Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act

Province of Alberta
ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE

PROFESSIONS ACT
Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000

Chapter E-11
Current as of April 30, 2015
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Regulations
The following is a list of the regulations made under the Engineering and
Geoscience Professions Act that are filed as Alberta Regulations under the
Regulations Act
Alta. Reg. Amendments
Engineering and Geoscience

Professions Act
ASET..............................................................282/2009 ......... 56/2012, 135/2021
Engineering and Geoscience
Professions General ..................................150/99 ............. 37/2003, 8/2005,
72/2007, 281/2009,
346/2009, 55/2012,
140/2014, 135/2021
Professional Technologists .............................283/2009 ......... 57/2012, 135/2021
ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE
PROFESSIONS ACT
Chapter E-11
Table of Contents
1 Definitions
1.1 Joint Councils Committee
Part 1
Scope of Practice
2 Exclusive scope of the practice of engineering
3 Exclusive use of name engineer
4 Holding out by joint firm
5 Exclusive scope of the practice of geoscience
6 Exclusive use of name geoscientist
9 Injunction
Part 2
Association
10 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
11 Capacity and powers
12 Council
13 Registrar
14 Council members
15 Practice Review Board
16 Powers of the Practice Review Board
17 Appeal to Appeal Board
18 Appeal Board
Part 3
Regulations and Bylaws
19 Regulations
20 Bylaws
20.1 Consultation with Ministers required
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Part 4
Registration
21 Registers and membership records
22 Registration as professional member
23 Registration as licensee
24 Registration of permit holders
25 Evidence of registration
26 Annual certificate
27 Entries in registers
28 List of registrants open to the public
29 Cancellation on request
30 Board of Examiners
31 Approval by the Board of Examiners
32 Review by the Appeal Board
33 Joint firms
34 Approval by Joint Board
35 Registration of joint firm
36 Duties of joint firm
37 Restricted practitioner
38 Exemption from stamp or seal requirement
39 Cancellation
40 Cancellation of a joint firm
41 Cancellation of restricted practitioners
Part 5
Discipline
42 Definitions
43 Complaints
44 Determination of unprofessional conduct and unskilled practice
45 Discipline Committee
46 Investigative Committee
47 Investigation Panel
48 Notice of preliminary investigation
49 Evidence for preliminary investigation
50 Report to Investigative Committee
51 Termination of investigation
52 Power of Investigative Committee to recommend an order
53 Duty of Discipline Committee
54 Further investigation
55 Suspension pending investigation and hearing
56 Right to counsel and to appearance
57 Public hearings
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58 Evidence
59 Witnesses and documents
60 Enforcement of attendance and production of documents
61 Failure to give evidence
62 Finding by the Discipline Committee
63 Powers of the Discipline Committee
64 Order to pay costs or a fine
65 Service of written decision
66 Suspension or cancellation pending appeal
67 Appeal to Appeal Board
68 Time of appeal
69 Powers of the Appeal Board on appeal
70 Appeal to the Court of Appeal
71 Order for stay pending appeal
72 Material in support of appeal
73 Power of the court on appeal
74 Fraudulent registration
75 Surrender of certificates
76 Misrepresentation of status
77 Publication
Part 6
General
78 Use of stamps, seal, permit number
79 Exemption from municipal licence
80 Liability to others
81 Registrar’s certificate
82 Protection from liability
Part 7
Professional Licensees
83 Scope of practice
83.01 Exclusive use of name
83.1 Prohibition on holding out
83.2 Stamp or seal of professional licensee (engineering)
83.3 Stamp or seal of professional licensee (geoscience)
83.4 Non-application of provisions to professional licensees
83.5 Register for professional licensees
83.6 Eligibility for registration
83.7 Application for registration
83.8 Registration as professional licensee
84 Evidence of registration
85 Regulation-making authority
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86 Fees
86.1 Annual licence
86.2 Application of Act
86.3 Practice prohibitions
86.31 Injunction
Part 8
ASET, Joint Boards and Committees, Professional
Technologists and Other ASET Members
86.4 Definitions
Division 1
ASET
86.5 Corporation continued
86.6 Capacity and powers
87 ASET Council
87.1 ASET Registrar
87.2 ASET Council members
87.3 ASET regulations
87.4 ASET bylaws
Division 2
Joint Boards and Committees
87.5 Establishment of joint boards and committees
87.6 Public appointees to joint boards and committees
88 Governance of joint boards and committees
88.1 Powers of the Joint Practice Review Board
88.2 Joint Practice Review Board appointees
88.3 Appeal to Joint Appeal Board
88.4 Joint Appeal Board
88.5 JPT Regulations Committee authority
88.6 Resolving disputes
89 Joint Board of Examiners
89.1 Joint Discipline Committee
89.2 Joint Investigative Committee
Division 3
Professional Technologists
89.3 Scope of practice
89.4 Use of title
89.5 Stamp or seal
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89.6 Non-application of provisions to professional technologists

