Ark. Code Ann. § 17-30-203 (2020)
Powers, duties, and proceedings
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The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors shall:
- Meet at least two (2) times each year;
- Have a seal that shall be affixed to each certificate of licensure; and
- Require that plans, specifications, plats, and reports issued by a professional engineer are stamped with a board-authorized design seal.
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The board:
- May determine the persons entitled to be licensed and those whose licenses shall be suspended or revoked;
- Shall fix the fees and renewal fees;
- Shall hold examinations for applicants for licensure not less than two (2) times a year; and
- May do any other things necessary to its duties, including the adoption of rules not inconsistent with this chapter, the Arkansas Constitution, and other laws.
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- The board may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance and also may require the production of books, papers, and documents.
- A member of the board may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses before the board.
- The expenses incurred by the board for the administration of this chapter may be paid by the board.
History. Acts 1953, No. 214, § 4; 1957, No. 285, § 1; 1969, No. 131, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-1021; Acts 2009, No. 444, § 3; 2011, No. 897, § 2.
Amendments. The 2009 amendment substituted “licensure” for “registration” or variant throughout the section; substituted “Professional” for “Land” in (a); subdivided (c); and made minor stylistic changes.
The 2011 amendment substituted “that shall be” for “which among other things must be” in (a)(2); in (a)(3), substituted “by a professional engineer are” for “by an engineer shall be,” inserted “board-authorized design,” and deleted “of a design authorized by the board” following “seal”; deleted “Within the limits prescribed by this chapter” at the beginning of the introductory language of (b); and deleted “and regulations” following “rules” in (b)(4).