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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 471
ENGINEERING
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F.S. 471.031
471.031 Prohibitions; penalties.
(1) A person may not:
(a) Practice engineering unless the person is licensed or exempt from licensure under this chapter.
(b)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2. or subparagraph 3., use the name or title “professional engineer” or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviations, or device tending to indicate that such person holds an active license as an engineer when the person is not licensed under this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following titles: “agricultural engineer,” “air-conditioning engineer,” “architectural engineer,” “building engineer,” “chemical engineer,” “civil engineer,” “control systems engineer,” “electrical engineer,” “environmental engineer,” “fire protection engineer,” “industrial engineer,” “manufacturing engineer,” “mechanical engineer,” “metallurgical engineer,” “mining engineer,” “minerals engineer,” “marine engineer,” “nuclear engineer,” “petroleum engineer,” “plumbing engineer,” “structural engineer,” “transportation engineer,” “software engineer,” “computer hardware engineer,” or “systems engineer.”
2. Any person who is exempt from licensure under s. 471.003(2)(j) may use the title or personnel classification of “engineer” in the scope of his or her work under that exemption if the title does not include or connote the term “professional engineer,” “registered engineer,” “licensed engineer,” “registered professional engineer,” or “licensed professional engineer.”
3. Any person who is exempt from licensure under s. 471.003(2)(c) or (e) may use the title or personnel classification of “engineer” in the scope of his or her work under that exemption if the title does not include or connote the term “professional engineer,” “registered engineer,” “licensed engineer,” “registered professional engineer,” or “licensed professional engineer” and if that person is a graduate from an approved engineering curriculum of 4 years or more in a school, college, or university which has been approved by the board.
(c) Present as his or her own the license of another.
(d) Give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof.
(e) Use or attempt to use a license that has been suspended, revoked, or placed on inactive or delinquent status.
(f) Employ nonexempt unlicensed persons to practice engineering.
(g) Conceal information relative to violations of this chapter.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.ss. 14, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 47, ch. 83-329; ss. 9, 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 215, ch. 94-119; s. 335, ch. 97-103; s. 41, ch. 2000-356; s. 28, ch. 2002-299; s. 3, ch. 2003-425; s. 3, ch. 2004-332.

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Amendments to 471.031


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 471.031
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S471.031 1a - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - PRACTICE ENGINEERING WITHOUT REGISTRATION - M: F
S471.031 1b - FRAUD-IMPERSON - USE TITLE REGISTERED ENGINEER WO REGISTRATION - M: F
S471.031 1c - FRAUD-IMPERSON - PRESENT ANOTHERS ENGINEER WO REGISTRATION - M: F
S471.031 1d - PASS FORGED - EVIDENCE TO ENGINEER REGS BOARD OR MEMBER - M: F
S471.031 1d - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - EVIDENCE TO ENGINEER REGS BOARD OR MEMBER - M: F
S471.031 1e - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - USE SUSP REVOKED INACTIVE ENGINEER REGIST - M: F
S471.031 1f - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - EMPLOY UNLICENSED ENGINEER - M: F
S471.031 1g - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - CONCEAL INFO RE ENGINEERING REGULATIONS VIOL - M: F



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  1. For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds there is no genuine issue that Plaintiff's engineering work for NAC required advanced knowledge in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction. It is clear from the record that when Plaintiff engineered specialized tools and fixtures, he performed complex work "predominantly intellectual in character" and exercised discretion and judgment. Further, the field of engineering is specifically mentioned in 29 C.F.R. § 541.301(c) as being a "field of science or learning." Florida law also regulates the field of professional engineering, and considers "mechanical engineering" to be a part of that field. See Fla. Stat. § 471.031; see also id. at 471.013 (in order to take the required tests to become licensed as a professional engineer in the state of Florida, an applicant must have graduated from an advanced engineering curriculum).
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