New Jersey Ethics, Rules, and Laws for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

1. The regular and continuous absence from principal office premises from which professional services are rendered, except for performance of field work or presence in a field office maintained exclusively for a specific project;
2. The failure to personally inspect or review the work of subordinates where necessary and appropriate;
3. The rendering of a limited, cursory or perfunctory review of plans or projects in lieu of an appropriate detailed review;
4. The failure to personally be available on a reasonable basis or with adequate advance notice for consultation and inspection where circumstances require personal availability.

a. Graduation from a board approved curriculum in engineering of four years or more; a specific record of an additional four years or more of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the board, and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work; and successfully passing all parts of the written examination

b. Graduation from a board approved curriculum in engineering technology of four years or more; a specific record of an additional six years or more of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the board, and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work; and successfully passing all parts of the written examination.

c. Graduation from a board approved curriculum in engineering or engineering technology of four years or more; a specific record of an additional 15 years or more of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the board and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work; and successfully passing the specialized portion of the written examination which is designated as Part P;

d. A certificate of registration, issued by any state or territory or possession of the United States, or of any country, may, in the discretion of the board, be accepted as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as a professional engineer; provided that the minimum requirements for examination and license by the issuing agency in effect at the time of application to the issuing agency, which the applicant satisfied in order to qualify for examination by that issuing agency, are at least comparable to those same minimum requirements of the board which were in effect in this State at that time; and provided that the applicant has not failed any portion of a nationally administered, two-day examination, required by the board, that was taken in order to receive licensure by the issuing agency.

a. (i) Until December 31, 1990, successful completion of a board approved program in surveying in a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing; an additional four years or more of experience in land surveying work of a character satisfactory to the board and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work; and successfully passing a written examination; or (ii) Effective January 1, 1991, graduation from a board approved curriculum in surveying of four years or more; an additional three years or more of experience in land surveying work of a character satisfactory to the board and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of that work; and successfully passing all parts of the written examination

b. Until December 31, 1990, successfully passing a written examination in surveying prescribed by the board; and a specific record of six years or more of experience in land surveying work of a character satisfactory to the board and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work.

c. A certificate of registration, issued by any state or territory or possession of the United States, or of any country, may, in the discretion of the board, be accepted as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as a land surveyor; provided that the minimum requirements for examination and license by the issuing agency in effect at the time of application to the issuing agency, which the applicant satisfied in order to qualify for examination by that issuing agency, are at least comparable to those same minimum requirements of the board which were in effect in this State at that time; and provided that the issuing agency attests to the licensing criteria at the time of the applicant’s original licensure in that jurisdiction, and the applicant receives a passing grade on the New Jersey specific portion of the current land surveying examination and any portions of a nationally administered two-day examination required by the board not already passed by the applicant.