La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXI-2505

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section LXI-2505 - Services

A. Licensees shall provide services only in the area of their competence.

B. Licensees shall undertake assignments only when qualified by education or experience in the specific technical fields of engineering or land surveying involved.

C. Licensees shall not affix their signatures or seals to any documents dealing with subject matters in which they lack competence, nor to any such document not prepared by them or under their responsible charge. Responsible charge requires a licensee to have client contact, provide internal and external financial control, oversee training of subordinates, and exercise control and supervision overall job requirements to include research, planning, design, field supervision and work product review. A licensee shall not contract with a non-licensed individual to provide these professional services. Other types of research, such as land title searches and material testing, may be contracted to a non-licensed individual, provided the licensee reviews the work. Licensees may affix their seal, signature and date to documents depicting the work of two or more licensees or other related design professionals provided that a note under the seal designates the specific subject matter for which each is responsible.

D. Licensees may accept an assignment outside of their areas of competence to the extent that their services are restricted to those phases of the project in which they are qualified, and to the extent that they are satisfied that all other phases of such project will be performed or supervised by other licensees, in which case they may then seal, sign and date the documents for the whole project.

E. In the event a question arises as to the competence of a licensee in a specific technical field which cannot be otherwise resolved to the board's satisfaction, the board, either upon request of the licensee or on its own volition, may require the licensee to take an appropriate examination or quiz or submit to an appropriate interview.

F. Firms may offer and/or provide a combination of engineering and construction services in connection with a design-build project in Louisiana without obtaining a firm license from the board, provided that:

1. prior to the execution of the contract for the project, the firm obtains an authorization certificate from the board by filing, on a form approved by the board, a written disclosure on which it shall designate a professional engineer (professional of record) licensed in Louisiana to be in responsible charge of all engineering services offered and/or provided by the firm for such project;

2. the professional of record and an officer of the firm sign the written disclosure submitted to the board, identifying the professional of record's role in the project and certifying that the professional of record will be in responsible charge of all engineering services offered and/or provided by the firm for the project;

3. all engineering services offered and/or provided by the firm for the project are performed by or under the responsible charge of the professional of record; and

4. in the event such professional of record's services terminate with respect to the project or his/her role in the project otherwise changes, then within five business days:

a. both the firm and the professional of record shall notify the board in writing of such termination or change; and

b. the firm shall file with the board a new written disclosure designating a new professional of record employed by the firm and licensed in Louisiana to be in responsible charge of all engineering services offered and/or provided by the firm for such project.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXI-2505

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, LR 7:648 (December 1981), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board, LR 27:1037 (July 2001), LR 30:1721 (August 2004), LR 32:1620 (September 2006), LR 33:2789 (December 2007), LR 35:2856 (December 2009), Amended LR 44624 (3/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:688.