24.183.702 CLASSIFICATION OF ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

(1) Engineering experience for the purpose of application for licensure or certification shall be classified as:

(a) subprofessional experience;

(b) preprofessional experience; or

(2) Engineering experience shall be quantified as follows:

(a) Subprofessional experience shall be credited at one-half the time value of preprofessional experience.

(b) No more than one year of subprofessional experience may be credited as preprofessional experience.

(c) A master's degree in engineering from an institution which offers a board-approved curriculum at the baccalaureate level will be credited as one year of preprofessional experience.

(d) A Ph.D. in engineering from an institution which offers a board-approved curriculum at the baccalaureate level will be credited as two years of preprofessional experience, which shall include a one year credit for any master's degree earned in the course of completing the Ph.D.

History: 37-67-202, MCA; IMP, 37-67-312, 37-67-323, 37-67-324, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, 1978 MAR p. 903, Eff. 6/24/78; AMD, 1979 MAR p. 1687, Eff. 12/28/79; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic., Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 1958, Eff. 11/29/86; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 534, Eff. 2/27/98; TRANS, from Commerce, 2002 MAR p. 1756; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1630, Eff. 6/23/06; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2840, Eff. 11/21/14; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 2424, Eff. 12/24/16.