In order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare, the practice of engineering in this State is hereby declared to be subject to regulation in the public interest. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice engineering in this State; to use in connection with such person’s name, by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card or to in any other way, represent himself or herself to be an engineer, a professional engineer or through the use of some other title imply that such person is a professional engineer licensed under this chapter; or to advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that such person is a professional engineer unless such person has been duly licensed, authorized or exempted under this chapter. The right to engage in the practice of engineering shall be deemed a personal right based on the qualifications of the individual as evidenced by such person’s certificate of licensure, which shall not be transferable.

24 Del. C. 1953, § ?2801; 58 Del. Laws, c. 501, § ?1; 61 Del. Laws, c. 124, § ?2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 267, § ?1;

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2802

  • Engineer: shall mean a person who, by reason of special knowledge and use of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design acquired by an engineering education, through graduation with a baccalaureate degree from a Council-approved 4-year educational program in engineering, in engineering technology or in science related to engineering, is qualified to begin the path to licensure. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
  • Licensed: means licensure as a professional engineer under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
  • Professional engineer: shall mean a person who has been duly licensed as a professional engineer by the Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • to practice engineering: includes any professional service performed for the general public such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or responsible supervision of construction or operation in connection with any public or private buildings, structures, utilities, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects wherein the public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health or property is concerned or involved when such professional service requires the application of engineering principles and data, but it does not include the work ordinarily performed by persons who operate or maintain machinery or equipment, neither does it include engineering services performed by an employee of a firm or corporation that does not offer professional engineering services to the general public. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803