KRS 322.040

322.040 Requirements for licensure as a professional engineer -- Education, experience -- Administrative regulations. (1) A person shall qualify for licensure as a professional engineer by meeting the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection. (a) A person shall qualify if he or she has: 1. Graduated from one (1) of the following: a. An engineering program of four (4) years or more accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology or any engineering program deemed equivalent by the board; or b. A fire protection engineering technology program of four (4) years or more accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology with at least forty-five (45) college semester credit hours of engineering topics, including engineering science or engineering design courses; 2. For an applicant qualifying for licensure pursuant to subparagraph 1.a. of this paragraph, four (4) or more additional years of progressive experience in engineering or teaching of a grade and character which indicates to the board that the applicant is competent to practice engineering; 3. For an applicant qualifying for licensure pursuant to subparagraph 1.b. of this paragraph, the individual shall obtain six (6) or more additional years of progressive experience in engineering or teaching of a grade and character that indicates to the board that the applicant is competent to practice fire protection engineering; and 4. A passing score on: a. The Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination; and b. The Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. The board may allow students enrolled in the final year of an undergraduate engineering program to take this examination. Upon passing the examination, the applicant shall be designated an engineer in training. (b) If an instructor in an engineering program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, a fire protection engineering technology program accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, or an engineering program deemed equivalent by the board is not eligible for the