La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXI-2509

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

Section LXI-2509 - Improper Solicitation

A. Licensees shall avoid improper solicitation of professional employment or services.

B. Licensees shall not falsify or permit misrepresentation or exaggeration of:

1. the licensees or any associate's academic or professional qualifications;

2. the licensees degree of responsibility in or for the subject matter of prior work; or

3. pertinent facts concerning employers, employees, associates or joint ventures, of the licensees or his/her firm's past accomplishments.

C. Licensees shall not pay nor offer to pay, directly or indirectly, any commission, or gift, or other valuable consideration in order to secure work, except under the following circumstances:

1. securing salaried positions through employment agencies; or

2. as a bona fide employee, or a bona fide established commercial marketing agency retained by them.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXI-2509

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 27:1038 (July 2001), LR 30:1722 (August 2004), Amended LR 44625 (3/1/2018).

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