Qualifications of applicant for professional mechanical engineer.
Section 16
SEC. 16. Qualifications of applicant for professional mechanical engineer. — Any person applying for examination and for a certificate of registration as professional mechanical engineer shall, prior to admission to examination, establish to the satisfaction of the Board: (a) That he is at least twenty-five years of age. (b) That he is of good reputation and moral character. (c) That he has completed the high school course or its equivalent. (d-1) That he has graduated from an engineering school or college approved by the Board as of satisfactory standing, after completing an approved course in mechanical engineering of not less than four years, and that he has a specific record of an additional four years or more of active practice in mechanical engineering work of a character satisfactory to the Board and indicating that the applicant is competent to render professional mechanical engineering service and to be placed in responsible charge of, supervise and undertake such work; or (d-2) That he has completed at least two years of technical engineering training satisfactory to the Board, or has graduated in a course other than engineering from a college or university of recognized standing, and that he has a specific record of an additional eight years or more of active practice in mechanical engineering work of a character satisfactory to the Board and showing in an affidavit by a registered professional mechanical engineer that the applicant is competent to render professional mechanical engineering service and to be placed in responsible charge of, supervise and undertake such work. In considering the qualifications of applicants, being in charge of mechanical engineering teaching in an engineering school of recognized standing may be regarded as being in active practice in mechanical engineering work.