Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1172
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1172
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Board: means the Board of Professional Engineering. See
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Professional engineering: means any service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design acquired by engineering education and engineering experience, insofar as the service or work involves safeguarding life, health, or property. See
- State: includes the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U. See
- Unauthorized practice: means conduct prohibited by section 1162 of this chapter and not exempted by section 1163 of this chapter. See
§ 1172. Powers and duties
(a) The Board shall adopt rules necessary for the performance of its duties, including:
(1) a list of recognized engineering specialty disciplines;
(2) qualifications for obtaining licensure, interpreting sections 1182a and 1182b of this chapter;
(3) explanations of appeal and other significant rights given to licensees, applicants, and the public; and
(4) procedures for disciplinary and reinstatement cases.
(b) The Board shall:
(1) offer examinations to qualified applicants for licensing;
(2) use administrative services provided by the Office of Professional Regulation under 3 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 5;
(3) investigate suspected unprofessional conduct; and
(4) have general responsibility for ensuring that professional engineering services available in this State are of uniformly good quality and take suitable action, within the scope of its powers, to solve or bring public and professional attention to any problem which it finds in this area.
(c) The Board may:
(1) establish or approve continuing education programs or other methods of allowing licensees to maintain continued competency;
(2) conduct hearings;
(3) administer oaths and at the request of any party issue subpoenas;
(4) issue orders relating to discovery in the same manner as a judge under the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure, which may be enforced under 3 V.S.A. § 809b;
(5) adopt rules relating to the procedures to be followed in hearings held under this chapter;
(6) receive assistance from and refer suspected unauthorized practice to the Attorney General; and
(7) request the Attorney General to obtain injunctions to restrain unprofessional conduct. (Added 1983, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(d); 1999, No. 52, § 11; 2013, No. 27, § 8.)