542B.26  Applicability of chapter.

This chapter shall not apply to any full-time employee of any corporation while doing work for that corporation, except in the case of corporations offering their services to the public as professional engineers or land surveyors.

Corporations engaged in designing buildings or works for public or private interests not their own shall be deemed to be engaged in the practice of engineering within the meaning of this chapter. With respect to such corporations all principal designing or constructing engineers shall hold certificates of licensure issued under this chapter. This chapter shall not apply to corporations engaged solely in constructing buildings and works.

This chapter shall not apply to any professional engineer or land surveyor working for the United States government, nor to any professional engineer or land surveyor employed as an assistant to a professional engineer or land surveyor licensed under this chapter if such assistant is not placed in responsible charge of any work involving the practice of engineering or land surveying work, nor to the operation or maintenance of power and mechanical plants or systems.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1876; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 114.26]

Section History: Recent form

  C93, § 542B.26

  95 Acts, ch 65, §9; 96 Acts, ch 1055, § 4, 7

Internal References

  Referred to in § 542B.1


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