective January 1, 1999. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 291, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch.
273, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 13.
— Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599e-20.