90 Register for professional technologists
90.1 Registration as professional technologist and scope of practice
90.2 Evidence of registration
90.3 Joint Board of Examiners to consider applications
90.4 Registration of ASET permit holders
90.5 Annual certificate
90.6 Entries in registers
91 List of registrants open to the public
91.1 Cancellation on request
91.2 Review by the Joint Appeal Board
91.3 Cancellation
91.4 Application of disciplinary provisions
91.5 Use of stamps, seals and permit numbers
91.6 Exemption from municipal licence
92 Liability to others
Division 4
Other ASET Members
92.1 Registers
92.2 Registration of regulated members
92.3 Evidence of registration
92.4 Annual certificate
92.5 Entries in registers
92.6 List of registrants open to the public
93 Cancellation on request
93.1 ASET Board of Examiners
93.2 Approval by the ASET Board of Examiners
93.3 Review by the ASET Appeal Board
93.4 ASET Practice Review Board
93.5 Powers of the ASET Practice Review Board
94 Appeal to ASET Appeal Board
94.1 ASET Appeal Board
Division 5
Discipline of Regulated Members
94.2 ASET Discipline Committee
94.3 ASET Investigative Committee
94.4 Application of Part 5 to regulated members of ASET
Division 6
General
94.5 ASET Registrar’s certificate
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95 Protection from liability
Division 7
Prohibitions and Penalties
95.1 Practice prohibitions
96 Injunction
96.1 Onus of proof
Part 9
97 Practice prohibitions
97.1 Use of names and abbreviations relating to
geology and geophysics
97.2 Injunction
98 Penalties
99 Onus of proof
100 Name change
Part 10
Transitional provisions
101 Existing registrations
102 Use of titles and stamps relating to
103 Transitional regulations
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:
Definitions
1 In this Act,
(a) “Appeal Board” means the Appeal Board established under

section 18;
(a.1) “ASET Council” means the Council continued under section

87;
(b) “Association” means the Association of Professional

Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta;
(c) “Board of Examiners” means the Board of Examiners

established under section 30;
(d) “certificate holder” means
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(i) a joint firm, and
(ii) a restricted practitioner;
(e) “Council” means the Council of the Association;
(f) “Court” means the Court of Queen’s Bench;
(g) “Discipline Committee” means the Discipline Committee

(h) “Investigative Committee” means the Investigative

Committee established by the Council pursuant to section
46;
(i) “Joint Board” means the Joint Board of Practice

under section 1 of Schedule 8 to the Government
Organization Act;
(i.1) “Joint Councils Committee” means the committee

established by section 1.1;
(j) “joint firm” means a firm to which a certificate of

authorization has been issued under section 35;
(k) “licensee” means an individual who holds a licence under

this Act but does not include a professional licensee;
(l) “member of the Association” means a person who is

registered as a professional member or a member of a class
or category of membership established under this Act;
(m) “member of the public” means, in sections 14, 15 and 30, a

person who is
(i) a Canadian citizen or who is lawfully admitted to

Canada for permanent residence,
(ii) a resident of Alberta, and
(iii) not a professional member of the Association;
(n) “member-in-training” means engineer-in-training or

geoscientist-in-training, as the case may be;
(o) “Minister” means the Minister determined under section 16

of the Government Organization Act as the Minister
responsible for this Act;
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(p) “permit holder” means a partnership or other association of

persons or a corporation that holds a permit under this Act
but does not include an ASET permit holder as defined in
section 86.4;
(q) “practice of engineering” means
(i) reporting on, advising on, evaluating, designing,

preparing plans and specifications for or directing the
construction, technical inspection, maintenance or
operation of any structure, work or process
(A) that is aimed at the discovery, development or

utilization of matter, materials or energy or in any
other way designed for the use and convenience of
humans, and
(B) that requires in that reporting, advising, evaluating,

designing, preparation or direction the professional
application of the principles of mathematics,
chemistry, physics or any related applied subject, or
(ii) teaching engineering at a university;
(r) “practice of geoscience” means
(i) reporting, advising, evaluating, interpreting, processing,

geoscientific surveying, exploring, classifying reserves
or examining related to any activity
(A) that relates to the earth sciences or the environment,
(B) that is aimed at the discovery or development of oil,

natural gas, coal, metallic or non-metallic minerals,
precious stones, other natural resources or water or
that is aimed at the investigation of surface or
subsurface conditions of the earth, and
(C) that requires, in that reporting, advising, evaluating,

interpreting, processing, geoscientific surveying,
exploring, classifying reserves or examining, the
professional application of the principles of
mathematics, chemistry, physics or biology through
the application of the principles of geoscience,
or
(ii) teaching geoscience at a university;
(s) repealed 2011 c3 s3;
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(t) “Practice Review Board” means the Practice Review Board

