Revises provisions relating to architects, professional engineers and land surveyors. (BDR 54-773)

Existing law prohibits a person from practicing architecture in this State without a certificate of registration issued by the State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design. (NRS 623.180) Before receiving a certificate of registration, existing law requires an applicant to pass an examination adopted by the Board. (NRS 623.200) Section 1 of this bill requires the Board, through December 31, 2026, to accept evidence that the applicant is a laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in lieu of an examination. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer to pass: (1) an examination on the fundamentals of engineering or receive a waiver of that requirement; and (2) an examination on the principles and practices of engineering that must cover the discipline of engineering in which the applicant is applying for licensure. Existing law prohibits an applicant from taking the examination on the principles and practices of engineering unless the applicant has passed the examination on the fundamentals of engineering or received a waiver of that requirement. Existing law authorizes the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to waive the examination on the fundamentals of engineering if the applicant: (1) has graduated from an engineering curriculum that is approved by the Board; and (2) has 15 or more years of experience in engineering. (NRS 625.183, 625.193) Sections 1.5 and 2 of this bill remove the requirement that an applicant must pass the examination on the fundamentals of engineering or receive a waiver of that requirement before taking the examination on the principles and practices of engineering. Section 2 revises the years of experience required to waive the examination on the fundamentals of engineering from 15 years of experience in engineering to 10 years of active experience in engineering. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor to pass: (1) an examination on the fundamentals of land surveying or receive a waiver of that requirement; and (2) an examination on the principles and practices of land surveying. Existing law prohibits an applicant from taking the examination on the principles and practices of land surveying unless the applicant: (1) is a graduate of a land-surveying curriculum of 4 or more years that is approved by the Board; and (2) has passed the examination on the fundamentals of land surveying or received a waiver of that requirement. Existing law: (1) authorizes the Board to waive the examination on the fundamentals of land surveying if the applicant has 15 or more years of experience in land surveying; and (2) requires the Board to consider graduation from a land-surveying curriculum that is approved by the Board to be equivalent to 4 years of experience for purposes of the waiver. (NRS 625.270, 625.280) Sections 3 and 4 of this bill remove the requirements that an applicant must be a graduate of a land-surveying curriculum that is approved by the Board and pass the examination on the fundamentals of land surveying or receive a waiver of that requirement before taking the examination on the principles and practices of land surveying. Section 4 revises the requirements to waive the examination on the fundamentals of land surveying by: (1) adding a requirement that an applicant be a graduate of a land-surveying curriculum that is approved by the Board; (2) revising the years of experience required from 15 years of experience in land surveying to 10 years of active experience in land surveying; and (3) removing the requirement for the Board to consider graduation from a land-surveying curriculum that is approved by the Board to be equivalent to 4 years of experience. Existing law sets forth certain requirements for the content and administration of examinations on the fundamentals of engineering or land surveying and the principles and practices of engineering or land surveying. (NRS 625.193, 625.280) Sections 2 and 4 remove those requirements and instead require applicants for licensure to pass an applicable examination administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying or its successor organization or another equivalent examination that is approved by the Board.