Kentucky Statutes 322.290 – Functions of board
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The board shall:
(1) Administer this chapter; (2) Adopt an official seal;
(3) Provide suitable office quarters at its own expense;
(4) Adopt and amend all bylaws and rules of procedure, and promulgate administrative regulations, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the state and reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and the regulation and fair conduct of the proceedings before it;
(5) Appoint an executive director and assistant executive directors and fix their compensation;
(6) Employ any clerk or other assistants necessary for the proper performance of its work;
(7) Appoint a general counsel and any assistant general counsel as it deems necessary and fix their compensation;
(8) Appoint investigatory personnel, as it deems necessary, and fix their compensation; (9) Appoint committees of licensees, as it deems necessary, to review issues before the
board and make recommendations to the board;
(10) Make expenditures, as it deems necessary, for any purpose that it considers reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties, including paying the expenses of the board’s delegates to national conventions of and membership dues to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying or other affiliated national boards or societies;
(11) Adopt and promulgate by administrative regulation a code of professional practice and conduct, which shall be based upon generally recognized principles of professional ethical conduct and binding upon persons licensed under this chapter. A code of professional practice and conduct shall be made known to all licensees and applicants and shall include but not be limited to the following objectives:
(a) The protection of the public health, safety, and welfare;
(b) The maintenance of standards of objectivity, truthfulness, and reliability in public statements;
(c) The avoidance of conflicts of interest;
(d) The prohibition of solicitation or acceptance of engineering or land surveying work on any basis other than qualifications for the work offered;
(e) The prohibition of association with any person engaging in illegal or dishonest activities; and
(f) The limitation of professional service to the area of competence of the licensee;
(12) Adopt appropriate standards of practice;
(13) Promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish rules for the use of stamps, seals, and signatures in electronic transactions;
(14) Bring, in its name, injunctive proceedings in the Franklin Circuit Court to enjoin any person, business entity, or combination thereof in violation of KRS § 322.020 or KRS § 322.060;
(15) Adopt a program for continuing education for its individual land surveyor licensees.
No individual land surveyor licensee shall be permitted to renew his or her license unless the minimum annual continuing education requirements are met, in addition to any other requirement for renewal. The program for continuing education shall not exceed a total of eight (8) credit clock hours per year and shall not include testing or examination of the licensee in any manner; and
(16) Adopt a program for continuing education for its individual engineer licensees.
(a) The program for continuing education shall not exceed a total of fifteen (15) credit clock hours per year and shall not include testing or examination of the licensee in any manner.
(b) No individual engineer licensee shall be permitted to renew his or her license unless the minimum annual continuing education requirements are met, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection, in addition to any other requirement for renewal.
(c) Any person licensed under this chapter as a professional engineer prior to January 1, 1972, who has maintained his or her license in good standing since becoming licensed shall not be subject to any continuing education requirements.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 2, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 238, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch.
214, sec. 26, effective January 1, 1999. — Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 291, sec. 25, effective July
15, 1986. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 273, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 22. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec.
1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1599e-3, 1599e-8, 1599e-9, 1599e-
21, 1599e-23.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). Under the authority of KRS
7.136(1), the Reviser of Statutes has changed the internal numbering system and rearranged some text of subsection (16) of this statute. No words were changed in the process.
(1) Administer this chapter; (2) Adopt an official seal;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 322.290
- Board: means the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010 - Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- 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
- 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
- Professional engineer: means a person who is licensed as a professional engineer 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) Provide suitable office quarters at its own expense;
(4) Adopt and amend all bylaws and rules of procedure, and promulgate administrative regulations, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the state and reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and the regulation and fair conduct of the proceedings before it;
(5) Appoint an executive director and assistant executive directors and fix their compensation;
(6) Employ any clerk or other assistants necessary for the proper performance of its work;
(7) Appoint a general counsel and any assistant general counsel as it deems necessary and fix their compensation;
(8) Appoint investigatory personnel, as it deems necessary, and fix their compensation; (9) Appoint committees of licensees, as it deems necessary, to review issues before the
board and make recommendations to the board;
(10) Make expenditures, as it deems necessary, for any purpose that it considers reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties, including paying the expenses of the board’s delegates to national conventions of and membership dues to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying or other affiliated national boards or societies;
(11) Adopt and promulgate by administrative regulation a code of professional practice and conduct, which shall be based upon generally recognized principles of professional ethical conduct and binding upon persons licensed under this chapter. A code of professional practice and conduct shall be made known to all licensees and applicants and shall include but not be limited to the following objectives:
(a) The protection of the public health, safety, and welfare;
(b) The maintenance of standards of objectivity, truthfulness, and reliability in public statements;
(c) The avoidance of conflicts of interest;
(d) The prohibition of solicitation or acceptance of engineering or land surveying work on any basis other than qualifications for the work offered;
(e) The prohibition of association with any person engaging in illegal or dishonest activities; and
(f) The limitation of professional service to the area of competence of the licensee;
(12) Adopt appropriate standards of practice;
(13) Promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish rules for the use of stamps, seals, and signatures in electronic transactions;
(14) Bring, in its name, injunctive proceedings in the Franklin Circuit Court to enjoin any person, business entity, or combination thereof in violation of KRS § 322.020 or KRS § 322.060;
(15) Adopt a program for continuing education for its individual land surveyor licensees.
No individual land surveyor licensee shall be permitted to renew his or her license unless the minimum annual continuing education requirements are met, in addition to any other requirement for renewal. The program for continuing education shall not exceed a total of eight (8) credit clock hours per year and shall not include testing or examination of the licensee in any manner; and
(16) Adopt a program for continuing education for its individual engineer licensees.
(a) The program for continuing education shall not exceed a total of fifteen (15) credit clock hours per year and shall not include testing or examination of the licensee in any manner.
(b) No individual engineer licensee shall be permitted to renew his or her license unless the minimum annual continuing education requirements are met, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection, in addition to any other requirement for renewal.
(c) Any person licensed under this chapter as a professional engineer prior to January 1, 1972, who has maintained his or her license in good standing since becoming licensed shall not be subject to any continuing education requirements.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 2, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 238, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch.
214, sec. 26, effective January 1, 1999. — Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 291, sec. 25, effective July
15, 1986. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 273, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 22. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec.
1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1599e-3, 1599e-8, 1599e-9, 1599e-
21, 1599e-23.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). Under the authority of KRS
7.136(1), the Reviser of Statutes has changed the internal numbering system and rearranged some text of subsection (16) of this statute. No words were changed in the process.