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1000502 PELS Newsletter Sc.P65 1 8/20/2009, 11:21 AM the BOARD’S BULLETIN THE BOARD’S BULLETIN A Biannual Publication for Licensees of the Oklahoma State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors WINTER/SPRING - 2009 Volume 23 Issue 67 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Changes Which May Impact Your Practice - Effective May 11, 2009 As newly elected Chair of the Board, I am pleased to report to you that the proposed rule changes the Board has been working on for some time became effective May 11, 2009. In order to safeguard life, health The Board has been addressing several and property, and to promote the areas of regulation, such as digital/ public welfare, the practice of electronic signatures and direct control engineering and ... land surveying and personal supervision. The new are declared to be subject to land surveyor education requirements regulation in the public interest. should also be reviewed and you are encouraged to share this information Mark Fuller, Public Member, Chair IN THIS ISSUE with anyone you know who may be considering licensure as a professional land surveyor in the future. Also, the Board’s new website has been launched. The new website Sack Reappointed 2 address is www.pels.ok.gov. With the new website, the Board Staff now has the ability to manage the content and will have the ability to provide much more Fuller Elected Board Chair 2 information in a more timely manner, so plan to spend a little time looking over the site. The Board also will be using more e-mail contact with the licensees, so Declaring Disciplines of Engrg. 3 please change your settings to allow e-mail from the Board Office if you have not already done so. Remembering Cline Mansur, PE 4 As always, the Board Meetings are open to the public and anyone who wishes to particpate in the process is encouraged to attend. Please contact me Exam Dates / New Web Address 5 or the Board office if you have matters which may require the Board’s attention. LS Education Requirements 6, 17 LS Requirements Flowchart 7 Board Members Disciplinary Activity 8 - 13 Path to Compliance 14 BMark A. Fuller, Public Member Glen W. Smith, PE, PLS Chair - Norman Edmond Successful Examinees 15- 17 Robert Zahl, PE, Vice Chair William A. McVey, Jr., PE Inactive Licensees 18-19 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Roy W. Entz, PE, PLS, Secretary Ted Sack, PLS Muskogee Tulsa Kathy Hart, Executive Director George T. Gibson, PE Oklahoma City Newsletter Editor 1000502 PELS Newsletter_sc.p65 1 8/20/2009, 11:21 AM THE BOARD’S BULLETIN SACK REAPPOINTED TO THE BOARD ed Sack, PLS was recently reappointed to the Board Tby Governor Brad Henry to serve another six year term, from June 29, 2009 to June 28, 2015. This will be Mr. Sack’s third term as a surveyor member of the Board. His original term began in 1997. Mr. Sack is an Associate with the family owned engineering and land surveying firm, Sack and Associates, located in Tulsa. He is an active member and Past President of the Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors. He served two terms as Secretary and Vice Chair of the Board, and just recently served for the second time as Board Chair. On a national level, Mr. Sack was recently elected to serve two years as the NCEES Southern Zone Assistant Vice President and has been an active member of the NCEES Examinations for Professional Surveyors since 1998. He is also a past recipient of the NCEES Southern Zone Distinguished Service Award. NEW BOARD OFFICERS 2009-2010 Pictured Left to Right: Senator Joe Sweeney, Donna Sack, and Ted Sack, PLS CHAIR – Mark Fuller, Public Member attending Mr. Sack’s Senate Confirmation Hearing. Mark Fuller, Senior Vice President and major account director for First American Professional Real Estate Services (FARES), he is responsible for the consulting firm – Zahl-Ford, Inc. Mr. Zahl has development and management of or key accounts with served on the FE Examination Committee since governmental entities, private industry, and major law 1999, served as the NCEES Southern Zone firms throughout North America, Canada and Mexico. Assistant Vice President for 2 years, and is Mark joined First American as President of a currently serving on the NCEES Examinations land services company acquired in 2006. Prior to that for Professional Engineers Committee. Mark had spent 17 years in managing land survey projects throughout the nation. SECRETARY - Roy W. Entz, PE, PLS Mark was appointed to the Board 7 years ago by Serving his third term as surveyor member of Governor Brad Henry as the public member and serves the Board, Mr. Entz is retired from Entz at his pleasure. Prior to that Mark was appointed and Engineering & Associates, Inc., a Civil served two terms on the Small Business Commission by Engineering/Surveying firm in Muskogee. Mr. then Governor Frank Keating. Mark has a BS Degree Entz still does a minimal amount of engineering, from the University of Oklahoma and lives in Norman but his current main focus