Sec. 20-304. Licenses and seals. Acceptance by the state and political subdivisions of the state of final drawings, specifications, plots, reports, papers, documents,
etc., when sealed and submitted on behalf of an employer. The board shall authorize
the Department of Consumer Protection to issue a license, upon payment of a fee as
provided in section 20-305, to any applicant who, in the opinion of the board, has satisfactorily met all the requirements of this chapter. The issuance of a license by the department
shall be evidence that the person named in such license is entitled to all the rights and
privileges of a licensed professional engineer, or of a licensed land surveyor, while such
license remains valid. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as permitting a person
licensed only as a land surveyor to practice any other branch of the profession of engineering nor as permitting a licensed professional engineer to practice land surveying
unless such person is a holder of a valid combined license as professional engineer
and land surveyor. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and
assistance of the board, may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, pertaining
to the design and use of seals by licensees under this chapter. Each agency, department,
board or commission of the state or political subdivision of the state shall accept, subject
to review for conformance with all approved policies and standards, any final drawings,
specifications, plots, reports, papers or documents relative to the practice of a licensed
professional engineer or land surveyor when sealed and submitted on behalf of an employer by a licensed professional engineer or licensed land surveyor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4625; P.A. 77-614, S. 259, 610; P.A. 81-361, S. 12, 39; P.A. 82-370, S. 6, 16; P.A. 95-73; P.A. 98-3, S.
14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 transferred regulation authority from board to consumer protection commissioner, retaining board
in advisory capacity, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-361 amended section to allow the department to issue certificates
upon the authorization of the board on and after July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-370 provided that the department of consumer
protection shall issue a license, instead of a certificate of registration, to applicants who have met the chapter's requirements,
rewording provisions accordingly; P.A. 95-73 required the state and political subdivisions of the state to accept drawings,
etc., sealed by licensed professional engineers and submitted on behalf of their employers; P.A. 98-3 made technical
changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection
with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed
Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer
Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 20-304a. Automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's license. Certification requirements. Exemption of professional engineers, plumbing journeymen, plumbing contractors and journeyman sprinkler fitters licensed under
this chapter. (a) The board may issue an automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's license to any person who has received level III certification from the National
Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies in the field of fire protection
engineering technology or a subfield of automatic sprinkler system layout. Any person
who is a professional engineer licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
a plumbing and piping journeyman licensed pursuant to chapter 393, a plumbing and
piping contractor licensed pursuant to chapter 393 or a journeyman sprinkler fitter licensed pursuant to chapter 393 shall be exempt from such licensing requirement.
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the issuance of automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's licenses and to prescribe the amount of the fees required pursuant to this section.
Upon the adoption of such regulations, the fees required by this section shall be as
prescribed in such regulation.
(P.A. 91-273, S. 2; P.A. 93-361, S. 11, 16, 17; P.A. 98-3, S. 15; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189,
S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-361 made existing section Subsec. (a) and added a new Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner to adopt
regulations for automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's licenses and exempted plumbing journeymen, plumbing
contractors and journeymen sprinkler fitters from licensing requirements, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-3 made technical
changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture
and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby
reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 20-305. Application and license fees. Applications for licensure under this
chapter shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department of Consumer
Protection. The nonrefundable application fee for a professional engineer license shall
be forty dollars. The nonrefundable application fee for an engineer-in-training license
shall be thirty-eight dollars, which shall accompany the application and which shall
include the cost of the issuance of a license. The nonrefundable application fee for a
land surveyor license shall be forty dollars. The nonrefundable application fee for a
surveyor-in-training license shall be thirty-two dollars, which shall accompany the application and which shall include the cost of the issuance of a license. The initial license
