2013 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 81 - STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
81-3442 - Prohibited acts; penalties.

81-3442. Prohibited acts; penalties.

Any person who performs any of the following actions is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class IV felony for the second or any subsequent offense:

(1) Practices or offers to practice architecture or engineering in this state without being licensed in accordance with the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act unless such practice or offer to practice is otherwise exempt under the act;

(2) Knowingly and intentionally employs or retains a person to practice architecture or engineering in this state who is not licensed in accordance with the act except as provided in sections 81-3413 to 81-3415 and who is not exempted by sections 81-3449 and 81-3453;

(3) Uses the words architect, engineer, or any modification or derivative of such words in its name or form of business activity except as authorized in the act or in the Professional Landscape Architects Act;

(4) Presents or attempts to use the certificate of licensure or the seal of another person;

(5) Gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any member of the board in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate;

(6) Falsely impersonates any other licensee of like or different name;

(7) Attempts to use an expired, suspended, revoked, or nonexistent certificate of licensure or who practices or offers to practice when not qualified;

(8) Falsely claims that he or she is licensed or authorized under the act; or

(9) Violates the act.

Source

Laws 1997, LB 622, § 42;
Laws 2011, LB45, § 8.

Cross References

Professional Landscape Architects Act, see section 81-8,208.