Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 443.13

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
   (1)    The designers’ section of the examining board may limit, suspend, or revoke a permit or reprimand the permittee if the permittee is guilty of any of the following:
      (a)    Fraud or deceit in obtaining the permit.
      (b)    Gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in practice.
      (c)    Signing documents not prepared by the permittee or under the permittee’s control.
      (d)    Knowingly aiding or abetting unauthorized designing of engineering systems as stated in s. 443.07 (3) by persons not granted permits under this chapter.
      (e)    Conviction of a felony, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, or adjudication of mental incompetency by a court of competent jurisdiction.
   (2)   If, after a hearing conducted under the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) before the designers’ section of the examining board, two-thirds of the members of the section vote in favor of sustaining the charges, the designers’ section of the examining board shall reprimand the permittee or limit, suspend, or revoke the permit. The action of the designers’ section of the examining board under this section is subject to review under ch. 227.