fee for a professional engineer license or a land surveyor license shall be one hundred
ten dollars. The application fee for a combined license as professional engineer and land
surveyor shall be forty dollars. The initial license fee for such combined license shall
be one hundred ten dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4626; 1951, 1955, S. 2312d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 73; February, 1965, P.A. 547, S. 2; June, 1971, P.A. 8,
S. 88; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 19; P.A. 81-361, S. 13, 39; P.A. 82-317, S. 3, 8; 82-370, S. 7, 16; P.A. 83-360, S. 2; P.A. 89-251,
S. 119, 203; P.A. 92-74, S. 4, 7; P.A. 98-3, S. 16; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act doubled fee for professional engineer, increased fees for engineer-in-training and land surveyor five
dollars and for combination twenty dollars and made all fees payable when application is made; 1965 act added transfer
to lower class contingency in last sentence; 1971 act increased fees for professional engineer from fifty to one hundred
fifty dollars, for engineer-in-training from fifteen to twenty-five dollars, for land surveyor from twenty-five to one hundred
dollars and for combined certificate from fifty to one hundred fifty dollars; 1972 act reduced fees for professional engineer
to fifty dollars, for land surveyor to twenty-five dollars and for combined certificate to fifty dollars, restoring fees obtaining
before 1971 act for all categories except engineer-in-training; P.A. 81-361 provided that the registration fee for an engineer-in-training includes the cost of only the first examination taken and eliminated a provision allowing the application of that
fee toward the fee for subsequent registration as a professional engineer and replaced board with department of consumer
protection as authority dispensing applications; P.A. 82-317 amended section to increase application and registration fee
for land surveyors from twenty-five to fifty dollars and to eliminate partial refund upon transfer of application to a class
requiring a lower fee; P.A. 82-370 replaced references to registration with references to licensure; P.A. 83-360 established
application fee of twenty-five dollars for surveyor-in-training license; P.A. 89-251 increased the fee for professional
engineer from fifty dollars to one hundred fifty dollars, increased the fee for engineers-in-training from twenty-five dollars
to thirty-eight dollars, increased the fee for land surveyors from fifty dollars to one hundred fifty dollars, increased the fee
for surveyors-in-training from twenty-five dollars to thirty-two dollars and increased the combined licensed fee from fifty
dollars to one hundred fifty dollars; P.A. 92-74 rephrased section to delete references to first examinations of engineers-in-training and surveyors-in-training, to separate fees for professional engineers and surveyors and those desiring combined
licenses into discrete fees for application and license and to specify that application fee is nonrefundable, deleting prior
provision which stated that fee deposited with application, i.e. combined application and license fee, would be nonreturnable
after formal action taken by board on the application; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and
P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection,
effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the
Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 20-306. Expirations and renewals. (a)(1) The Department of Consumer Protection shall notify by mail each person licensed under this chapter of the date of the
expiration of such license and the amount of the fee required for its renewal for one
year. Such license renewals shall be accompanied by the payment of the professional
services fee for class G, as defined in section 33-182l, in the case of a professional
engineer license, a professional engineer and land surveyor combined license, or a land
surveyor license. The license shall be considered lapsed if not renewed within thirty
days following the normal expiration date.
(2) Annual renewal of an engineer-in-training license or a surveyor-in-training license shall not be required. Any such license shall remain valid for a period of ten years
from the date of its original issuance and, during this time, it shall meet in part the
requirements for licensure as a professional engineer or land surveyor. It shall not be
the duty of the department to notify the holder of an engineer-in-training license or a
surveyor-in-training license of the date of expiration of such license other than to publish
it annually in the roster.
(3) Renewal of any license under this chapter or payment of renewal fees shall not
be required of any licensee serving in the armed forces of the United States until the
next renewal period immediately following the termination of such service or the renewal period following the fifth year after such licensee's entry into such service, whichever occurs first. The status of such licensees shall be indicated in the annual roster of
professional engineers and land surveyors.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section concerning fees,
any person who is licensed under the provisions of this chapter, who is age sixty-five
or over and who is no longer actively engaged in the practice of engineering or any of
its branches, or land surveying, may renew such license annually upon payment of the
professional services fee for class A, as defined in section 33-182l.
