The board shall receive, evaluate and process all applications for licensure as a professional engineer received from individuals who assert through the application process that they meet the minimum requirements of §1001.302 of the Act. The board shall deny a license to any applicant found not to have met all requirements of the Act and board rules.

1. (1) Standard. Unless requested by the applicant or license holder, all licenses issued by the board shall be considered standard licenses. Standard licenses are fully renewable annually until such time as the board takes specific action to prevent renewal or provision of the Texas Engineering Practice Act prevents renewal.

2. (2) Reciprocal or Comity. Pursuant to §1001.311 of the Act, the board has reviewed the licensing requirements of the jurisdictions listed in this paragraph and has found them to be substantially equivalent to the requirements in Texas. The board shall waive the application requirements of §133.21 for an applicant who is licensed in good standing with at least one of the jurisdictions listed in this paragraph and submits the documentation as required in §133.27 (relating to Application for a Reciprocal or Comity License) of this chapter. A reciprocal or comity license has full status of and shall be issued as a standard license. The board reviewed and approved jurisdictions for a reciprocal or comity license are:

   1. (A) Mexico, and
   2. (B) Provinces and Territories of Canada
3. (3) Temporary. If the license holder requests that the license be temporary, the holder's regular license shall be converted to temporary status and may only be renewed twice. A temporary license holder shall be subject to all other rules and legal requirements to which a holder of a regular license is subject. The executive director shall be authorized to convert a regular license to a temporary license at the time the regular license is issued provided a request for such has been received.
4. (4) Provisional. The board does not issue provisional licenses at this time.

Source Note:The provisions of this §133.11 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 4873.