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the eggp act

The engineering, Geological and
Geophysical professions act

Being Chapter E-11.1
Revised Statues ofAlberta, 2000
Printed April 2007

PART 7

REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGISTS (ENGINEERING)


 

Purpose
83 The purpose of this Part is to implement an arrangement between the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists and APEGGA whereby engineering technologists who are members of the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists may engage in the practice of engineering within a specified scope of practice and use a title, seal or stamp as provided in this Part.

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Scope of practice
84 No registered professional technologist (engineering) shall engage in the practice of engineering except within the scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners.

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Use of title
85(1) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except a registered professional technologist (engineering), shall use the title "registered professional technologist (engineering)", the abbreviation "R.P.T. (engineering)" or any other abbreviation of that title.
(2) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except a registered professional technologist (engineering), shall represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that the person is a registered professional technologist (engineering).

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Stamp or seal
86(1) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except a registered professional technologist (engineering), shall affix the stamp or seal of a registered professional technologist (engineering) or allow that stamp or seal to be affixed to a plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification or other document or a reproduction of any of them unless

(a) that plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification, other document or reproduction was prepared by or under the supervision and control of, and
(b) the stamp or seal is affixed with the knowledge and consent or in accordance with the direction of
the registered professional technologist (engineering) to whom the stamp or seal was issued.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a registered professional technologist (engineering) may affix a stamp or seal to a plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification, other document or reproduction prepared by other persons if the registered professional technologist (engineering) completes a thorough review of and accepts professional responsibility for that plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification, other document or reproduction.

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Non-application of sections 2, 3(1)(b)(i)
87 Sections 2(1) and 3(1)(b)(i) do not apply to a registered professional technologist (engineering) engaged in the practice of engineering within the scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners.

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Register for registered professional technologists (engineering)
88(1) The Registrar shall maintain, in accordance with the bylaws and subject to the direction of the Council, a register for registered professional technologists (engineering).
(2) The Registrar shall enter in the register the name of a person who has paid the fee prescribed under the bylaws, and whose registration to engage in the practice of engineering as a registered professional technologist (engineering) has been approved by the Board of Examiners.
(3) The Registrar shall maintain, in accordance with the bylaws and subject to the direction of the Council, a membership record of the members in each class or category of membership established under the regulations and the bylaws.
(4) A registered professional technologist (engineering) must remain a member of the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists so long as the name of the registered professional technologist (engineering) is entered in the register referred to in subsection (1).

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Registration as registered professional technologist (engineering)
89 The Board of Examiners shall approve for registration as a registered professional technologist (engineering) an individual who has been nominated by the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists and has applied to the Board and is eligible in accordance with this Act and the regulations to engage in the practice of engineering within the scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners.

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Evidence of registration
90 On entering the name of a registered professional technologist (engineering) in the register, the Registrar shall issue to that individual

(a) a certificate of registration to engage in the practice of engineering within the scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners, and
(b) a stamp or seal engraved as prescribed in the bylaws.

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Board of Examiners
91(1) In addition to any appointments made under section 30, the Minister shall appoint as members of the Board of Examiners at least 2 registered professional technologists (engineering).
(2) An appointment under subsection (1) must be from a list of registered professional technologists (engineering) nominated by the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists.
(3) Where there are no registered professional technologists (engineering) entered in the register referred to in section 88, the Minister may appoint under subsection (1) an engineering technologist on an interim basis to hold office until there are registered professional technologists (engineering) entered in the register.
(4) The Board of Examiners shall consider applications for the registration of applicants as registered professional technologists (engineering) in accordance with the Act, the regulations and the bylaws and may

(a) approve the registration,
(b) refuse the registration, or
(c) defer the approval of registration until it is satisfied that the applicant has complied with a requirement made under this section.

(5) The Board of Examiners may, in its discretion, require an applicant for registration

(a) to pass one or more examinations set by the Board,
(b) to obtain more experience of a kind satisfactory to the Board for a period set by the Board, or
(c) to pass one or more examinations and obtain more experience
before it approves the registration.

(6) If the Board of Examiners approves the registration of an individual as a registered professional technologist (engineering), it shall specify in the certificate and in the register the scope of practice of engineering in which the individual is permitted to engage.

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Regulation-making authority
92(1) The Council may make regulations or bylaws to apply to registered professional technologists (engineering) in respect of any of the matters under sections 19 and 20.
(2) Fees fixed in the bylaws in respect of registered professional technologists (engineering) must not be greater than the corresponding fees fixed in respect of professional members.

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Application of Act
93(1) Sections 16, 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 39, 78, 79, 80(2), 81 and 82(2) apply to registered professional technologists (engineering) as if they were professional members.
(2) Section 2(4)(a) applies to a registered professional technologist (engineering) practising within the scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners as if that registered professional technologist (engineering) were a professional engineer or licensee.
(3) Section 32 applies to a registered professional technologist (engineering) as if that registered professional technologist (engineering) were an applicant.
(4) Part 5 of the Act applies to registered professional technologists (engineering) as if they were professional members.
(5) If the registration of a registered professional technologist (engineering) has been cancelled pursuant to Part 5 of this Act, the registration shall not be reinstated in the register in accordance with section 75 unless the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists approves the application for reinstatement.

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Investigative Committee
94(1) Notwithstanding section 46, the Council shall appoint as members of the Investigative Committee at least 2 registered professional technologists (engineering) from a list of registered professional technologists (engineering) nominated by the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists.
(2) Where there are no registered professional technologists (engineering) entered in the register referred to in section 88, the Council shall appoint under subsection (1) an engineering technologist on an interim basis to hold office until there are registered professional technologists (engineering) entered in the register.
(3) When the Investigative Committee appoints an investigation panel under section 47 for the investigation of a registered professional technologist (engineering), the Investigative Committee shall appoint at least one registered professional technologist (engineering) or, in the case where there are no registered professional technologists (engineering) entered in the register, an engineering technologist to be a member of the panel that conducts the preliminary investigation.

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Practice prohibitions
95(1) A person whose registration as a registered professional technologist (engineering) is cancelled or suspended under this Act shall not, without the consent of the Council, engage in the practice of engineering or directly or indirectly associate in the practice of engineering with any professional member, registered professional technologist, licensee, permit holder or certificate holder.
(2) No registered professional technologist (engineering) shall, except with the permission of the Council, associate in the practice of engineering directly or indirectly with or employ in connection with the registered professional technologist's (engineering) practice a person whose registration has been cancelled or suspended under this Act.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), an engineering technologist may continue to engage in the practice of engineering in accordance with this Act and the regulations if that engineering technologist's registration as a registered professional technologist (engineering) is cancelled or suspended under this Act.

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