PURPOSE: This rule ensures that applicants for licensure as professional engineers meet the minimum requirements for initial licensure in Missouri.

1. (1) Any person applying for licensure as a professional engineer under section 327.381, RSMo who was originally licensed, or subsequently licensed, on or after April 13, 1984, in another state, territory or possession of the United States or in another country without being required to pass the NCEES examinations, that is, the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination and the Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination, will be required to pass the NCEES examination(s) which he/she was not required to pass to attain his/her original or subsequent licensure(s) except that if such person has been actively engaged in the practice of engineering for a period of fifteen (15) consecutive years immediately prior to the filing of his/her application for comity, such person shall not be required to take the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination.
2. (2) Any person applying for licensure as a professional engineer under section 327.381, RSMo who was originally licensed or subsequently licensed anytime prior to April 13, 1984, in another state, territory or possession of the United States or in another country without being required to pass at least an eight (8)-hour examination covering the mathematics and basic sciences (fundamentals of engineering), shall be required to take and pass the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination except that if such perand Landscape Architects

son has been actively engaged in the practice of engineering for a period of fifteen (15) consecutive years immediately prior to the filing of his/her application for comity, such person shall not be required to take the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination, providing he/she has already taken and passed at least an eight (8)-hour fundamentals of engineering examination.

1. (3) Any person applying for licensure as a professional engineer under section 327.381, RSMo who was originally licensed or subsequently licensed anytime prior to April 13, 1984, in another state, territory or possession of the United States or in another country without being required to pass at least an eight (8)-hour examination covering the theory and practice of engineering (principles and practice of engineering), shall be required to take and pass the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination.
2. (4) When a comity applicant is required to take both the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination and the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination, he/she may take the examinations on consecutive days, provided however, the applicant will not be licensed by comity until he/she passes both examinations in accordance with the provisions of section 327.241.3, RSMo.
3. (5) When an applicant for licensure by comity is required to take the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination and/or the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination, the applicant shall be required to pay an examination fee for either or both examinations. If the applicant fails to pass the required examination(s), he/she will be permitted unlimited reexaminations so long as notice of desire to retake is filed with the board on or before the filing deadline and so long as the applicant pays the required reexamination fee as is set forth in 20 CSR 2030-6.020.

AUTHORITY: sections 327.041 and 327.381, RSMo Supp. 2006.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 30-4.070. Original rule filed Dec. 8, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed April 7, 1999, effective Oct. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Aug. 18, 2005, effective March 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 2030- 4.070, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed June 14, 2007, effective Dec. 30, 2007. *Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 327.381, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1999, 2001.