Authority: IC 25-31-1-7

Affected: IC 25-31-1-12; IC 25-31-1-14

Sec. 8. (a) An individual whose application has been deemed terminated under section 7(c) or 7(f) of this rule may reapply for admission to the professional engineer examination.

(b) In order for readmission to be granted, the applicant shall:

1. (1) meet the education and experience requirements in effect at the time of reapplication;
2. (2) acquire additional knowledge for the examination; and
3. (3) describe to the board in writing the additional knowledge that was acquired as provided for in subdivision (2).

(c) An applicant who is readmitted to an examination under this section shall be treated as if the applicant had not previously taken the examination for all purposes under sections 5 and 7 of this rule.

(d) Individuals may be deemed terminated partially or completely because of out-of-state examination attempts. Therefore, an applicant will be required to comply with subsection (b) even if the first, second, third, or all examination attempts are out-of-state.

(e) Individuals shall be deemed terminated under section 7(c) of this rule on the basis of all fundamentals of engineering examination attempts. Therefore, applicants will be required to comply with subsection (b) once the applicant has had three (3) fundamentals of engineering examination attempts regardless of whether the examination attempts were as:

1. (1) an engineering intern applicant; or
2. (2) a professional engineer applicant.

(f) For purposes of this section and section 7 of this rule, an examination attempt:

1. (1) means the actual taking of the examination; and
2. (2) does not include a failure to appear to take the examination.

(State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; 864 IAC 1.1-4.1-8; filed Jun 21, 1988, 4:00 p.m.: 11 IR 3907; errata filed Feb 5, 1990, 4:15 p.m.: 13 IR 1066; filed Nov 15, 1990, 1:35 p.m.: 14 IR 757; filed Sep 24, 1992, 9:00 a.m.: 16 IR 728; filed Mar 28, 1995, 2:00 p.m.: 18 IR 2108; readopted filed Jun 21, 2001, 9:01 a.m.: 24 IR 3824; filed Jul 31, 2006, 8:41 a.m.: 20060830-IR- 864050295FRA; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 12:56 p.m.: 20070808-IR-864070063RFA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2013, 1:25 p.m.: 20130828-IR-864130228RFA; filed Nov 15, 2013, 2:51 p.m.: 20131211-IR-864130333FRA, eff Jan 1, 2014; readopted filed Nov 22, 2016, 12:27 p.m.: 20161221-IR-864160321RFA; filed Dec 1, 2017, 10:32 a.m.: 20171227-IR- 864150451FRA; readopted filed Oct 18, 2023, 8:45 a.m.: 20231115-IR-864230103RFA; readopted filed May 30, 2024, 9:44 a.m.: 20240626-IR-864230822RFA)