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1. Return to Board Homepage For questions
about CPD go to the FAQ for CPD.
2. What are the requirements for registration or certification in Louisiana? 3. How can I find out when an examination is scheduled? 4. Where are the examinations administered? 5. I passed the Fundamental of Engineering examination while I was in college; when will I receive my certification as an Engineer Intern? 6. What materials am I permitted to use during an examination? 7. How can I be listed as a Structural Engineer? 8. How do I contact the Louisiana Engineering or Land Surveying Societies? 9. How do I get a list of the registrants of the Board? 10. How often do you print the newsletter, The Louisiana Engineer & Surveyor Journal? 11. How often do I need to renew my registration? 12. How can I find out the status of my registration? 13. If my registration has expired, what must I do to reactivate it? 14. How can I get a replacement for my Certificate of Registration? 15. How do I register a firm? 16. How do I change the name of my firm? 17. How much is your fee for verification of my registration to another state or agency? 18. How can I get the percentage of my grade, what steps must I take? 19. Where can I purchase a seal (stamp) and where do I find the dimensions needed for the seal? 20. Can you refer me to an Engineer or Land Surveyor in a particular area of the state? 21. If a registrant is deceased, what steps do I take to notify your office? 22. I am having trouble downloading a document (file). 23. I am having trouble with self-extracting zip files. [Top of FAQ] What materials
am I permitted to use during an examination?
ALL EXAMINATIONS 1. Devices or materials that might compromise the security of the examination process are NOT permitted. 2. Non-communicating, battery-operated, silent, non-printing calculators are permitted. 3. Calculating and computing devices having a QWERTY keypad arrangement similar to a typewriter or keyboard are NOT permitted. Such devices include but are not limited to palmtop, laptop, handheld, and desktop computers, calculators, databanks, data collectors, and organizers. Calculators with alphanumeric keypads are permitted. See the NCEES page for details regarding the calculator policy. 4. Communication devices, such a pagers and cellular phones are NOT permitted. OPEN-BOOK EXAMINATIONS (Principles & Practice) 1. The following reference material and aids may be brought into the examination room by the examinee for his or her personal use only. a. Handbooks and textbooks. b. Bound reference materials, provided that the material be and remain contained (bound) in a cover during the entire examination. Bound means (1) Material bound permanently, i.e., stitched or glued. or (2) Material fastened securely in its cover by fasteners which penetrate all paper, e.g., ring binders, spiral binders, plastic snap binders, brads, screw posts, etc. 2. Examinees are NOT permitted to exchange any reference materials. 3. Writing tablets, unbound tablets, or unbound notes are NOT permitted in the examination room. CLOSED-BOOK EXAMINATIONS (Fundamentals) Only NCEES-supplied reference materials are permitted in the examination room. [Top of FAQ]
How can I be listed as a Structural Engineer?
After you have passed both the Structural I & II exams, you can be listed as a Structural Engineer. [Top of FAQ] How do I get
a list of the registrants of the Board? How often is
The Louisiana Engineer &
Surveyor Journal published?
The newsletter is published quarterly in February, May, August and November. All active registrants receive a copy of the newsletter. The Louisiana Engineer and Surveyor Journal, is a joint publication of the Board, the Louisiana Engineering Society (LES) and the Louisiana Society for Professional Land Surveyors (LSPS). [Top of FAQ] How
often do I need to renew my registration?
Your registration is valid for two years. You are invoiced for renewal on the first of February or August according to your assigned billing cycle. Remember that your "individual" registration may have a different expiration date from a "firm" registration. [Top of FAQ] How can I find
out the status of my registration?
If your name is not on the list of individual registrants your status is likely "Expired". [Top of FAQ] If
my registration has expired, what must I do to reactivate it?
If your license has been expired for less than 120 days, you must pay the registration renewal fee and a late fee. You must also submit a Professional Development Hour (PDH) activity log showing that you have completed your Continuing Professional Development requirement. If your license has been expired for more than 120 days, you must submit an Application to Renew Expired Professional License and a Professional Development Hour (PDH) activity log along with supporting documentation showing that you have completed your Continuing Professional Development requirement. [Top of FAQ] How can I get
a replacement for my Certificate of Registration?
We no longer provide cards. To get proof of registration for individuals click here. To get proof of registration for firms click here. Input the appropriate search information such as the name or license number and click search. This will bring up a list of the closest matches that have current registration. Click on the license number of the individual you are verifying. A detailed information page will be brought up. At the bottom of that page, click the button which says "View Status Verification". This will open a PDF document with status information. You may print this document or save it to your computer. [Top of FAQ] How do I register
a firm?