(1949 Rev., S. 4627; 1951, 1955, S. 2313d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 74; February, 1965, P.A. 547, S. 3; June, 1971, P.A. 8,
S. 89; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 20; P.A. 82-317, S. 4, 8; 82-370, S. 8, 16; P.A. 83-360, S. 3; 83-574, S. 16, 20; 83-587, S. 72,
96; P.A. 89-251, S. 120, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 53, 89; P.A. 94-36, S. 11, 42; P.A. 98-3, S. 17; June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act doubled fee for renewal; 1965 act stated that no renewal fee to be charged for following year when
registrations approved after November first in any year; 1971 act raised single five-dollar renewal fee to one hundred fifty
dollars for engineers or holders of combined certificate and to seventy-five dollars for land surveyors; 1972 act changed
expiration date from last day of December to last day of January, allowed renewals during January as well as during
December and reduced fee for engineers or holders of combined certificate to thirty-five dollars and for surveyors to ten
dollars; P.A. 82-317 amended section to require department, not board, to notify registrants of date of expiration of certificates, to increase renewal fees to seventy-five dollars, replacing thirty-five-dollar fee for professional engineers' or combined certificate and ten-dollar fee for land surveyors, to establish fees for renewal of lapsed registration and to provide
that engineer-in-training certificates are to remain valid for ten years; P.A. 82-370 replaced references to registration with
references to licensure; P.A. 83-360 amended section to include references to surveyor-in-training license; P.A. 83-574
added Subsec. (b) establishing inactive license for persons age sixty-five or over; P.A. 83-587 substituted licensure references for registration references; P.A. 89-251 increased the fee for professional engineers and combined licensees from
seventy-five dollars to two hundred twenty-five dollars, increased the fee for land surveyors from seventy-five dollars to
two hundred twenty-five dollars and increased the fee for a retiree's license from ten dollars to thirty dollars; May Sp.
Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to replace specified dollar amount renewal fees with fees for professional
service fee classes G and A, respectively, established pursuant to Sec. 33-182l; P.A. 94-36 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate
references to specific license expiration dates, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing
the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.
Sec. 20-306a. Practice of engineering or land surveying by a corporation or
limited liability company. (a) The practice of or the offer to practice professional engineering in this state by individual licensed professional engineers or the practice of or
the offer to practice land surveying in this state by individual licensed land surveyors
under the corporate form or by a corporation or limited liability company, a material
part of the business of which includes engineering or land surveying, is permitted, provided (1) such personnel of such corporation or limited liability company as act in its
behalf as engineers or land surveyors are licensed or exempt from licensure under the
provisions of this chapter, and (2) such corporation or limited liability company has
been issued a certificate of registration by the board as provided in this section. No
such corporation or limited liability company shall be relieved of responsibility for the
conduct or acts of its agents, employees or officers by reason of its compliance with
the provisions of this section, nor shall any individual practicing engineering or land
surveying be relieved of responsibility for engineering or land surveying services performed by reason of his employment or relationship with such corporation or limited
liability company. All final drawings, specifications, plots, reports or other engineering
or land surveying papers or documents involving the practice of engineering or land
surveying which are prepared or approved by any such corporation or limited liability
company or engineer or land surveyor for use of or for delivery to any person or for
public record within this state shall be dated and bear the signature and seal of the
engineer or land surveyor who prepared them or under whose supervision they were
prepared.
(b) A qualifying corporation or limited liability company desiring a certificate of
registration shall file with the board an application upon a form prescribed by the Department of Consumer Protection accompanied by an application fee of four hundred fifty
dollars. Each such certificate shall expire annually and shall be renewable upon payment
of a fee of three hundred dollars. If all requirements of this chapter are met, the board
shall authorize the department to issue to such corporation or limited liability company
a certificate of registration within thirty days of such application, provided the board
may refuse to authorize the issuance of a certificate if any facts exist which would entitle
the board to suspend or revoke an existing certificate.
(c) Each such corporation or limited liability company shall file with the board
a designation of an individual or individuals licensed to practice engineering or land
surveying in this state who shall be in charge of engineering or land surveying by such
corporation or limited liability company in this state. Such corporation or limited liability
company shall notify the board of any change in such designation within thirty days
after such change becomes effective.
(1967, P.A. 762, S. 1-3; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 90; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 21; P.A. 81-361, S. 14, 39; P.A. 82-370, S. 9, 16;
P.A. 87-271, S. 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 121, 203; P.A. 96-259, S. 4; P.A. 98-3, S. 18; 98-137, S. 26, 62; 98-219, S. 33, 34; June
30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act doubled renewal fee in Subsec. (b); 1972 act made technical correction, adding "of" before "one
hundred dollars"; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide that application form is to be prescribed by the department
instead of the board and certificates are to be issued by the department upon the authorization of the board; P.A. 82-370
replaced references to registration with references to licensure and provided that the corporation possess a certificate of
registration, eliminating references to the certificate of authorization; P.A. 87-271 extended the provisions of the section
to the practice of land surveying; P.A. 89-251 increased the application fee from one hundred fifty dollars to four hundred
fifty dollars and increased the renewal fee from one hundred dollars to three hundred dollars; P.A. 96-259 amended Subsec.