(u) “profession” means the profession of engineering or

geoscience, as the case may be;
(v) “professional engineer” means an individual who holds a

certificate of registration to engage in the practice of
engineering under this Act but does not include
(i) a professional licensee (engineering), or
(ii) a professional technologist as defined in section 86.4(m);
(w) “professional geoscientist” means an individual who holds a

geoscience under this Act but does not include
(i) a professional licensee (geoscience), or
(ii) a professional technologist as defined in section 86.4(m);
(x) repealed 2011 c3 s3;
(x.1) “professional licensee” means a professional licensee

(engineering) or a professional licensee (geoscience);
(x.2) “professional licensee (engineering)” means an individual

who holds a certificate of registration and an annual licence
to engage in the practice of engineering within the scope of
practice specified by the Board of Examiners;
(x.3) “professional licensee (geoscience)” means an individual

who holds a certificate of registration and an annual licence
to engage in the practice of geoscience within the scope of
practice specified by the Board of Examiners;
(x.4) repealed 2011 c3 s3;
(y) “professional member” means a professional engineer or

professional geoscientist;
(z) “Registrar” means the Registrar appointed under section 13;
(aa) “restricted practitioner” means a registered architect under

the Architects Act who holds a certificate of authorization
under this Act.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s1;2007 c13 s2;2011 c3 s3
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Section 1.1 PROFESSIONS ACT Chapter E-11
Joint Councils Committee

1.1(1) There is established a Joint Councils Committee composed
of an equal number of members from the Executive Committees of
the Council and ASET Council appointed respectively by the
Council and ASET Council.
(2) The purposes of the Joint Councils Committee are to
(a) discuss proposed amendments to this Act and new or

proposed amendments to any regulations made under this
Act;
(b) provide a forum for discussion, collaboration and

co-ordination with respect to matters of mutual interest to
the Association and ASET;
(c) perform any other function prescribed by this Act or any

regulation made under this Act, or by agreement of the
Council and ASET Council.
(3) The Joint Councils Committee shall meet and its procedure
shall be governed by rules established by agreement of the Council
and ASET Council.
(4) The Council and ASET Council may, by agreement, alter the
composition of the Joint Councils Committee described in
subsection (1).
2007 13 s3;2011 c3 s4
Part 1
Scope of Practice
Exclusive scope of the practice of engineering
2(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no individual,
corporation, partnership or other entity, except a professional
engineer, a licensee so authorized in the licensee’s licence, a permit
holder so authorized in its permit or a certificate holder so
authorized in the certificate holder’s certificate, shall engage in the
practice of engineering.
(2) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, shall

engage in both the practice of engineering and the practice of
architecture as defined in the Architects Act, or hold out that it is
entitled to engage in both the practice of engineering and the
practice of architecture unless it holds a certificate of authorization
under this Act or the Architects Act permitting it to do so.
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(3) A professional engineer, licensee, permit holder or joint firm

may engage in the practice of surveying other than land surveying
as defined in the Land Surveyors Act.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following:
(a) a person engaged in the execution or supervision of the

construction, maintenance, operation or inspection of any
process, system, work, structure or building in the capacity
of contractor, superintendent, foreman or inspector or in any
similar capacity, when the process, system, work, structure
or building has been designed by and the execution or
supervision is being carried out under the supervision and
control of a professional engineer or licensee;
(b) a person engaged in the practice of engineering as an

engineer-in-training or engineering technologist in the
course of being employed or engaged and supervised and
controlled by a professional engineer, licensee, permit
holder or certificate holder;
(c) repealed 2007 c13 s4;
(d) a person who in accordance with an Act or regulation in

respect of mines, minerals, pipelines, boilers and pressure
vessels, building codes or safety codes for buildings is
engaged in any undertaking or activity required under or
pursuant to that Act or the regulations under that Act;
(e) a person who, on the person’s own property and for the
person’s sole use or the use of the person’s domestic
establishment, carries out any work that does not involve the
safety of the public;
(f) a member of the Canadian Forces while actually employed

