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Part 7
Registered Professional Technologists (Engineering)
Purpose
83 The purpose of this Part is to implement
an arrangement between the Alberta Society of
Engineering Technologists and APEGGA whereby
engineering technologists who are members of
the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists
may engage in the practice of engineering within
a specified scope of practice and use a title,
seal or stamp as provided in this Part.
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Scope of practice
84 No registered professional technologist
(engineering) shall engage in the practice of
engineering except within the scope of practice
specified by the Board of Examiners.
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Use of title
85(1) No individual, corporation, partnership
or other entity, except a registered professional
technologist (engineering), shall use the title
"registered professional technologist (engineering)",
the abbreviation "R.P.T. (engineering)"
or any other abbreviation of that title.
(2) No individual, corporation, partnership
or other entity, except a registered professional
technologist (engineering), shall represent
or hold out, expressly or by implication, that
the person is a registered professional technologist
(engineering).
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Stamp or seal
86(1) No individual, corporation, partnership
or other entity, except a registered professional
technologist (engineering), shall affix the
stamp or seal of a registered professional technologist
(engineering) or allow that stamp or seal to
be affixed to a plan, drawing, detail drawing,
specification or other document or a reproduction
of any of them unless
(a) that plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification,
other document or reproduction was prepared
by or under the supervision and control of,
and
(b) the stamp or seal is affixed with the
knowledge and consent or in accordance with
the direction of
the registered professional technologist (engineering)
to whom the stamp or seal was issued.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a registered
professional technologist (engineering) may
affix a stamp or seal to a plan, drawing, detail
drawing, specification, other document or reproduction
prepared by other persons if the registered
professional technologist (engineering) completes
a thorough review of and accepts professional
responsibility for that plan, drawing, detail
drawing, specification, other document or reproduction.
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Non-application of sections 2, 3(1)(b)(i)
87 Sections 2(1) and 3(1)(b)(i) do not
apply to a registered professional technologist
(engineering) engaged in the practice of engineering
within the scope of practice specified by the
Board of Examiners.
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Register for registered professional technologists
(engineering)
88(1) The Registrar shall maintain, in
accordance with the bylaws and subject to the
direction of the Council, a register for registered
professional technologists (engineering).
(2) The Registrar shall enter in the
register the name of a person who has paid the
fee prescribed under the bylaws, and whose registration
to engage in the practice of engineering as
a registered professional technologist (engineering)
has been approved by the Board of Examiners.
(3) The Registrar shall maintain, in
accordance with the bylaws and subject to the
direction of the Council, a membership record
of the members in each class or category of
membership established under the regulations
and the bylaws.
(4) A registered professional technologist
(engineering) must remain a member of the Alberta
Society of Engineering Technologists so long
as the name of the registered professional technologist
(engineering) is entered in the register referred
to in subsection (1).
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Registration as registered professional technologist
(engineering)
89 The Board of Examiners shall approve
for registration as a registered professional
technologist (engineering) an individual who
has been nominated by the Alberta Society of
Engineering Technologists and has applied to
the Board and is eligible in accordance with
this Act and the regulations to engage in the
practice of engineering within the scope of
practice specified by the Board of Examiners.
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Evidence of registration
90 On entering the name of a registered
professional technologist (engineering) in the
register, the Registrar shall issue to that
individual
(a) a certificate of registration to engage
in the practice of engineering within the
scope of practice specified by the Board of
Examiners, and
(b) a stamp or seal engraved as prescribed
in the bylaws.
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Board of Examiners
91(1) In addition to any appointments
made under section 30, the Minister shall appoint
as members of the Board of Examiners at least
2 registered professional technologists (engineering).
(2) An appointment under subsection (1)
must be from a list of registered professional
technologists (engineering) nominated by the
Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists.
(3) Where there are no registered professional
technologists (engineering) entered in the register
referred to in section 88, the Minister may
appoint under subsection (1) an engineering
technologist on an interim basis to hold office
until there are registered professional technologists
(engineering) entered in the register.
(4) The Board of Examiners shall consider
applications for the registration of applicants
as registered professional technologists (engineering)
in accordance with the Act, the regulations
and the bylaws and may
(a) approve the registration,
(b) refuse the registration, or
(c) defer the approval of registration until
it is satisfied that the applicant has complied
with a requirement made under this section.
(5) The Board of Examiners may, in its discretion,
require an applicant for registration
(a) to pass one or more examinations set by
the Board,
(b) to obtain more experience of a kind satisfactory
to the Board for a period set by the Board,
or
(c) to pass one or more examinations and obtain
more experience
before it approves the registration.
(6) If the Board of Examiners approves the registration
of an individual as a registered professional
technologist (engineering), it shall specify
in the certificate and in the register the scope
of practice of engineering in which the individual
is permitted to engage.
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Regulation-making authority
92(1) The Council may make regulations
or bylaws to apply to registered professional
technologists (engineering) in respect of any
of the matters under sections 19 and 20.
(2) Fees fixed in the bylaws in respect
of registered professional technologists (engineering)
must not be greater than the corresponding fees
fixed in respect of professional members.
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Application of Act
93(1) Sections 16, 17, 26, 27, 28, 29,
31, 39, 78, 79, 80(2), 81 and 82(2) apply to
registered professional technologists (engineering)
as if they were professional members.
(2) Section 2(4)(a) applies to a registered
professional technologist (engineering) practising
within the scope of practice specified by the
Board of Examiners as if that registered professional
technologist (engineering) were a professional
engineer or licensee.
(3) Section 32 applies to a registered
professional technologist (engineering) as if
that registered professional technologist (engineering)
were an applicant.
(4) Part 5 of the Act applies to registered
professional technologists (engineering) as
if they were professional members.
(5) If the registration of a registered
professional technologist (engineering) has
been cancelled pursuant to Part 5 of this Act,
the registration shall not be reinstated in
the register in accordance with section 75 unless
the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists
approves the application for reinstatement.
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Investigative Committee
94(1) Notwithstanding section 46, the
Council shall appoint as members of the Investigative
Committee at least 2 registered professional
technologists (engineering) from a list of registered
professional technologists (engineering) nominated
by the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists.
(2) Where there are no registered professional
technologists (engineering) entered in the register
referred to in section 88, the Council shall
appoint under subsection (1) an engineering
technologist on an interim basis to hold office
until there are registered professional technologists
(engineering) entered in the register.
(3) When the Investigative Committee
appoints an investigation panel under section
47 for the investigation of a registered professional
technologist (engineering), the Investigative
Committee shall appoint at least one registered
professional technologist (engineering) or,
in the case where there are no registered professional
technologists (engineering) entered in the register,
an engineering technologist to be a member of
the panel that conducts the preliminary investigation.
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Practice prohibitions
95(1) A person whose registration as
a registered professional technologist (engineering)
is cancelled or suspended under this Act shall
not, without the consent of the Council, engage
in the practice of engineering or directly or
indirectly associate in the practice of engineering
with any professional member, registered professional
technologist, licensee, permit holder or certificate
holder.
(2) No registered professional technologist
(engineering) shall, except with the permission
of the Council, associate in the practice of
engineering directly or indirectly with or employ
in connection with the registered professional
technologist's (engineering) practice a person
whose registration has been cancelled or suspended
under this Act.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and
(2), an engineering technologist may continue
to engage in the practice of engineering in
accordance with this Act and the regulations
if that engineering technologist's registration
as a registered professional technologist (engineering)
is cancelled or suspended under this Act.
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