(b) to conform language re annual expiration; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; P.A. 98-137 authorized the practice of
professional engineering or land surveying by a limited liability company, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-219 revised
effective date of P.A. 98-137, but without affecting this section; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced
Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004;
P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture
and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Cited. 200 C. 145, 146, 148.
Sec. 20-306b. Formation of corporation or limited liability company for joint
practice. (a) One or more architects, each of whom is licensed under the provisions of
chapter 390, one or more professional engineers or one or more land surveyors each of
whom is licensed under the provisions of this chapter, may form a corporation or limited
liability company for the joint practice of architecture, professional engineering and land
surveying services, or for the joint practice of architecture and professional engineering
services, or for the joint practice of architecture and land surveying services, or for the
joint practice of professional engineering and land surveying services, provided (1)
persons licensed as architects, engineers or land surveyors under chapter 390 or this
chapter together own not less than two-thirds of the voting stock of the corporation or
not less than two-thirds of the voting interests of the limited liability company, and
the members of each profession forming the corporation or limited liability company
together own at least twenty per cent of the voting stock of the corporation or at least
twenty per cent of the voting interests of the limited liability company, (2) the personnel
in responsible charge of the practice of architecture for such corporation or limited
liability company shall be licensed under chapter 390 and the personnel in responsible
charge of the practice of engineering or land surveying for such corporation or limited
liability company shall be licensed under this chapter, and (3) such corporation or limited
liability company has been issued a joint certificate of registration by the Department
of Consumer Protection at the direction of the Architectural Licensing Board and the
appropriate members of the State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and
Land Surveyors designated to administer the provisions of this chapter with respect to
professional engineers or land surveyors. Such corporation or limited liability company
shall, upon request by the Architectural Licensing Board or the State Board of Examiners
for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, provide the requesting board with information concerning its officers, directors, members, beneficial owners and all other aspects of its business organization. Corporations for such joint practice in existence as
of July 1, 1992, may continue to be governed by the provisions of this subsection as
revised to 1989, provided the certificate issued under this section did not expire more
than two years before that date.
(b) Application by such corporation or limited liability company for a certificate
of registration under this section shall be made to both boards jointly on a form prescribed
by the department and accompanied by an application fee of four hundred fifty dollars.
Each such certificate shall expire annually and shall be renewable upon payment of a
fee of three hundred dollars, if all requirements of chapter 390 and this chapter with
respect to corporate or limited liability company practice are met. The boards by joint
action may refuse to authorize the issuance or renewal of a certificate if any facts exist
which would entitle the boards to suspend or revoke an existing certificate.
(c) Any corporation or limited liability company issued a certificate under this section shall be required to comply with all provisions of chapter 390 and this chapter with
respect to corporate or limited liability company practice.
(d) No such corporation or limited liability company shall be relieved of responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees, members or officers by reason of
its compliance with the provisions of this section, nor shall any individual practicing
architecture, engineering or land surveying be relieved of responsibility for services
performed by reason of his employment or relationship with such corporation or limited
liability company.
(e) All fees collected under this section shall be paid to the State Treasurer for
deposit in the General Fund.
(f) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of
the Architectural Licensing Board and the appropriate members of the State Board of
Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors designated to administer the
provisions of this chapter with respect to professional engineers or land surveyors, shall
adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this
section.
(P.A. 73-470, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 260, 261, 610; P.A. 81-361, S. 15, 39; P.A. 82-317, S. 5, 8; 82-370, S. 10, 16; P.A.
83-574, S. 17, 20; 83-587, S. 36, 37, 96; P.A. 87-271, S. 3; P.A. 89-251, S. 122, 203; P.A. 92-74, S. 1, 7; P.A. 94-36, S.
