Bill Text: OH HB592 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To require certain faculty and deans of engineering programs offered by state universities and private institutions of higher education to be professional engineers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-10-07 - To Education [HB592 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB592-Introduced.html
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Representative Letson
Cosponsors:
Representatives Gerberry, Brown, Okey
| To enact sections 1713.53 and 3345.46 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code to require certain faculty and deans of | 2 |
| engineering programs offered by state universities | 3 |
| and private institutions of higher education to be | 4 |
| professional engineers. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 1713.53 and 3345.46 of the Revised | 6 |
| Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 1713.53. (A) As used in this section: | 8 |
| (1) "Accredited engineering program" means an engineering | 9 |
| program that is accredited by the engineering accreditation | 10 |
| commission of ABET, Inc. | 11 |
| (2) "Advanced engineering course" means an engineering course | 12 |
| intended primarily for third-year or fourth-year undergraduate | 13 |
| students or for graduate students. | 14 |
| (3) "Private institution of higher education" means an | 15 |
| institution of higher education that holds a certificate of | 16 |
| authorization issued under this chapter. | 17 |
| (B) Each person hired by a private institution of higher | 18 |
| education on or after September 1, 2010, to provide instruction in | 19 |
| an advanced engineering course in an accredited engineering | 20 |
| program or to serve as dean or other chief administrator of an | 21 |
| accredited engineering program and who is not registered as a | 22 |
| professional engineer under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code | 23 |
| shall obtain such registration not later than four years after the | 24 |
| date of hire. No private institution of higher education shall | 25 |
| employ a person to provide instruction in an advanced engineering | 26 |
| course in an accredited engineering program or to serve as dean or | 27 |
| other chief administrator of an accredited engineering program who | 28 |
| is not in compliance with this section. | 29 |
| Sec. 3345.46. (A) As used in this section: | 30 |
| (1) "Accredited engineering program" means an engineering | 31 |
| program that is accredited by the engineering accreditation | 32 |
| commission of ABET, Inc. | 33 |
| (2) "Advanced engineering course" means an engineering course | 34 |
| intended primarily for third-year or fourth-year undergraduate | 35 |
| students or for graduate students. | 36 |
| (B) Each person hired by a state university on or after | 37 |
| September 1, 2010, to provide instruction in an advanced | 38 |
| engineering course in an accredited engineering program or to | 39 |
| serve as dean or other chief administrator of an accredited | 40 |
| engineering program and who is not registered as a professional | 41 |
| engineer under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code shall obtain such | 42 |
| registration not later than four years after the date of hire. No | 43 |
| state university shall employ a person to provide instruction in | 44 |
| an advanced engineering course in an accredited engineering | 45 |
| program or to serve as dean or other chief administrator of an | 46 |
| accredited engineering program who is not in compliance with this | 47 |
| section. | 48 |
