KRS 322.290: Functions of board.

The board shall:

(1) Administer this chapter;

(2) Adopt an official seal;

(3) Provide suitable office quarters at its own expense;

(4) Adopt and amend all bylaws and rules of procedure, and promulgate administrative

regulations, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the state and reasonably

necessary for the proper performance of its duties and the regulation and fair

conduct of the proceedings before it;

(5) Appoint an executive director and assistant executive directors and fix their

compensation;

(6) Employ any clerk or other assistants necessary for the proper performance of its

work;

(7) Appoint a general counsel and any assistant general counsel as it deems necessary

and fix their compensation;

(8) Appoint investigatory personnel, as it deems necessary, and fix their compensation;

(9) Appoint committees of licensees, as it deems necessary, to review issues before the

board and make recommendations to the board;

(10) Make expenditures, as it deems necessary, for any purpose that it considers

reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties, including paying the

expenses of the board's delegates to national conventions of and membership dues

to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying or other

affiliated national boards or societies;

(11) Adopt and promulgate by administrative regulation a code of professional practice

and conduct, which shall be based upon generally recognized principles of

professional ethical conduct and binding upon persons licensed under this chapter.

A code of professional practice and condu ct shall be made known to all licensees

and applicants and shall include but not be limited to the following objectives:

(a) The protection of the public health, safety, and welfare;

(b) The maintenance of standards of objectivity, truthfulness, and reliability in

public statements;

(c) The avoidance of conflicts of interest;

(d) The prohibition of solicitation or acceptance of engineering or land surveying

work on any basis other than qualifications for the work offered;

(e) The prohibition of association with any person engaging in illegal or dishonest

activities; and

(f) The limitation of professional service to the area of competence of the

licensee;

(12) Adopt appropriate standards of practice;

(13) Promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to

establish rules for the use of stamps, seals, and signatures in electronic transactions;

(14) Bring, in its name, injunctive proceedings in the Franklin Circuit Cour t to enjoin

any person, business entity, or combination thereof in violation of KRS 322.020 or

KRS 322.060;

(15) Adopt a program for continuing education for its individual land surveyor licensees.

No individual land surveyor licensee shall be permitted to renew his or her license

unless the minimum annual continuing education requirements are met, in addition

to any other requirement for renewal. The program for continuing education shall

not exceed a total of eight (8) credit clock hours per year and shal l not include

testing or examination of the licensee in any manner; and

(16) Adopt a program for continuing education for its individual engineer licensees.

(a) The program for continuing education shall not exceed a total of fifteen (15)

credit clock hours per year and shall not include testing or examination of the

licensee in any manner.

(b) No individual engineer licensee shall be permitted to renew his or her license

unless the minimum annual continuing education requirements are met,

except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection, in addition to any other

requirement for renewal.

(c) Any person licensed under this chapter as a professional engineer prior to

January 1, 1972, who has maintained his or her license in good standing since

becoming l icensed shall not be subject to any continuing education

requirements.