DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board of Professional Engineers
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
61G15-20.007Educational Requirements for Applicants without EAC/ABET Accredited Engineering Degrees
NOTICE OF CHANGE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following changes have been made to the Notice of Change in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 41, No. 173, September 4, 2015, issue of the Florida Administrative Register and are in response to comments received at the public hearing held October 7, 2015.
In subsection (1)(b), change third paragraph to read:
“Other means towards satisfying the general education requirement are as follows: Each year of progressive U.S. engineering experience as approved by the Board is equivalent to 2 credit hours, for a maximum of 8 credit hours; Oobtaining U.S. citizenship by naturalization is equivalent to 10 credit hours; and earning a doctoral degree is equivalent to 10 credit hours if the degree is from a college or university in the U.S. that has an EAC/ABET-accredited engineering program in a related discipline at the baccalaureate level; for P.E. licensure applicants, each year of progressive U.S. engineering experience as approved by the Board is equivalent to 2 credit hours, for a maximum of 8 credit hours.”
The person to be contacted regarding the PROPOSED rule is: Zana Raybon, Executive Director, Board of Professional Engineers, 2639 North Monroe Street, Suite B-112, Tallahassee, FL 32303, (850)521-0050
