Members in attendance at the 2017 Annual Meeting confirmed amendments to The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Regulatory Bylaws, 1997 which had been previously made by Council on June 16, 2016. Pursuant to subsection 15(6) of The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act, each member is hereby notified of the bylaw amendments.
The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Regulatory Bylaws were amended as follows:
Engineering and Geoscience Licensees
9) To qualify for registration as an engineering or geoscience licensee, a person must, in addition to the requirements set out in subsection 20(2) of the Act:
- in the opinion of the Council, be qualified to practise in a particular field or type of engineering or geoscience, under any terms and conditions that the Council may determine; and
- complete an examination, called “Principles of Professional Practice,” which conforms to the required admission standards, secure a grade acceptable to Council, and pay the required examination fee, or submit evidence satisfactory to the Council that he or she has already passed a similar examination recognized by the Council or was admitted to membership in a Canadian professional association recognized by Council prior to January 1, 1987.
Rationale: To include the successful completion of the Principles of Professional Practice exam as a requirement for licensure as an Engineering Licensee or a Geoscience Licensee. The inclusion of this requirement was a drafting oversight in 1997.