Engineering bill would let council ask courts to enforce stop orders

The council may ask a court to enforce its stop orders. This covers council orders telling people to stop alleged violations of Delaware’s engineering rules.

The council may license eligible professional engineers without another exam. This covers professional engineers with licenses or registrations from foreign places the council approves. Applicants must apply, pay the required fee, and hold current, valid credentials in good standing. They must also meet at least one listed qualification route.

An exam taker may be dismissed, and the council may invalidate results or bar the person from an exam. This covers people taking exams for a professional engineer license or engineer intern certificate. Breaking exam rules during or after an exam can trigger action. The council sets the length of any ban. Delaware will not accept the same exam taken and passed elsewhere during the ban for licensing. The rejection applies while the person is barred from taking that exam in Delaware.

The council may license eligible International Professional Engineer registrants. This covers people registered under the International Engineering Alliance’s professional engineer agreement. Applicants must apply, pay the required fee, and hold current registration in good standing. They need at least five continuous, verifiable years of work as professional engineers after registration. They also need five references from people who know their qualifications; at least three must be licensed or registered engineers in an accepted place or International Professional Engineer registrants. The five years of work must come after International Professional Engineer registration.