Rules and Regulations

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS

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 1-6 of its rules. The proposed amendments are necessary to enforce the Practice Act and regulate the practice of professional engineering and professional land surveying. The reasons for the currently proposed amendments and corrections include updating definitions, removing irrelevant fees, clarifying an exam retake scenario, addressing all scenarios for license renewal and associated continuing education, providing procedure for continuing education audits, specifying seal sizing back to previous measurements,  clarifying various language,  correcting capitalization, and incorporate model language by the Attorney General’s Office for discipline procedures.   

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 December 17, 2019. Individuals may provide comments through the following link: https://forms.gle/ohmaYYL752gwweEQ8. 

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.