§ 1162 -   Prohibition; enforcement

§ 1162. Prohibition; enforcement

(a) No person shall engage in the practice of professional engineering unless the person is licensed under or exempt from this chapter.

(b) No person shall use, in connection with the person's name any letters, words, or insignia indicating that the person is a professional engineer unless the person is licensed in accordance with this chapter. A person found guilty of violating this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection 127(c) of Title 3.

(c) In addition to the power of criminal enforcement, the attorney general, a state's attorney, or a prosecuting attorney from the office of professional regulation may bring a civil action to restrain continuing violations of this section. (Added 1983, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2007, No. 29, § 21; 2009, No. 35, § 14.)