Administrative Provisions on Certified Survey and Design Engineers
Administrative Provisions on Certified Survey and Design Engineers
Administrative Provisions on Certified Survey and Design Engineers
Order of the Ministry of Construction [2006] No. 137
February 4, 2005.
The Administrative Provisions on Certified Survey and Design Engineers were deliberated and adopted at the 44 executive meeting of Ministry of Construction on August 24, 2004.They are herby promulgated and shall be implemented as of April 1, 2005.
Wang Guangtao Minister of Construction
Attached: Administrative Provisions on Certified Survey and Design Engineers
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 For the purposes of strengthening the management of certified construction survey and design engineers, maintaining the public interests and the construction market order and enhancing the quality and level of construction survey and design, the present Provisions are formulated in accordance with the Construction Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulation on the Management of Construction Survey and Design and other relevant laws and regulations.
Article 2 The present Provisions shall apply to the registration, practices, continuing education, supervision and management of certified construction survey and design engineers within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
Article 3 The term "certified engineer" as mentioned in the present Provisions refers to the professional technicians who have obtained a Certified Engineer Qualification Certificate of People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the CEQC) after the qualifying examination, have acquired a Certified Engineer Practicing Certificate of People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the CEPC) and the practicing seal after the completion of the registration formalities as specified in the present Provisions, and are engaging in the construction survey, design and other relevant businesses.
Anyone without a CEQC and practicing seal shall not engage in the construction survey, design and other relevant activities in the name of a certified engineer.
Article 4 Certified engineers shall be classified into different categories on the basis of different specialties. The concrete classification provisions shall be formulated by the construction administrative department and the personnel administrative department of the State Council in consultation with other relevant departments of the State Council.
Except that the certified structural engineers are classified into Grade I and Grade II, the certified engineers of other specialties aren't classified into different grades.
Article 5 The construction administrative department of the State Council shall uniformly supervise and administer the registration and practice of the certified engineers throughout the country. The departments of railway, communications, water conservancy and other relevant departments of the State Council shall, under their respective functions as authorized by the State Council, be responsible for supervising and administering the practicing activities of the professional certified engineers throughout the country.
The construction administrative department of a local people's government at the county level or above shall supervise and administer the registration and practice of the certified engineers within its administrative area. The departments of communications, water conservancy and other relevant departments of a local people's government at the county level or above shall, under their respective functions, be responsible for supervising and administering the practice of relevant professional project certified engineers within their respective administrative area.
Chapter II Registration
Article 6 A certified practice management system shall be adopted for certified engineers. Anyone has obtained a CEQC shall not practice in the name of a certified engineer until he has completed the registration formalities.
Article 7 The registration application filed by a person who has obtained a CEQC shall be subject to the preliminary examination of the construction administrative department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government, then shall be subject to the examination and approval of the construction administrative department of the State Council. If it relates to the registration of the professional certified engineers of other relevant departments, it shall be subject to the examination and approval of the construction administrative department and other relevant departments of the State Council.
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