The Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors hereby gives public notice pursuant to W.S. § 16-3-103, that it intends to amend Chapters 3 and 4 of its rules. The Board also proposes repealing Chapters 8 and 9.

The proposed changes in Chapter 4 adopt relicensure language from Emergency Rules and make clear that applicants for relicensure may obtain a new license by examination or comity or by satisfying the Board’s rules for relicensure. Further, this proposed change identifies what the Board has determined to be an appropriate number of continuing professional competency credits for relicensure.

The proposed changes in Chapter 3 include clarifying land surveying experience requirements, clarifying the exam requirement for all comity applicants, and correcting one non-substantive formatting error.

Research found that a 2013 Rule change moved language from Chapter 8 and 9 to Chapter 7 and 4 as part of a rules reduction effort. The 2013 Notice of Intent to Adopt Rules did not specifically repeal Chapter 8 and 9 as part of the publicly noticed changes. The Board now seeks to repeal those Chapters through rulemaking.

Copies of the proposed rules in strike and underscore format may be obtained online at https://rules.wyo.gov/Search.aspx?Agency=037&Program=0001 or upon request to Shannon Stanfill at the Board office at 6920 Yellowtail Road, Suite 100, Cheyenne, WY 82002. The Board welcomes all comments and suggestions on the proposed changes to its rules and regulations. Comments must be received in the Board office, to arrive no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 29, 2020. Individuals may send comments to the above address or by accessing the Comments link. Any individual who comments on the rules may request that the Board provide a statement of principal reasons for overruling the individual’s comments. If requested, the statement will be issued within thirty (30 days) after the Board’s action.

A public hearing will be held by the Board if requested by twenty-five (25) persons, by a governmental subdivision, or by an association having not less than twenty-five (25) members. Requests for a hearing should be directed to the Board at the above address by the date specified above. Notice of the hearing will be provided to all persons making a timely request therefore.