Originally Posted by
mercator
In my jurisdiction, that approach would probably get some letters sent out and a hearing if necessary, but the complaining engineer runs the risk of a reprimand for making baseless accusations and could even be directed to undergo additional training.
I think it's clear this is what should have happened in both the Ohio and North Carolina cases, but the boards didn't think hard enough about it to do the right thing.
I haven't looked at the Ohio or North Carolina laws, but the Pennsylvania laws look overly broad to me. Fortunately this doesn't really seem to matter in practice. I probably could get my P.E. without too much issue, but I don't see the point. I was hoping a Ph.D. was good enough, but Pennsylvania doesn't roll that way.