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1999 Florida Statutes
Prohibitions; penalties.
471.031 Prohibitions; penalties.--
(1) A person may not knowingly:
(a) Practice engineering unless the person is registered under ss. 471.001-471.037;
(b) Use the name or title "registered engineer" or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviations, or device tending to indicate that such person holds an active registration as an engineer when the person is not registered under ss. 471.001-471.037;
(c) Present as his or her own the registration of another;
(d) Give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof;
(e) Use or attempt to use a registration that has been suspended, revoked, or placed on inactive or delinquent status;
(f) Employ unlicensed persons to practice engineering; or
(g) Conceal information relative to violations of ss. 471.001-471.037.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.--ss. 14, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 47, ch. 83-329; ss. 9, 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 215, ch. 94-119; s. 335, ch. 97-103.