REGULATIONS
PART 7
REGISTRATION OF PERMIT HOLDERS
48(1) The
Council may issue to a partnership, corporation or other entity a permit
to practice engineering, geology or geophysics in its own name if
(a) an
application is made to the Registrar in the form and containing the
information required by the Council,
(b) the
application is accompanied with the fees prescribed by the Council,
and
(c) the
Council is satisfied that the practice will be carried on under the
direct personal supervision and responsibility of a full-time permanent
employee or member of the partnership, corporation or other entity who
is also a professional member or licensee and who is qualified by education
and experience in the field of engineering, geology or geophysics in
which the partnership, corporation or other entity intends to engage.
(2) A permit
expires one year after the date on which it is issued.
(3) When
the Council issues a permit, it shall provide the permit holder with a
permit number.
(4) No person
shall use a permit number where the permit to which the number is assigned
has been cancelled or suspended.
49 When
the practice of engineering, geology or geophysics is carried on by a
partnership, corporation or other entity pursuant to a permit under section
48, all final plans, specifications, reports or documents of a professional
nature must
(a) be
signed by and be stamped or sealed with the stamp or seal of
(i)
the professional member or licensee who prepared them or under whose
supervision and control they were prepared, or
(ii)
in the case of plans, specifications, reports or documents that were
prepared by other persons, the professional member or licensee who
thoroughly reviewed and accepted professional responsibility for them,
and
(b) show
the permit number issued to the partnership, corporation or other entity
under section 48.
50(1) A
partnership, corporation or other entity practising pursuant to a permit
under section 48 shall keep the Association advised of the name of the
professional member or licensee referred to in that section.
(2) The
professional member or licensee accepting responsibility for the practice
of a partnership, corporation or other entity shall, on relinquishing
that responsibility, forthwith advise the Registrar to that effect.
51 The
Council may revoke a permit issued under section 48 if the permit holder
contravenes the Act, this Regulation or a term or condition of the permit.
52 No partnership,
corporation or other entity may be incorporated or registered in the Province
of Alberta under a name including the words "Engineering", "Geology" or
"Geophysics", or variations of those words, unless it holds and continues
to hold a valid permit issued under section 48.
53 The
permit number issued to a permit holder may only be used by the professional
members or licensees referred to in section 48(1)(c).
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October 1999
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