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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
11/21/2024

18VAC10-20-210. Requirements for licensure as a professional engineer.

A. In order to be licensed as a professional engineer, applicants shall:

1. Satisfy one requirement of subdivisions B 1 through B 4 of this section;

2. Pass the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam;

3. Meet all the requirements of this chapter; and

4. Apply to and be approved by the board.

B. In general, the required education shall be applied as follows:

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

EIT REQUIRED?

NUMBER OF REQUIRED YEARS OF QUALIFYING ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

1. Have graduated from an approved engineering program.

YES

4

2. Dual degree holders.

a. Have graduated from an ABET-accredited undergraduate engineering program; and

b. Have graduated from a doctorate engineering program that is ABET accredited at the undergraduate level.

NO

4

3. Have graduated from a nonapproved engineering program of four years or more, a related science program, or an approved engineering technology program.

YES

6

4. Have graduated from a nonapproved engineering technology program of four years or more.

YES

10

Statutory Authority

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

Historical Notes

Derived from VR130-01-2 § 4.6, 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 13, Issue 23, eff. October 1, 1997; 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.

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