{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-13-13a","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 30-13-13a","heading":"Designations of nonpracticing status.","body":"The board may designate a professional engineer as ineligible to practice or offer to practice engineering in this state using one of the following terms:\n(1) Professional engineer-retired. – A registrant may apply for retired status upon certification that he or she is no longer practicing or offering to practice engineering in this state for remuneration.\n(2) Professional engineer-inactive. – A registrant may request inactive status upon affirmation that he or she is no longer practicing or offering to practice engineering in this state.\n(3) Professional engineer-lapsed. – A registrant's license is lapsed when the registrant does not respond to renewal notices or pay the required fees.\n(4) Professional engineer-invalidated. – A registrant's license is invalidated when he or she is unable to provide sufficient proof that any condition of renewal set forth in this article or by board rule has been met.","path":["CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.","ARTICLE 13. ENGINEERS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-13-13A/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:16Z","sha256":"43b7e10982114203b4fca068ed39fd8918147778e991355bef09c372441ff2f1","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-13-13","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-13-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}