2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-475.22. Exceptions.

Section 475.1 et seq. of this title shall not be construed to prevent:

1. Other professions. The practice of any other legally recognized profession;

2. Temporary license:

a.Professional engineer. The practice or offer to practice engineering by a person not a resident of or having no established place of business in this state is allowed; provided, such person is legally qualified by licensure to practice engineering, as defined in Section 475.2 of this title, in the applicant's resident state or jurisdiction and who has made application for licensure to this Board. Such person shall make application for temporary license to the Board, in a manner prescribed by the Board. After payment of a temporary license fee, a written license may be granted to perform a particular job for a definite period of time, to expire at the earliest issuance of a professional engineering license by this Board. Further, such person shall not have been disciplined in any jurisdiction by a Board of licensure for engineering, land surveying or architecture, and shall not have been convicted in any jurisdiction of a felony. Further, such person shall submit a complete permanent professional engineer application to the Board within thirty (30) days of the date of issuance of the temporary license with all required properly completed forms and fees. Failure to submit a permanent professional engineer application for Board consideration within the designated thirty-day time period may be considered a violation of Section 475.1 et seq. of this title and Board rules. No right to practice engineering shall accrue to such applicant by reason of a temporary license for any works not set forth in the license, and

b.Professional land surveyor. The practice of land surveying under a temporary permit by a person licensed as a professional land surveyor in another state is not considered to be in the best interest of the public and therefore shall not be granted;

3. Employees and subordinates. The work of an employee or a subordinate of a person holding a certificate of licensure under Section 475.1 et seq. of this title, or an employee of a person practicing lawfully under paragraph 2 of this section is allowed; provided, such work does not include final engineering or land surveying designs or decisions and is done under the direct supervision of and verified by a person holding a certificate of licensure under Section 475.1 et seq. of this title or a person practicing lawfully under paragraph 2 of this section;

4. Material takeoff. Providing a list of material derived from measuring and interpreting a set of blueprints or plans, otherwise known as a "material takeoff" or advising a person on such a "material takeoff" shall not constitute the practice of engineering; and

5. A person shall not be construed to practice or offer to practice land surveying, within the meaning and intent of Section 475.1 et seq. of this title, who merely acts as an agent of a purchaser of land surveying services. Agents of a purchaser of land surveying services include, but are not limited to, real estate agents and brokers, title companies, attorneys providing title examination services, and persons who or firms that coordinate the acquisition and use of land surveying services. The coordination of land surveying services includes, but is not limited to, sales and marketing of services, discussion of requirements of land surveys, contracting to furnish land surveys, review of land surveys, the requesting of revisions of land surveys, and making any and all modifications to surveys with the written consent of the professional land surveyor, and furnishing final revised copies to the professional land surveyor showing all revisions, the distribution of land surveys and receiving payment for such services. These actions do not constitute the practice of land surveying, and do not violate any part of Sections 475.1 through 475.22a of this title or the bylaws and rules of the Board.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 245, § 22, emerg. eff. April 26, 1968. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 297, § 22; Laws 1992, c. 165, § 19, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2005, c. 115, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2010, c. 337, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010; Laws 2017, c. 259, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.