PURPOSE: This rule clarifies the requirements and conditions for renewing and reactivating a professional engineer’s certificate of licensure.

1. (1) Licenses not renewed on or before the renewal date become non-current and subject to the provisions of section 327.261, RSMo. No person is entitled to practice as a professional engineer unless s/he holds a current and active license.

2. (2) In order to renew a license, the licensee must:

   1. (A) Submit a completed renewal application form furnished by the board; and Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects
   2. (B) Pay the required fee; provided however, no fee shall be paid by a licensee who is at least seventy-five (75) years of age at the time the renewal is due; and
   3. (C) Submit a completed Professional Development Hour (PDH) form furnished by the board verifying that the licensee has completed at least thirty (30) PDHs during the preceding two (2) calendar years unless otherwise exempted.
3. (3) Licensees who request to be classified as inactive pursuant to section 327.271.1, RSMo, may maintain their inactive status and receive a certificate indicating their inactive status by paying the renewal fee as provided in 4 CSR 30-6.015. Holders of an inactive license need not complete the PDH requirement. However, a holder of an inactive license shall not have his/her license reactivated until s/he pays the required reactivation fee, and in addition, completes thirty (30) Professional Development Hours within the two (2) years immediately prior to the date of reactivation.

AUTHORITY: sections 327.041, RSMo Supp. 2001 and 327.261 and 327.271.1, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 30- 11.030. Original rule filed Dec. 9, 2002, effective June 30, 2003. Moved to 20 CSR 2030-11.030, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001; 327.261, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1989, 1999; and 327.271, RSMo 1999.