# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 23 — Board for Professional Engineers

### Chapter 04 — Fees

**Authority:** Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§14-101, 14-205, 14-207—14-209, 14-306, 14-307, 14-307.1, 14-310—14-312, 14-314—14-316, and 14-320; Business Regulation Article, §§2-106, 2-106.1, and 2-106.2; State Government Article, §10-204; Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: September 28, 1981 (8:19 Md. R. 1565)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective April 25, 1983 (10:8 Md. R. 725); December 28, 1987 (14:26 Md. R. 2745); August 8, 1988 (15:16 Md. R. 1914); October 17, 1988 (15:21 Md. R. 2468); July 19, 1993 (20:14 Md. R. 1168); February 28, 1994 (21:4 Md. R. 276)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 22, 1997 (24:19 Md. R. 1335); adopted permanently effective December 29, 1997 (24:26 Md. R. 1757)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective October 15, 1998 (25:23 Md. R. 1694); emergency status expired April 15, 1999

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective June 7, 1999 (26:13 Md. R. 1017); emergency status expired August 22, 2000; amended permanently effective October 18, 1999 (26:21 Md. R. 1629)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective December 11, 2000 (28:1 Md. R. 20); amended permanently effective April 30, 2001 (28:8 Md. R. 760)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective February 25, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 703); amended permanently effective October 30, 2000 (27:21 Md. R. 1975)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 adopted effective December 24, 1982 (9:24 Md. R. 2389)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 repealed effective September 28, 1992 (19:19 Md. R. 1705)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2003 (30:14 Md. R. 933); adopted permanently effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1579)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 amended effective July 11, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 789)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03A amended effective March 12, 2007 (34:5 Md. R. 560); November 1, 2010 (37:22 Md. R. 1553); January 23, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 17); March 4, 2013 (40:4 Md. R. 345); December 12, 2013 (40:24 Md. R. 2016); July 8, 2024 (51:13 Md. R. 647)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03B amended effective May 10, 2004 (31:9 Md. R. 712)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective April 13, 2008 (35:9 Md. R. 892); amended permanently effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1246)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03B, E amended as an emergency provision effective April 4, 2006 (33:9 Md. R. 795); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1365)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03B amended effective January 23, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 17); November 11, 2013 (40:22 Md. R. 1876); April 24, 2017 (Md. R. 402); September 10, 2018 (45:18 Md. R. 834)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03E repealed effective September 10, 2018 (45:18 Md. R. 834)

#### Regulation .01 Purpose.

*COMAR 09.23.04.01*

This chapter is intended to carry out the provisions of Business Regulation Article, §§2-106.1 and 2-106.2, Annotated Code of Maryland, and Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 14, Annotated Code of Maryland. In particular, it is intended to set various fees in order to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory duties of the State Board of Architects, the State Board of Certified Interior Designers, the State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, the State Board for Professional Engineers, and the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.

#### Regulation .02 Definitions.

*COMAR 09.23.04.02*

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

  (1) “Board” means the State Board for Professional Engineers.

  (2) “Design boards” means collectively the:

    (a) State Board of Architects;

    (b) State Board of Certified Interior Designers;

    (c) State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects;

    (d) Board; and

    (e) State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.

  (3) “License fee” means the fee paid by an applicant or licensee, as applicable, in connection with the issuance and renewal of a license and the issuance of a limited license and a reciprocal license.

  (4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.

#### Regulation .03 Fees and Costs.

*COMAR 09.23.04.03*

A. The Secretary and the design boards have agreed to average their direct and indirect costs, based on the calculation of costs performed by the Secretary in consultation with the design boards. Based on these calculations, the Board sets the following fees:

  (1) License fee — $86;

  (2) Permit fee — $112;

  (3) Engineer-in-training certification fee — $17;

  (4) Nonrefundable initial application fee payable in connection with:

    (a) An application for license — $56;

    (b) An application for license by reciprocity — $56;

  (5) Reinstatement fee — $112;

  (6) Retired Status License fee — $56;

  (7) Reactivation fee — $112;

  (8) Verification fee — $22;

  (9) Replacement license certificate fee — $39.

B. An applicant for the appropriate licensing examination shall pay the examination, re-examination, or testing service fees directly to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), as these fees are established by NCEES.

C. An applicant approved by the Board to take the appropriate licensing examination, and to whom the Board or the Board’s designee sent an applicable admission notice, is not entitled to a refund of applicable fees paid under §B of this regulation.

D. An applicant who notifies the Board or the Board’s designee of the applicant's election not to take the appropriate licensing examination before the Board or the Board’s designee sends to the applicant an applicable admission notice is entitled to a refund of applicable fees under §B of this regulation.