Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2804 – Delaware Association of Professional Engineers; objectives
There is hereby established the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers, an instrumentality of the State. The objectives of the Association and of this chapter are to regulate the practice of engineering, to provide for the registration of qualified persons as professional engineers and the certification of engineer interns, to define the terms “engineer,” “professional engineer,” “engineer intern” and “the practice of engineering,” to create an organization to regulate the practice of engineering to provide and administer qualifying examinations and grant registration to qualified persons as professional engineers, to provide for the appointment and election of members to the governing body of this Association, to define the powers and duties of the Council, to set forth the minimum qualifications and other requirements for registration as a professional engineer, for certification as an engineer intern, the granting of a permit to practice engineering, and the granting of a certificate of authorization, to set rules for the establishment of fees, expiration requirements and renewal requirements, to establish continuing professional competency guidelines and requirements, and to provide for the enforcement of this chapter together with penalties for violations of the provisions of this chapter.
24 Del. C. 1953, § ?2804; 58 Del. Laws, c. 501, § ?1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 43, § ?2; 74 Del. Laws, c. 267, § ?1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 112, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2804
- Association: shall mean the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
- Certificate of authorization: shall mean an authorization issued by the Council to engage in the practice of engineering. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
- Continuing professional competency: shall mean and refer to compliance with or satisfaction of a published set of guidelines and requirements for the maintenance of professional competency in the practice of engineering. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
- Council: shall mean the Council of the Association. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
- 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
- Engineer intern: shall mean a person certified as an engineer intern by the Council. 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