Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 26 > Chapter 20 > Subchapter 4 - Discipline

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Board: means the Board of Professional Engineering. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Instruments of service: means project deliverables, such as reports, specifications, drawings, plans, construction documents, or engineering surveys, that have been prepared under the licensee's responsible charge. See
• 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.
• Law: includes the laws and ordinances of the State, its political subdivisions, and municipalities. See
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Practice of professional engineering: means providing, attempting to provide, or offering to provide professional engineering services. See
• Professional engineer: means a person licensed under this chapter. See
• Professional engineering: means any service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design acquired by engineering education and engineering experience, insofar as the service or work involves safeguarding life, health, or property. See
• Responsible charge: means direct control and personal supervision of engineering work. See
• State: includes the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U. See
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.