HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 55
49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009
INTRODUCED BY
Thomas A. Garcia
A JOINT MEMORIAL
URGING THE UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO REQUIRE THAT ALL ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING FACULTY AT PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS OFFERING ACCREDITED ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING PROGRAMS BE PROFESSIONALLY LICENSED IN THE SUBJECT THAT THE FACULTY MEMBER TEACHES.
WHEREAS, the board of licensure for professional engineers and professional surveyors supports requiring professional licensure for all engineering and surveying faculty at New Mexico's public post-secondary institutions that offer accredited engineering and surveying programs; and
WHEREAS, the New Mexico society of professional engineers also would support a state requirement that all engineering and surveying faculty at New Mexico's public post-secondary institutions be professionally licensed in the discipline in which the faculty member teaches; and
WHEREAS, the national council of examiners for engineering and surveying is currently encouraging state boards to promote licensure of engineering and surveying faculty in the disciplines in which the faculty member teaches;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state of New Mexico be requested to phase in the requirement that engineering and surveying faculty at New Mexico's public post-secondary institutions be professionally licensed in the discipline in which the faculty member teaches; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that when licensure is required of engineering and surveying faculty, instructing students in engineering or surveying courses without an appropriate professional engineering or surveyor's license shall be considered practicing the discipline without a license; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the dean of engineering at New Mexico state university and to the board of licensure for professional engineers and professional surveyors.
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