12, 42; P.A. 98-3, S. 19; 98-137, S. 27, 62; 98-219, S. 33, 34; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-169, S.
17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 required that fees be paid to treasurer for deposit in general fund rather than that they be "shared
equally by the boards" in Subsec. (e) and transferred regulatory power from boards to consumer protection commissioner
in Subsec. (f), retaining boards in advisory capacity, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide
that application forms are to be prescribed by the department instead of the board and that issuance or renewal of certificates
is to be done by the department upon the authorization of the board; P.A. 82-317 amended Subsec. (b) to increase renewal
fee from fifty to two hundred dollars; P.A. 82-370 referred to certificate of registration rather than certificate of authorization
issued by consumer protection department, changed board's name from architectural registration board to architectural
examiner's board, replaced references to registration with references to licensure and provided that regulations be adopted
in accordance with chapter 54, eliminating the reference to sections 4-166 to 4-174; P.A. 83-574 required that at least two-thirds of voting stock of corporation for joint practice be owned by persons licensed to practice engineering or architecture
with at least one-third of such stock owned by licensed architects and that corporations furnish information concerning
officers, directors, etc. upon request by licensing boards; P.A. 83-587 substituted architectural licensing board for architectural examiners board in Subsecs. (a) and (f); P.A. 87-271 extended the provisions of this section to practice which includes
the practice of land surveying; P.A. 89-251 increased initial application fee from one hundred fifty dollars to four hundred
fifty dollars and increased the renewal fee from two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars; P.A. 92-74 amended Subsec.
(a) to replace reference to "registered" architects with reference to "licensed" architects, to replace requirement re joint
practice that persons licensed as architects under chapter 390 could not own less than one-third of the voting stock of any
joint corporation with language providing that members of each profession forming a joint corporation together own at
least twenty per cent of the voting stock of the corporation, and to add language providing that corporations for joint
practice in existence as of July 1, 1992, would continue to be governed by the provisions of Subsec. (a), as revised to 1989,
provided the certificate issued under this section did not expire more than two years before July 1, 1992; P.A. 94-36
amended Subsec. (b) by replacing the certificate expiration date of "one year from the date of its issuance" with "annually",
effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; P.A. 98-137 authorized the formation of a limited liability
company for the joint practice of the specified professional services and made conforming changes throughout section,
effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-219 revised effective date of P.A. 98-137, but without affecting this section; June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection with Commissioner and
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June
1, 2004.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for certificate renewals.
See Secs. 33-182a et seq. re professional service corporations.
Cited. 4 CA 393, 395.
Subsec. (b):
Requires that at least one architect and one engineer form a corporation. 4 CA 393, 395-397.
Sec. 20-307. Appeals from board. Reissuance of license or certificate. Appeals
from the decisions of the board concerning the issuance or the suspension or revocation
of any license or certificate of registration under the provisions of this chapter may be
taken as provided in section 4-183, except such appeal shall be made returnable to the
judicial district of New Britain. The board, for reasons it deems sufficient, may authorize
the Department of Consumer Protection to reissue a license or certificate of registration
to any person whose license or certificate has been revoked or suspended. A new license
or certificate of registration to replace any license or certificate revoked, suspended,
lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued, subject to the regulations adopted under this
chapter, and a charge of twenty-five dollars shall be made for such issuance.
(1949 Rev., S. 4629; 1961, P.A. 282; 1967, P.A. 762, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 68; P.A. 76-436, S. 434, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 81, 125; 77-614, S. 262, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 52, 53, 127; P.A. 81-361, S. 16, 39; P.A. 82-317, S. 6, 8; 82-370, S.
11, 16; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-251, S. 123, 203; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6;
P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1961 act added provisions for suspension of certificate and for censure and provided that violation of chapter
or regulations be grounds for suspension, revocation or censure; 1967 act extended coverage of section to certificates of
authorization; 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts
with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common
pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 stated that appeals shall be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183, retaining venue in Hartford county; P.A. 77-614 replaced requirement for thirty days' notice of hearing with statement
that notice and hearing conform to regulations of consumer protection commissioner and referred elsewhere to regulations
adopted under chapter rather than to regulations of the board and deleted venue provision, effective January 1, 1979; P.A.