is on his ranch work with his wife Amy and son Jared. and his volunteer work, constructing houses for Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Entz was the VICE CHAIR – Robert Zahl, PE, AIA recipient of the NCEES Distinguished Service In his second term as an engineer member of the Award and the Southern Zone Distinguished Board, Bob Zahl is one of the founding principals of Service Award, and is an active member of the an Oklahoma City based structural engineering Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors. OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF LICENSURE FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS 1000502 PELS Newsletter_sc.p65 2 8/20/2009, 11:21 AM WINTER/SPRING 2009 3 RULE CHANGE EFFECTIVE MAY 11 - DECLARING DISCIPLINES OF COMPETENCY: Beginning May 11, 2009, Board Rule OAC 245:15-9-4(a) was amended to require that professional engineers in the state of Oklahoma declare their discipline(s) of competency. Please read the following information carefully, complete the form, and return it to this office. You may fax, e-mail, or mail this form to the Board office. You may also go online at www.pels.ok.gov, log in to your account with your pin and password through the online renewal system, and provide this information online. This informa- tion is public record and also will appear on the Board’s website on the online database. If you prefer, you may wait and supply this information at the time of your next license renewal. The following criteria must be met to designate a primary or secondary discipline of engineering: a. A degree in the discipline of engineering, or b. An experience record documenting at least 4 years of experience in the discipline of engi- neering verified by at least one PE reference provider that has personal knowledge of the license holder’s character, reputation, suitability for licensure, and engineering experience, or c. Verification of successful passage of the examination on the principles and practice of engi- neering exam in the discipline of engineering designated. Please select in the space below your primary discipline of engineering and up to 4 secondary disci- plines of engineering, if applicable, for which you will be offering your services in Oklahoma. Selecting a discipline of engineering does not indicate competency to practice all aspects of that discipline of engineering. The licensee is required to only practice within the discipline of engineering in areas in which he/ she is competent. For example, listing “Civil” as your primary discipline does not mean that you are competent to do all types of civil engineering projects. The civil engineer’s specialty may be in wastewater, but not transportation. In this case, the engineer would simply list “Civil”. Please choose your discipline(s) from the list below. 1. Architectural 9. Control Systems 17. Manufacturing 25. Structural (without 2. Aeronautical 10. Electrical 18. Mechanical SE) 3. Agricultural 11. Engineering Physics 19. Metallurgical 26. Structural (with SE 4. Biomedical/Bioeng. 12. Environmental 20. Mining and Mineral designation in some 5. Ceramic 13. Fire Protection 21. Naval Arch/Marine state or jurisdiction) 6. Chemical 14. Geological 22. Nuclear 27. Textile 7. Civil 15. Geotechnical 23. Petroleum 8. Construction 16. Industrial 24. Software PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: ___________________________________________________________ SECONDARY DISCIPLINE(S) (if applicable): _______________________, ___________________ _______________________, ___________________ I certify that I have read the above criteria for designating a primary or secondary discipline of engineering and the information provided meets the criteria: LICENSEE’S PRINTED NAME:_____________________________ DATE: ___________________ LICENSEE’S SIGNATURE: ________________________________ P.E. No. __________________ VISIT US ONLINE AT WWW.PELS.OK.GOV 1000502 PELS Newsletter_sc.p65 3 8/20/2009, 11:21 AM THE BOARD’S BULLETIN IN REMEMBRANCE OF CLINE MANSUR line Mansur, PE, PLS passed away on July 12, C2009. Mr. Mansur served on the Board from 1987 to 1993 and was Board Chairman from 1992- 1993. Until his death on July 12, he was very proud of the fact that he was the oldest living professional engineer in the state of Oklahoma, holding license number 976. Mr. Mansur was an active member of this Board as well as an active member of the NCEES, and served as an Emeritus Member of the Board until the time of his death. Cline Mansur was born September 22, 1914 and graduated from Elk City High School. In 1934 he graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. Following graduation he worked at the OU Powerhouse and in 1938 married Betty Jo Chitwood. He worked for W.R. Holway and Associates on the Pensacola Dam until he was called to active duty during WWII. During the war he served in a variety of assignments with the Persian Gulf Command, including Assistant Chief of Staff of Operations for the Command.
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