54-1204. QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF BOARD. Members of the board shall be citizens of the United States and residents of this state; and except for the public member, they shall have been engaged for at least twelve (12) years in the practice of engineering for the professional engineer members or land surveying for the professional land surveyor members, shall have been in responsible charge for at least five (5) years of important professional engineering or professional land surveying work, and shall be licensed under the provisions of this chapter. Responsible charge of engineering or land surveying teaching may be construed as responsible charge of important professional engineering or professional land surveying work.
History:
[54-1204, added 1939, ch. 231, sec. 4, p. 516; am. 1957, ch. 234, sec. 3, p. 547; am. 1978, ch. 170, sec. 3, p. 374; am. 1986, ch. 140, sec. 4, p. 380; am. 1996, ch. 357, sec. 4, p. 1189; am. 2008, ch. 378, sec. 5, p. 1028; am. 2015, ch. 114, sec. 2, p. 295; am. 2016, ch. 340, sec. 15, p. 940.]