KRS 322.180: Grounds for denial of licensure and for disciplinary action.

The board may refuse to issue, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license, may

reprimand, place on probation, or admonish a licensee, may impose a fine on a

licensee not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or may impose any

combination of these penalties when it finds that an applicant or licensee:

(1) Engaged in any practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a license;

(2) Engaged in gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the practice of

engineering or land surveying;

(3) Violated any provision of this chapter, the administrative regulations

promulgated by the board, or the code of professional practice and conduct

adopted by the board and incorporated in administrative regulations;

(4) Employed, procured, or induced a person not licensed to practice engineering

or land surveying in this state;

(5) Aided or abetted a person not licensed to practice engineering or land

surveying in this state;

(6) Been granted a license upon a mistake of material fact;

(7) Been convicted by a court of law of a felony, if in accordance with KRS

Chapter 335B;

(8) Become a chronic or persistent alcoholic or has become drug-addicted so that

continued practice is dangerous to clients or to the public safety;

(9) Developed a physical or mental disability or other condition so that continued

practice is dangerous to clients or to the public safety;

(10) Violated any order of suspension or the terms or conditions of any order of

probation issued by the board;

(11) Had a license or registration certificate to practice as an engineer or land

surveyor denied, limited, suspended, probated, or revoked in another

jurisdiction on grounds sufficient to cause licensure to be denied, limited,

suspended, probated, or revoked in this state;

(12) Engaged in conduct likely to deceive or defraud the public;

(13) Presented or attempted to use as his or her own the license, seal, or stamp of

another;

(14) Falsely impersonated any other licensee;

(15) Attempted to use an expired, suspended, or revoked license;

(16) Provided certification for any plan, specification, plat, report, or physical

description not prepared by him or her or under his or her direct supervision; or

(17) Applied the seal, stamp, signature, or title block of another professional

engineer or professional land surveyor to a plan, specification, plat, report, or

physical description that was not prepared by the other professional engineer

or land surveyor.