1. (A) The board may seek administrative fines, pursuant to Section 40-1-120 or seek criminal penalties against a person or firm found guilty of unlicensed practice of engineering or surveying. In addition to the grounds provided for in Section 40-1-110, the board may cancel, suspend, refuse, revoke, or restrict a license as well as reprimand, fine, or require re-examination of an individual who is found guilty of:

   1. (1) the practice of fraud or deceit in applying for or obtaining a certificate of registration;
   2. (2) gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of engineering or surveying;
   3. (3) a felony or misdemeanor which, in the judgment of the board, adversely affects the registrant's ability to perform satisfactorily within the licensed discipline;
   4. (4) aiding or abetting any person in violation of a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter;
   5. (5) a violation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated by the board; and
   6. (6) practicing in a registration category or tier for which the licensee has not been licensed by the board.
2. (B) The license of a person adjudged mentally incompetent is considered automatically suspended until the person is adjudged as being restored to mental competency by a court of competent jurisdiction or in any other manner provided by law.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 311, SECTION 1; 2016 Act No. 259 (S.685), SECTION 7, eff June 3, 2016.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws: 1991 Act No. 99, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 185, SECTION 7; 1976 Code SECTION 40-22-390.

Effect of Amendment

2016 Act No. 259, SECTION 7, substituted "considered automatically suspended" for "deemed automatically suspended upon the adjudication".