Formally notify the Board by letter stating: 1) that you wish to register a new firm, 2) the name and type of firm (corporation, partnership, etc.) 3) designate by name and number the professional registered in Louisiana who will qualify the firm and be designated as "supervising professionals". We will open a file and instruct you further. See Chapter 23 of the Rules of the Board and Firm Application Instructions. [Top of FAQ] How do I change
the name of my firm?
We now have an “Application to Change Firm Name” that can be downloaded from the website (Adobe pdf or Word document) and submitted to the Board if the firm only wishes to change the name under which it offers engineering services in Louisiana. The firm only has to apply to register a new (different) firm if it changes its organizational status. [Top of FAQ] How much is your
fee for verification of my registration to another state or agency?
There is no fee to verify a registration or examination. If a particular form is to be used, please complete the personal information portion on that form prior to sending the form to this Board. You must also provide a pre-addressed, stamped envelope. [Top of FAQ] How can I get
the percentage of my grade, what steps must I
take?
The Section 1313 of the Board Rules states “Applicants will be informed by mail only as to whether they passed or failed an examination. Numerical grades will not be released by the board.” The policy of NCEES is to inform the Board only that an applicant has passed or failed. Therefore, the Board does not have the applicant’s numerical grades. [Top of FAQ] How can I find
out when an examination is scheduled?
See the Examination Schedule. Your complete application must be received by the Board months before the examination dates. For details see the Examination Schedule . [Top of FAQ] Where are the examinations administered?
The examination sites are determined by NCEES, the agency that administers the examinations for the Board. NCEES will notify you of the location where the examination is administered and provide directions to that location.
I passed the Fundamental of Engineering examination while I was in college;
when will I receive my certification as an Engineer Intern?
After the Dean of Engineering notifies the Board that the applicant has graduated, the Board will certify the applicant. A common reason that new Engineering Interns do not receive notification is because the student will move after graduation and will not leave the Board a forwarding address. Contact the office to update your mailing address. [Top of FAQ] Where can I purchase
a seal (stamp)? and where do I find the dimensions needed for the
seal?
Most dealers described under "Rubber Stamps" in the Yellow Pages can make a "pocket seal" or "desk seal", the sizes acceptable by the Board. See the List of Seal Vendors and Chapter 1701, Rules Governing the Use of Seals in the Rules of the Board. [Top of FAQ] What are the requirements for registration or certification in Louisiana?
See 37:693. Requirements for licensure in the Law and Chapter 9 of the Rules of the Board. [Top of FAQ] Can you refer
me to an Engineer or Land Surveyor in a particular area of the state?
The Board cannot refer business to registrants. Aside from the Yellow Pages, you could contact the societies:
[Top of FAQ] If a registrant
is deceased, what steps do I take to notify your office?
Formally (by letter or fax) notify the Board of the registrant's death. [Top of FAQ] I am having trouble downloading a document (file).
When you click on the link to a file it will open in your browser if it is an HTML type file; otherwise, the browser will call the application with which the file type is associated by the operating system, e.g., files of type "PDF" are associated with Adobe Acrobat so the browser will call (open) the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the contents of the file. If the file has no prescribed association or if it is and executable file, e.g., type "EXE", the browser will prompt you to save it to the disk by opening a "Save As" dialog box. Once you have opened (clicked on) a link to a file and that file has opened in your browser, you simply use the menu commands FILE | SAVE AS and, from the "Save As" dialog box, specify the location and name for file on your local drive. You can speed up the "Save As" process with these steps to download a file in the respective browsers: Using Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) or America Online (AOL) simply RIGHT-CLICK on the link and choose "SAVE TARGET AS ..." Using Netscape Navigator simply hold down the SHIFT KEY which you click on the link or RIGHT-CLICK on the link and choose "SAVE LINK AS ..." [Top of FAQ] I am having trouble
with self-extracting zip files.
First, You must download the self-extracting zip file (type "EXE") to your local drive paying attention to the location where you save it. Second, using "My Computer", "Windows Explorer" or any other file management program, simply click on (open) the file. You will get a "WinZip Self-Extractor" dialog box. Third, note that in the middle of the WinZip dialog box is a text box titled "Unzip to folder". This text box will be filled with the location on your local disk that your computer operating system defines as you folder for temporary files. If you want to change that location you need only to click on the "Browse" button. Remember this location — this is the sub-directory on your disk to which the files will be extracted and saved. [Top of FAQ] |
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