61G15-21.001. Examination Designated; General Requirements

CHAPTER 61G15-21 EXAMINATIONS 61G15-21.001 Examination Designated; General Requirements 61G15-21.002 Areas of Competency and Grading Criteria (Repealed) 61G15-21.003 Grading Criteria for the Essay Portion of Examination (Repealed) 61G15-21.004 Passing Grade 61G15-21.005 Engineer Intern Examination (Repealed) 61G15-21.006 Exam Review Procedure (Repealed) 61G15-21.007 Re-examination; Additional Requirements After Third Failure 61G15-21.008 State of Florida, Security Policies, Procedures and Guidelines (Repealed) 61G15-21.009 Endorsement (Repealed) 61G15-21.001 Examination Designated; General Requirements. (1) Pursuant to Sections 471.013 and 471.015(1), F.S., an examination shall be given and passed prior to any applicant receiving a license to practice as a professional engineer or becoming an engineer intern in the State of Florida, except as provided in Sections 471.015(3) and (5), F.S. The examination shall be provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). (a) Part I of the examination provided by NCEES is the Fundamentals of Engineering examination. (b) Part II of the examination provided by NCEES for all disciplines other than structural is the Principles and Practices of Engineering examination, and is given by discipline. (c) For Part II of the examination, in lieu of the Principles and Practices of Engineering exmination, an applicant can take the sixteen (16) hour Structural Engineering examination provided by NCEES. (2) National examination security requirements as established by the NCEES shall be followed throughout the administration of the examination. (3) Applicants for licensure by examination must be graduates of a Board-approved engineering program as defined in subsection 61G15-20.001(2), F.A.C. Acceptance into the fundamentals examination, either in Florida or elsewhere, does not indicate automatic acceptance for the principles and practice examination, nor does it exempt said applicant from meeting the licensure eligibility criteria set forth in Chapter 471, F.S., and Division 61G15, F.A.C.