2010 New York Code
EDN - Education
Title 8 - THE PROFESSIONS
Article 145 - (7200 - 7212) ENGINEERING AND LAND SURVEYING
7206 - Requirements for a license as a professional engineer.

§ 7206. Requirements  for a license as a professional engineer.  1. To
  qualify for a license as a  professional  engineer  an  applicant  shall
  fulfill the following requirements:
    (1) Application: file an application with the department;
    (2)  Education:  have received an education, including a bachelor's or
  higher degree based on a program in engineering, in accordance with  the
  commissioner's regulations;
    (3)  Experience:  have at least four years in work satisfactory to the
  board, provided that the board may accept study  beyond  the  bachelor's
  degree in partial fulfillment of this requirement;
    (4)  Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
    (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States  citizen  or
  an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
    (7)  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
  department; and
    (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars  to  the  department
  for  admission  to a department conducted examination and for an initial
  license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination,  a
  fee  of  one  hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  an initial license for
  persons not requiring admission to a department  conducted  examination,
  and  a  fee  of  two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration
  period.
    2. In lieu of the degree  and  experience  requirements  specified  in
  subparagraphs  (2)  and  (3)  of subdivision one of this section, twelve
  years of practical experience in work satisfactory to the board  may  be
  accepted,  provided  that each full year of college study in engineering
  satisfactory to the department may at the discretion  of  the  board  be
  accepted  in  lieu  of  two  years  of  the  required  twelve  years  of
  experience.
    3. For an identification card as an "intern  engineer",  an  applicant
  shall  fulfill  the  requirements  of  subdivision  one of this section,
  except those in subparagraphs (3) and (5), provided  that  admission  to
  the examination may be given when the applicant is within twenty credits
  of  the  completion  of  the  requirements  for the bachelor's or higher
  degree as prescribed in subparagraph (2)  of  subdivision  one,  or  has
  completed  the  practical  experience  requirement of subdivision two of
  this section. The fee for examination  and  identification  card  as  an
  "intern  engineer"  shall  be  seventy  dollars  and  the  fee  for each
  reexamination shall be seventy dollars.
    4. On recommendation of the board, the department may  waive  specific
  requirements, except as to age, character, education and citizenship, in
  the  case  of applicants who are possessed of established and recognized
  standing in the engineering profession and who have  practiced  lawfully
  for more than fifteen years.