Renewal of registration

(A) Registration expires annually on the last day of December following initial registration or renewal of registration and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed pursuant to this section and the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code. Renewal may be effected at any time prior to the date of expiration for a period of one year by the applicant's payment to the treasurer of state of a fee of twenty dollars for a renewal of registration as either a professional engineer or professional surveyor and, for renewals for calendar year 2008 and thereafter, demonstration of completion of the continuing professional development requirements of section 4733.151 of the Revised Code. When notified as required in this section, a registrant’s failure to renew registration shall not deprive the registrant of the right of renewal within the following twelve months, but the fee to renew a registration within twelve months after expiration shall be increased fifty per cent, and the registrant shall certify completion of continuing professional development hours as required in section 4733.151 of the Revised Code.

The state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors may, upon request, waive the payment of renewal fees or the completion of continuing professional development requirements for a registrant during the period when the registrant is on active duty in connection with any branch of the armed forces of the United States.

(B) Each certificate of authorization issued pursuant to section 4733.16 of the Revised Code shall authorize the holder to provide professional engineering or professional surveying services, through the registered professional engineer or professional surveyor designated as being in responsible charge of the professional engineering or professional surveying practice, from the date of issuance until the last day of June next succeeding the date upon which the certificate was issued, unless the certificate has been revoked or suspended for cause as provided in section 4733.20 of the Revised Code or has been suspended pursuant to section 3123.47 of the Revised Code.

(C) If a registrant fails to renew registration as provided under division (A) of this section, renewal and reinstatement may be effected under rules the board adopts regarding requirements for reexamination or reapplication, and reinstatement penalty fees. The board may require a registrant who fails to renew registration to complete those hours of continuing professional development required from the effective date of this section, as a condition of renewal and reinstatement if the registrant seeks renewal and reinstatement under this division on or after January 1, 2009.

HISTORY: GC § 1083-17; 115 v 362, § 17; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-01-1953; 125 v 387 (Effective 10-16-1953); 126 v 426 (Effective 09-21-1955); 131 v 1193 (Effective 09-06-1965); 132 v H 616 (Effective 12-14-1967); 132 v H 911 (Effective 06-11-1968); 133 v S 208 (Effective 10-24-1969); 139 v H 9 (Effective 07-05-1982); 139 v H 547 (Effective 03-03-1983); 140 v H 562 (Effective 04-04-1985); 142 v H 171 (Effective 07-01-1987); 144 v H 298 (Effective 07-26-1991); 146 v H 167 (Effective 11-15-1996); 148 v S 180 (Effective 03-22-2001); 149 v H 337. Effective 08-06-2002; 150 v H 322, § 1, effective 05-18-2005.

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