S.C. Code Ann. § 40-22-10 – Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors: membership and qualifications; compensation; removal; meetings; liability | Midpage
§ 40-22-10
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-22-10
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors: membership and qualifications; compensation; removal; meetings; liability
(A) There is created the South Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors under the administration of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The purpose of the board is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public by ensuring that only properly qualified and competent engineers and land surveyors are licensed to practice, by promoting technical competency and ethical standards consistent with the Rules of Professional Conduct applicable to engineers and land surveyors, and by appropriately disciplining those found in violation of laws governing engineering and land surveying.
(B) The board shall consist of eight members appointed by the Governor. Five members must be professional engineers; two professional land surveyors, at least one of whom must be actively engaged in the practice of land surveying; and one from the general public appointed in accordance with Section 40-22-40. Members of the board shall serve for terms of five years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. A member of the board shall receive a certificate of his appointment from the Governor and before beginning his term of office shall file with the Secretary of State his written oath or affirmation for the faithful discharge of his official duty.
(C)
(1) Each engineering member of the board must be a citizen of the United States and a resident of South Carolina, must be licensed in this State, must have been engaged in the practice of engineering in this State for at least twelve years, and must have been in responsible charge of important engineering work for at least five years. Responsible charge of engineering teaching may be construed as responsible charge of important engineering work.
(2) Each land surveyor member of the board must be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this State, must be licensed in this State, and must have been engaged in the practice of land surveying in this State for at least twelve years.
(3) The public member of the board must be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this State for at least twelve consecutive years.
(D) Board members must be compensated for their services at the usual rate for mileage, subsistence, and per diem as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions and may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with and as a result of their work as members of the board.
(E) The Governor may remove a member of the board pursuant to Section 1-3-240. Vacancies on the board must be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner of the original appointment.
(F)
(1) The board shall elect or appoint annually a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary.
(2) The board shall meet at least two times a year and at other times upon the call of the chairman or a majority of the board.
(3) A simple majority of the members of the board eligible to vote constitutes a quorum; however, if there is a vacancy on the board, a majority of the members serving constitutes a quorum.
(4) A board member is required to attend meetings or to provide proper notice and justification of inability to do so. Unexcused absences from meetings may result in removal from the board as provided for in Section 1-3-240.
(G) Neither the board nor any of its members, agents, or department employees are liable for acts performed in good faith during the course of their official duties.