This chapter shall not be construed to prevent or to affect any of the following:
(1) The practice of any other legally recognized profession or trade.
(2) The work of an engineer intern or land surveyor intern, employee, or a subordinate of any person holding a certificate of licensure under this chapter, or any employee of a person practicing lawfully under paragraph b of subdivision (1) of Section 34-11-4, provided the work does not include final engineering or land surveying designs or decisions and is done under the responsible charge of and verified by an individual holding a certificate of licensure under this chapter.
(3) The practice of officers and employees of the government of the United States while engaged within this state in the practice of engineering or land surveying for the government. This exception does not extend to any engineer or land surveyor engaged in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying whose compensation is based in whole or in part on a fee.
(4) The practice of engineering or land surveying with respect to transportation or utility facilities by any transportation company or public utility subject to regulation by the Alabama Public Service Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, including its parents, affiliates, or subsidiaries; or by the officers and employees of any transportation company or public utility including its parents, affiliates, or subsidiaries. This exception shall not extend to any engineer or land surveyor engaged in the practice of engineering or land surveying whose compensation is based in whole or in part on a fee.
(5) The practice of engineering or land surveying by any person who is employed by the Alabama Department of Transportation prior to January 1, 1997, in any engineering or engineering assistant classification series under the State Merit System.
(6) The mere execution as a contractor of work designed by a professional engineer or the supervision of the construction of such work as a foreman or superintendent.
(7) The performance of engineering services which are purely incidental to the practice of architecture by registered architects, or their employees, or subordinates under their responsible supervising control.
(8) The performance of engineering services which are purely incidental to the practice of geology by registered geologists, their employees, or subordinates under their responsible charge.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 11 - Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 34-11-1 - Definitions.
Section 34-11-2 - Practice of Engineering and Land Surveying Regulated.
Section 34-11-3 - Roster of Registrants.
Section 34-11-4 - General Requirements for Licensure or Certification.
Section 34-11-5 - Applications; Fees.
Section 34-11-6 - Examinations.
Section 34-11-7 - Issuance of Certificate; Seal.
Section 34-11-8 - Renewal of Certificates; Expired Licenses; Inactive Status; Retirement.
Section 34-11-9 - Practice by Firms.
Section 34-11-9.1 - Issuance of Duplicate Certificates.
Section 34-11-10 - Public Work.
Section 34-11-11 - Disciplinary Action.
Section 34-11-11.1 - Civil Penalties; Recovery of Costs.
Section 34-11-11.2 - Complaints; Investigation; Hearing; Sanctions.
Section 34-11-12 - Reissuance of Revoked Certificates.
Section 34-11-14 - Persons and Acts Exempt From Chapter.
Section 34-11-15 - Violations; Penalties.
Section 34-11-16 - Violations; Civil Penalties; Notice and Hearing; Subpoena Power; Appeal.