W. Va. Code R. § 7-1-6 - Engineering Registration and Certification; Designations of Nonpracticing Status of Former Registrants

6.1. Classifications of Registration. The Board shall register or certify a qualified applicant under one of the following classifications, of which only a professional engineer is qualified to practice or offer to practice engineering in West Virginia:

6.1.a. Professional Engineer;

6.1.b. Engineer Intern; or

6.1.c. Professional Engineer-Retired.

6.2. Professional Engineer.

6.2.a. PE Registration Numbers. The Board shall assign each successful applicant a registration number. Numbers are issued consecutively in the order in which an applicant is authorized to obtain a seal. The Board shall advise the successful applicant of his or her number.

6.2.b. The Board shall grant an applicant authorization to obtain a seal who has met all the requirements of the W.Va. Code §30-13 and rules promulgated under this Code as they pertain to education, experience, and upon passing the required FE and PE examinations.

6.2.c. Certificates of Registration. The Board shall issue a certificate of registration and similar wallet card to an applicant who has met the requirements of this state and who has submitted a copy of a satisfactory West Virginia PE seal and has paid the certificate fee prescribed in § 7-1-13.4. The certificate signed by the Board members shall show the registrant's registration number and seal of the Board.

6.2.d. Replacement of Certificate. The registrant shall notify the Board when a certificate of registration is lost, destroyed or mutilated, and, if the registrant is in good standing, the Board shall replace it, upon presentation of a statement of the loss and the prescribed fee in § 7-1-13.4.

6.3. Engineer Intern.

6.3.a. EI Certification Numbers. The Board shall assign each EI a certification number at the time certification is granted by the Board. Numbers are issued consecutively in the order in which an applicant is granted certification. The Board shall advise the EI of his or her number.

6.3.b. The Board shall grant an applicant who has met all the requirements of the W.Va. Code §30-13 and rules promulgated under this Code as they pertain to education, experience, and upon passing the required FE examination, a certificate of certification to serve as an EI in West Virginia.

6.3.c. Certificates of Certification. The Board shall issue a certificate of certification and similar wallet card to an applicant who has met the requirements of this state and who has paid all fees. The certificate signed by the Board members shall show the EI's certification number and seal of the Board.

6.3.d. Replacement of Certificate. The EI shall notify the Board when a certificate of certification is lost, destroyed or mutilated, and, if the EI is in good standing, the Board shall replace it, upon presentation of a statement of the loss and the prescribed fee in § 7-1-13.4.

6.4. Professional Engineer-Retired.

6.4.a. Registration Numbers. The Board shall reserve the original assigned registration number for any PE who elects to convert to Professional Engineer-Retired status. This number will remain on file in the event that the retired engineer should chose to reinstate his or her PE registration in accordance with § 7-1-9.3 and § 7-1-10.10 of these rules.

6.4.b. Documentation of Retired Status. The Board shall issue an appropriate wallet card to an applicant who has met the requirements of this state and who has paid appropriate fees.

6.4.c. PE-Retired status is a nonpracticing status. Registrants who elect PE-Retired status must retire their seal and certify that they are no longer receiving remuneration from providing professional engineering services.

6.5. Updated Information. It is the EI's or PE's responsibility to notify the Board within thirty days of any change in information previously submitted to the Board, such as name change, change of address, change of employer, or similar matter requiring current information.

6.6 Other designations of nonpracticing status. In addition to a retired status or revoked status, the Board recognizes the following additional designations, all of which describe a type of nonpracticing status which does not qualify the former registrant to practice or offer to practice engineering in the state of West Virginia:

6.6.a. Professional engineer - Inactive. An active PE or PE-Retired may elect to re-designate his or her status to Professional Engineer-Inactive upon application for inactive status which states that he or she is no longer practicing or offering to practice engineering in this state for remuneration and may seek reinstatement to active status only in accordance with § 7-1-9.3 and § 7-1-10.10 of these rules.

6.6.b. Professional engineer - Lapsed. A PE who has not renewed his or her active status in accordance with § 7-1-9.2 of these rules or has not applied for a re-designation to retired or inactive status shall be re-designated by the Board to Professional Engineer-Lapsed without further action by the Board and may seek reinstatement to active status only in accordance with § 7-1-9.3 and § 7-1-10.10 of these rules.

6.6.c. Professional Engineer - Invalidated. A PE who is unable to provide sufficient proof that any condition of renewal set forth in W. Va. Code § 30-13-1 et seq. or these rules has been met shall be re-designated by the Board to Professional Engineer-Invalidated without further action by the Board and may seek reinstatement to active status only in accordance with § 7-1-9.3 and § 7-1-10.10 of these rules.

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W. Va. Code R. § 7-1-6