Sec. 20-308. Reciprocity.

(a) The board may, upon application and the payment of a fee of one hundred ninety dollars to the Department of Consumer Protection, authorize the department to issue a license as a professional engineer, or a combined license as a professional engineer and land surveyor or, upon application and the payment of a fee of one hundred ninety dollars, to issue a license as a land surveyor to any person who holds a certificate of qualification, licensure or registration issued to such person by the proper authority of any state, territory or possession of the United States, or any country, or the National Bureau of Engineering Registration, provided the requirements for the licensure or registration of professional engineers or land surveyors under which such license, certificate of qualification or registration was issued shall not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and shall be of a standard not lower than that specified in section 20-302. Upon request of any such applicant the board may, if it determines that the application is in apparent good order, authorize the department to grant to such applicant permission in writing to practice engineering or land surveying or both for a specified period of time while such application is pending. The board may waive the first part of the examination specified in subdivision (1) of section 20-302 in the case of an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer who holds a certificate as an engineer-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state, territory or possession of the United States, provided the requirements under which the certificate was issued do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and are of a standard at least equal to that specified in said subdivision (1). The board may waive that part of the examination specified in subdivision (3) of section 20-302 relating to the fundamentals of land surveying, in the case of an applicant for licensure as a land surveyor who holds a certificate as a surveyor-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state, territory or possession of the United States, provided the requirements under which the certificate was issued do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and are of a standard at least equal to that specified in said subdivision (3).

(b) The board may, upon application and the payment of a fee to be fixed by the board, authorize the Department of Consumer Protection to issue a license as an engineer-in-training to any person who holds a certificate of qualification as engineer-in-training or surveyor-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state or territory or possession of the United States, or any country, provided the requirements for certification under which such certificate of qualification was issued do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and are of a standard at least equal to that specified in section 20-302.

(1949 Rev., S. 4630; 1951, 1955, S. 2315d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 75; 1961, P.A. 568, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 547, S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 91; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 22; P.A. 81-361, S. 17, 39; P.A. 82-317, S. 7, 8; 82-370, S. 12, 16; P.A. 83-360, S. 4; P.A. 89-251, S. 124, 203; P.A. 98-3, S. 21; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 241.)

History: 1959 act increased fee from $20 to $50; 1961 act added provision re practice while application is pending and provision for issuance of engineer-in-training certificates; 1965 act deleted residency requirement for waiver eligibility; 1971 act increased application fee for engineers and those desiring combined certificate from $50 to $150 and for land surveyors from $50 to $100; 1972 act reduced fee for engineer or combined certificate to $50 and for land surveyor to $25; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide for payment of fees to the department instead of the board and for issuance of certificates by the department upon the authorization of the board on and after July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-317 increased fee for land surveyor's certificate from $25 to $50; P.A. 82-370 substituted references to licensure for references to certificates of registration where necessary; P.A. 83-360 amended section to provide for waiver of part of surveyor-in-training examination requirement for applicants holding a certificate issued by another jurisdiction; P.A. 89-251 increased the fees from $50 to $150; P.A. 98-3 divided section into Subsecs. and made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fees from $150 to $190.