Laws and Rules for Texas (Revised for 2024)

In Laws and Rules for Texas Engineers (Revised for 2024), you'll learn ...

• The most pertinent rules of the Board's rules affecting Texas professional engineers
• The board’s rules of professional conduct for engineers
• Design, contents, and proper application of the registrant’s seal
• Continuing education requirements for professional engineers in Texas

Overview

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Credit: 1 PDH

Length: 16 pages

The Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (TBPELS) consists of nine members appointed by the governor. The Board has the power to adopt rules, set standards for licensure, adopt mandatory standards of professional conduct and ethics, and investigate and discipline unauthorized, negligent, unethical, or incompetent practices. They review applications, administer examinations, license qualified applicants, and regulate the professional practice of licensees throughout the state.

In this course, we will review portions of the laws and rules that govern the profession of engineering for Texas-licensed engineers, with an emphasis on the sections of the rules that apply to practicing engineers. In other words, rules not directly relevant to a PE's practice, such as the makeup of the Board, administrative workings of the Board, qualifying for the PE exam, and the process for applying for a PE license, have been omitted from this course.

This course meets the following 1 PDH requirement for Texas Ethics or Laws & Rules: A minimum of 1 PDH per renewal period must be in the area of professional ethics, roles, and responsibilities of professional engineering or review of the Texas Engineering Practice Act and Board Rules.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Current information on the required engineering seal and its proper use
• Rules of Practice for Texas Engineers
• Continuing education hours required
• Credit for distance learning, teaching, college courses and other qualifying activities
• Continuing education reporting requirements
• Request for a waiver of the continuing education requirement

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.