§ 542b-3

542B.3 Engineering and land surveying examining board created. An engineering and land surveying examining board is created within the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. The board consists of three members who are licensedprofessional engineers, two members who are licensed professional land surveyors, andtwo members who are not licensed professional engineers or licensed professional landsurveyors and who shall represent the general public. An individual who is licensed asboth a professional engineer and a professional land surveyor may serve to satisfy theboard membership requirement for either a licensed professional engineer or a licensedprofessional land surveyor, but not both. Members shall be appointed by the governorsubject to confirmation by the senate. A licensed member shall be actively engaged in thepractice of engineering or land surveying and shall have been so engaged for five yearspreceding the appointment, the last two of which shall have been in Iowa. Insofar as practicable, licensed engineer members of the board shall be from different branches ofthe profession of engineering.

ceding the appointment, the last two of which shall have been in Iowa. Insofar as practicable, licensed engineer members of the board shall be from different branches ofthe profession of engineering. Professional associations or societies composed of licensedengineers or licensed land surveyors may recommend the names of potential board memberswhose profession is representative of that association or society to the governor. However,the governor is not bound by the recommendations. A board member shall not be required tobe a member of any professional association or society composed of professional engineersor professional land surveyors. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1856; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.3]84 Acts, ch 1104, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §716; 88 Acts, ch 1125, §1C93, §542B.396 Acts, ch 1055, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1177, §36; 2012 Acts, ch 1009, §12; 2018 Acts, ch 1082, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1666 Confirmation, see §2.32Section amended Sat Dec 23 01:44:46 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 542B.3 (21, 1)