78-280 provided that appeals be returnable to judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; P.A. 81-361 amended section to
allow the department to reissue certificates upon the authorization of the board on and after July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-317
increased fee for replacement of certificate from two to twenty dollars; P.A. 82-370 eliminated the provision concerning
the board's power to suspend or revoke a certificate of registration or to censure any certificate holder and added references
to licensure; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford" with "judicial district of Hartford",
effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 89-251 increased the replacement fee from twenty dollars to twenty-five dollars; P.A.
90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the
effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed
the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215
replaced "judicial district of Hartford" with "judicial district of New Britain", effective June 29, 1999; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the
merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 20-307a. Investigation of violations. Hearing. The Department of Consumer Protection may, upon request of the board or on its own motion, inquire into the
existence of violations of the provisions of this chapter. If, after notice and opportunity
for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection, the board determines that a violation of any provision of this chapter or any
regulation adopted under this chapter exists, the board may issue an appropriate order
to the person or persons found to be so violating such provision or regulation, providing
for the immediate discontinuance of such violation.
(1969, P.A. 418; P.A. 77-614, S. 263, 610; P.A. 98-3, S. 20; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-169,
S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 transferred inquiry power from board to consumer protection department, replaced notice and
hearing provisions with statement that notice and hearing conform to regulations of consumer protection commissioner,
included reference to violations of regulations and deleted provisions re petitions to court for enforcement of orders,
injunctions or restraining orders, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection with Commissioner and Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A.
03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Cited. 200 C. 145, 147.
Sec. 20-308. Reciprocity. (a) The board may, upon application and the payment
of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars to the Department of Consumer Protection, authorize
the department to issue a license as a professional engineer, or a combined license as a
professional engineer and land surveyor or, upon application and the payment of a fee
of one hundred fifty dollars, to issue a license as a land surveyor to any person who
holds a certificate of qualification, licensure or registration issued to such person by the
proper authority of any state, territory or possession of the United States, or any country,
or the National Bureau of Engineering Registration, provided the requirements for the
licensure or registration of professional engineers or land surveyors under which such
license, certificate of qualification or registration was issued shall not conflict with the
provisions of this chapter and shall be of a standard not lower than that specified in
section 20-302. Upon request of any such applicant the board may, if it determines that
the application is in apparent good order, authorize the department to grant to such
applicant permission in writing to practice engineering or land surveying or both for a
specified period of time while such application is pending. The board may waive the
first part of the examination specified in subdivision (1) of section 20-302 in the case
of an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer who holds a certificate as an
engineer-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state, territory or possession of the United States, provided the requirements under which the certificate was
issued do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and are of a standard at least
equal to that specified in said subdivision (1). The board may waive that part of the
examination specified in subdivision (3) of section 20-302 relating to the fundamentals
of land surveying, in the case of an applicant for licensure as a land surveyor who holds
a certificate as a surveyor-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state,
territory or possession of the United States, provided the requirements under which the
certificate was issued do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and are of a
standard at least equal to that specified in said subdivision (3).
(b) The board may, upon application and the payment of a fee to be fixed by the
board, authorize the Department of Consumer Protection to issue a license as an engineer-in-training to any person who holds a certificate of qualification as engineer-in-training or surveyor-in-training issued to him by the proper authority of any state or
territory or possession of the United States, or any country, provided the requirements
for certification under which such certificate of qualification was issued do not conflict
with the provisions of this chapter and are of a standard at least equal to that specified
in section 20-302.
(1949 Rev., S. 4630; 1951, 1955, S. 2315d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 75; 1961, P.A. 568, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 547, S.
4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 91; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 22; P.A. 81-361, S. 17, 39; P.A. 82-317, S. 7, 8; 82-370, S. 12, 16; P.A.
83-360, S. 4; P.A. 89-251, S. 124, 203; P.A. 98-3, S. 21; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act increased fee from twenty to fifty dollars; 1961 act added provision re practice while application is
pending and provision for issuance of engineer-in-training certificates; 1965 act deleted residency requirement for waiver
eligibility; 1971 act increased application fee for engineers and those desiring combined certificate from fifty to one hundred
fifty dollars and for land surveyors from fifty to one hundred dollars; 1972 act reduced fee for engineer or combined
certificate to fifty dollars and for land surveyor to twenty-five dollars; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide for payment
of fees to the department instead of the board and for issuance of certificates by the department upon the authorization of
the board on and after July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-317 increased fee for land surveyor's certificate from twenty-five to fifty
dollars; P.A. 82-370 substituted references to licensure for references to certificates of registration where necessary; P.A.
