2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 322 - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS 322.180 Grounds for denial of licensure and for disciplinary action.
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322.180 Grounds for denial of licensure and for disciplinary action.
The board may refuse to issue, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license, may
reprimand, place on probation, or admonish a licensee, may impose a fine on a licensee
not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or may impose any combination of these
penalties when it finds that an applicant or licensee:
(1) Engaged in any practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a license;
(2) Engaged in gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the practice of
engineering or land surveying;
(3) Violated any provision of this chapter, the administrative regulations promulgated
by the board, or the code of professional practice and conduct adopted by the board
and incorporated in administrative regulations;
(4) Employed, procured, or induced a person not licensed to practice engineering or
land surveying in this state;
(5) Aided or abetted a person not licensed to practice engineering or land surveying in
this state;
(6) Been granted a license upon a mistake of material fact;
(7) Been convicted by a court of law of a felony;
(8) Become a chronic or persistent alcoholic or has become drug-addicted so that
continued practice is dangerous to clients or to the public safety;
(9) Developed a physical or mental disability or other condition so that continued
practice is dangerous to clients or to the public safety;
(10) Violated any order of suspension or the terms or conditions of any order of
probation issued by the board;
(11) Had a license or registration certificate to practice as an engineer or land surveyor
denied, limited, suspended, probated, or revoked in another jurisdiction on grounds
sufficient to cause licensure to be denied, limited, suspended, probated, or revoked
in this state;
(12) Engaged in conduct likely to deceive or defraud the public;
(13) Presented or attempted to use as his or her own the license, seal, or stamp of
another;
(14) Falsely impersonated any other licensee;
(15) Attempted to use an expired, suspended, or revoked license;
(16) Provided certification for any plan, specification, plat, report, or physical
description not prepared by him or her or under his or her direct supervision; or
(17) Applied the seal, stamp, signature, or title block of another professional engineer or
professional land surveyor to a plan, specification, plat, report, or physical
description that was not prepared by the other professional engineer or land
surveyor.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 163, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 16, effective January 1, 1999. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts
ch. 291, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 273, sec. 5,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 13. -- Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599e20.
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