Section 14-501.1 – Practicing Without Permit — Corporation, Partnership, or Limited Liability Company
Except for a professional engineer who operates a business as a sole practitioner, a person may not operate a business through which engineering services are performed or offered to be performed unless: (1) the business is a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company; and (2) the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company holds a permit issued by […]
Section 14-502 – Misrepresentation
Unless authorized under this title to practice engineering without the supervision required under § 14-303 of this title, a person may not represent to the public, by use of a title, including “engineer”, “professional engineer”, “licensed engineer”, or “registered engineer”, by use of the term “engineering” in the name of the person’s business activity, by […]
Section 14-502.1 – Misrepresentation — Operating Business Through Which Engineering Is Practiced
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section and unless a person holds a permit issued by the Board, the person may not represent to the public, by the use of a title, including “licensed professional engineers”, “professional engineers”, or “registered engineers”, by the use of the term “professional engineering” or “engineering”, by description of services, […]
Section 14-503 – Using License of Another; Impersonating Professional Engineer
A person may not: (1) use or attempt to use the license of another individual; or (2) impersonate another individual who holds a license.
Section 14-504 – Endorsement of Documents
(a) Other than a professional engineer who obtains a seal as authorized under this title, a person may not use or attempt to use a seal. (b) While the license of an individual is suspended, revoked, or expired, a person may not endorse a document, as provided under § 14-402 of this title, with the name or […]
Section 14-505 – Giving False Information to Board
A person may not give false information to the Board in an attempt to obtain a license.
Section 14-506 – Prohibited Activities While License Suspended or Revoked
(a) Except as otherwise provided under this section, an individual whose license has been suspended or revoked under § 14-317 of this title may not practice engineering in any manner as: (1) an associate, agent, employee, or other subordinate of a professional engineer; or (2) a principal, associate, agent, employee, or other subordinate of a corporation or partnership […]
Section 14-507 – Practicing While Not Qualified
An individual who is authorized to practice engineering may not practice or offer to practice engineering in those areas of engineering in which the individual is not competent to practice.
Section 14-508 – Criminal and Civil Penalties
(a) A person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both. (b) (1) The Board may impose on a person who violates any provision of this title a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation. […]
Section 14-601 – Short Title
This title may be cited as the “Maryland Professional Engineers Act”.