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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 10. Board For Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers And Landscape Architects
Chapter 20. Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Regulations
5/2/2026

18VAC10-20-270. Licensure by endorsement.

A. Applicants holding a valid license to practice engineering in other states or jurisdictions may be licensed, provided that the applicant satisfies the provisions of this subsection. Applicants must:

1. Submit to the board verifiable documentation for education, experience, and exam that meets the requirements by which the applicant was first licensed in the original jurisdiction were and is substantially equivalent to the requirements in Virginia; and

2. Satisfy all other applicable requirements of this chapter.

B. International endorsement. Applicants holding a valid license in a country that is a signatory to the mobility agreements of the International Engineering Alliance may be licensed provided the applicant satisfies the provisions of this subsection. Applicants must:

1. Submit evidence of education meeting the requirements of 18VAC10-20-230.

2. Submit evidence of seven years of qualifying engineering experience in accordance with 18VAC10-20-240.

3. Satisfy all other applicable requirements of this chapter.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-404 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR130-01-2 § 4.12, eff. October 18, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 8, eff. March 1, 1988; Volume 6, Issue 20, eff. September 1, 1990; Volume 7, Issue 14, eff. May 8, 1991; Volume 8, Issue 7, eff. February 1, 1992; Volume 10, Issue 15, eff. May 19, 1994; Volume 16, Issue 3, eff. December 1, 1999; Volume 18, Issue 7, eff. March 1, 2002; Volume 23, Issue 1, eff. February 1, 2007; Volume 32, Issue 6, eff. January 1, 2016; Volume 37, Issue 24, eff. September 2, 2021; Volume 42, Issue 16, eff. May 1, 2026.

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