Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 16, August 19, 2024
Section 13:40-3.1 - Prohibited actions; issuance and display of certificate; advertising(a) A person shall not use the title "professional engineer," "engineer" or its substantial equivalent or otherwise represent to the public that the person is licensed to practice engineering in this State unless that person is licensed by the Board.(b) A person shall not use the title "professional land surveyor," "surveyor" or its substantial equivalent or otherwise represent to the public that the person is licensed to practice professional land surveying in this State unless that person is licensed by the Board.(c) All professional engineering and professional land surveying performed for or by a department, institution, commission, board or body of the State Government or for or by any county, city, township, village, borough or other municipal corporation or other political subdivision in the State shall be performed by a licensed individual in conformance with 45:8-27 et seq., 45:4B-1 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 13:40.(d) Every holder of a license shall display the license certificate in a conspicuous place in the licensee's principal office, place of business or employment.(e) Each license number and license certificate containing the license number issued by the Board shall remain the property of the State of New Jersey, If the Board suspends, fails to renew, or revokes a license, the licensee shall immediately return all certificates to the Board and shall remove the license number from all advertising and anything else on which the license number is displayed or otherwise communicated.(f) The Board shall issue a replacement license certificate to a licensee upon payment of the replacement certificate fee as set forth in 13:40-6.1 and receipt by the Board of an affidavit or certified statement attesting that the original was either lost destroyed, mutilated or is otherwise no longer in the custody of and cannot be recovered by the licensee.(g) The Board shall issue a duplicate license certificate to a licensee upon payment of the duplicate certificate fee as set forth in 13:40-6.1 and receipt by the Board of an affidavit or certified statement that the licensee has multiple places of business in which the licensee must display a certificate. A licensee shall not possess more certificates than the number of places of business utilized by the licensee.(h) Failure to return a license certificate which has been rendered invalid shall subject the individual to such penalties as provided by law and may be grounds for the Board to refuse to reinstate a license.N.J. Admin. Code § 13:40-3.1
Amended by 52 N.J.R. 46(a), effective 1/6/2020