[BC] radio engineering not a profession

[Peter]

On Apr 30, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Larry Taft wrote:

> The give up is I can not use the word "Engineer" and its  
> derivatives in a company name in TX. Those words are allowed only  
> for TX registered PEs.

Same as in all other states, I expect.

The CA business and professions codes are particularly strict with  
derivative terms.

You could, theoretically, call yourself a "consulting IT" guy as IT  
is not a licensed field, but should you call yourself a "consulting  
IE" guy, you would be in big trouble, as industrial engineering IS a  
licensed field.

Here, we usually use the term "PE-Electrical" or "PE-Structural" or  
"PE-Petroleum" or terms of that type, and then append the license  
number.

Perhaps 40 years ago, you could obtain a CA PE on a "grandfathered"  
basis, but no more.

Reciprocity is OK, too, with some exceptions.

But, for broadcast, it is the FCC which is regulating agency, and  
they want: 1) registration in _some_ state or other U.S.  
jurisdiction, and 2) one's qualifications to be a "matter of record"  
before the Commission.

One could, I expect, satisfy the "matter of record" qualification,  
and be OK with the feds, yet be in hot water with the state in which  
one is doing the design, unless one is also the owner-operator (i.e.,  
the licensee) of the station in question.

One owner-operator once I knew, since deceased, did his own DA design  
by copying and adapting an existing design of another station, and it  
was accepted.