83-360 amended section to provide for waiver of part of surveyor-in-training examination requirement for applicants
holding a certificate issued by another jurisdiction; P.A. 89-251 increased the fees from fifty dollars to one hundred fifty
dollars; P.A. 98-3 divided section into Subsecs. and made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169
replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1,
2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of
Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Sec. 20-308a. Immunity for provision of structural, electrical, mechanical or
other engineering services in connection with emergency. Time period of immunity.
(a) As used in this section, "professional engineer" means a person licensed as a professional engineer under this chapter, and "public official" means a federal, state or municipal official (1) having or duly authorized to exercise executive authority, (2) responsible
for coordinating emergency assistance, disaster relief or similar activities to protect
the public safety, (3) responsible for law enforcement activities, or (4) responsible for
conducting or coordinating building inspections in an area of this state in which a declared emergency, disaster or catastrophic event has occurred.
(b) A professional engineer who, voluntarily and gratuitously and other than in
the ordinary course of such professional engineer's employment or practice, provides
structural, electrical, mechanical or other engineering services relating to any publicly or
privately-owned structure, building or piping system, in connection with an emergency
declared by the President of the United States under federal law or by the Governor
under the laws of this state, when such emergency is caused by a hurricane, tornado,
storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic
eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, explosion, collapse or other
disaster or catastrophic event in this state, at the request or with the approval of a public
official acting in an official capacity, shall not be liable for civil damages for personal
injury, wrongful death, property damage or other loss, provided such structural, electrical, mechanical or other engineering services are provided with reasonable care and
within professionally recognized standards for such an emergency.
(c) The legal protection provided in subsection (b) of this section applies only in
the case of engineering services that are provided during the period of the declared
emergency, including any extension of such period, or not later than ninety days following the end of such period or extension.
(P.A. 03-260, S. 1.)
Sec. 20-309. Exemptions. The following persons shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter: (1) An employee or a subordinate of a person holding a license
under this chapter, provided the work of such employee shall be under the responsible
supervision of a person so licensed; (2) any corporation whose operations are under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Public Utility Control and the officers and employees
of any such corporation or any contracting corporation affiliated with any such corporation; (3) any manufacturing or scientific research and development corporation and the
officers and employees of any such corporation while engaged in the performance of
their employment by such corporation, provided the engineering work performed by
such corporation, officers and employees shall be incidental to the research and development or manufacturing activities of such corporation; (4) officers and employees of the
government of the United States while engaged within this state in the practice of the
profession of engineering or land surveying for said government; and (5) architects
licensed under chapter 390, in the performance of work incidental to their profession.
(1949 Rev., S. 4628, 4631; 1951, 1953, S. 2314d; 1961, P.A. 568, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 547, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 762,
S. 4; 1971, P.A. 772, S. 1; P.A. 75-486, S. 51, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 175, 348; P.A. 82-370, S. 13,
16; P.A. 98-3, S. 22.)
History: 1961 act eliminated exemptions for employees of nonresidents working in this state for short periods of time
and employees of newly arrived applicants; 1965 act deleted such nonresidents and newly arrived applicants from purview
of section; 1967 act amended Subdiv. (b) to exempt corporations under jurisdiction of public utilities commission and their
agents, contractors, and professional consultants, manufacturing corporations and their agents and scientific research and
development corporations and their officers, agents and employees; 1971 act rearranged and increased Subdivs., rephrased
proviso in Subdiv. (a) to require that employee of certificate holder be under responsible supervision rather than that he
not have responsible charge of design or supervision, deleted reference to agents, contractors and professional consultants
in Subdiv. (b) and added reference to contracting corporations, deleted reference to agents in Subdiv. (c) and added proviso
in Subdiv. (c); P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority in Subdiv. (b); P.A.
77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business
regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and
removed reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 82-370 replaced references to registration with
references to licensure; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes.