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17 CAR § 285-301. General information
17 CAR § 285-301. General information.
(a)(1) Each applicant must meet all qualifications as contained within the statutes and rules of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors.
(2) Each application shall be individually reviewed by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors.
(3) Experience credit may be claimed to application date.
(b)(1) The term “Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC of ABET) approved or equivalent” is used throughout this part.
(2) The phrase “or equivalent” will be defined by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors as:
(A) Those who have both a degree from a non–EAC of ABET undergraduate engineering or engineering technology program and a graduate engineering degree from an institution that offers an EAC of ABET-accredited undergraduate degree in the same discipline as the graduate degree; or
(B) Those who have a degree or degrees from a nonaccredited program or programs but have had their official transcripts evaluated and found acceptable by a State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors-approved organization, such as NCEES, or have made up any deficiencies identified by the evaluation with courses offered by an EAC of ABET-accredited degree program or equivalent.
(c) An applicant will be considered as having graduated from an EAC of ABET-accredited program if their program is/was accredited within three (3) years after their graduation.
(d) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors authorizes the Director of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors to conditionally approve, subject to State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors ratification, all comity and intern applicants who meet the requirements of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors’ statutes and rules.