on duty with the Forces;
(g) a person engaged or employed by a university whose

practice of the profession consists exclusively of teaching
engineering at the university.
(5) A restricted practitioner is not authorized by the operation of

subsection (1) to engage in the practice of engineering beyond the
scope of the practice that is specified in the register.
(6) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person engages
in
(a) planning, designing or giving advice on the design of or on

the erection, construction or alteration of or addition to,
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(b) preparing plans, drawings, detail drawings, specifications or

graphic representations for the design of or for the erection,
construction or alteration of or addition to, or
(c) inspecting work or assessing the performance of work under

a contract for the erection, construction or alteration of or
addition to
a building set out in subsection (7).
(7) The buildings referred to in subsection (6) are the following:
(a) a building, 3 storeys or less in height, for assembly

occupancy or institutional occupancy that,
(i) in the case of a single storey building, has a gross area of

300 square metres or less,
(ii) in the case of a 2 storey building, has a gross area of 150

square metres or less on each floor, or
(iii) in the case of a 3 storey building, has a gross area of 100

square metres or less on each floor;
(b) a building for residential occupancy that
(i) is a single family dwelling, or
(ii) is a multiple family dwelling, containing 4 dwelling

units or less;
(c) a building, 3 storeys or less in height, for residential

occupancy as a hotel, motel or similar use that,



(d) a building, 3 storeys or less in height, for warehouse,

business and personal services occupancy, for mercantile
occupancy or for industrial occupancy that,

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(e) a building that is a farm building not for public use;
(f) a relocatable industrial camp building.

RSA 2000 cE-11 s2;2007 c13 s4
Exclusive use of name engineer

3(1) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except
a professional engineer, licensee or permit holder entitled to engage
in the practice of engineering, shall
(a) use
(i) the title “professional engineer”, the abbreviation “P.

Eng.” or any other abbreviation of that title,
(i.1) repealed 2011 c3 s5,
(ii) the word “engineer” in combination with any other

name, title, description, letter, symbol or abbreviation
that represents expressly or by implication that the
individual, corporation, partnership or other entity is a
professional engineer, licensee or permit holder,
or
(b) represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that the

individual, corporation, partnership or other entity
(i) is entitled to engage in the practice of engineering, or
(ii) is a professional engineer, licensee or permit holder.
(2) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except a

professional engineer, licensee or permit holder entitled to engage
in the practice of engineering, shall affix the stamp or seal of a
professional engineer or licensee or the permit number of a permit
holder or allow that stamp, seal or permit number to be affixed to a
plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification or other document or a
reproduction of any of them unless
(a) that plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification, other

document or reproduction was prepared by or under the
supervision and control of, and
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(b) the stamp, seal or permit number is affixed with the

knowledge and consent or in accordance with the direction
of
the professional engineer or licensee to whom or the permit holder

to which the stamp, seal or permit number was issued.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a professional engineer,

licensee or permit holder may affix a stamp, seal or permit number,
as the case may be, to a plan, drawing, detail drawing,
specification, other document or reproduction prepared by other
persons if the professional engineer, licensee or permit holder
completes a thorough review of and accepts professional
responsibility for that plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification,
other document or reproduction.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s3;2007 c13 s5;2011 c3 s5
Holding out by joint firm

4 A joint firm
(a) may hold itself out as “engineers and architects” or

“architects and engineers” only if it has both professional
engineers and registered architects as partners or
shareholders in an arrangement that is satisfactory to the
Council and the council of The Alberta Association of
Architects;
(b) shall not hold itself out as “engineers and architects” or

“architects and engineers” if the registered architects or
professional engineers are employees only and not partners
or shareholders, or if the partnership or shareholding
arrangement is not satisfactory to the Council or the council
of The Alberta Association of Architects.
1981 cE-11.1 s4
Exclusive scope of the practice of geoscience

5(1) Subject to subsection (2), no individual, corporation,
partnership or other entity, except a professional geoscientist, a
licensee so authorized in the licensee’s licence or a permit holder
so authorized in the permit, shall engage in the practice of
geoscience.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following:
(a) a person engaged in the execution or supervision of the

construction, maintenance, operation or inspection of any
geoscientific investigation, process, system, study, work or
instrumentation in the capacity of contractor,
superintendent, foreman or inspector, or in any similar
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capacity, when the investigation, process, system, study,

work or instrumentation has been designed by, and the
execution or supervision is being carried out under the
supervision and control of, a professional geoscientist or
licensee;
(b) a person engaged in the practice of geoscience as a

geoscientist-in-training or geoscience technologist in the
course of being employed or engaged and supervised and
controlled by a professional geoscientist, licensee or permit
holder;
(c) a person who, as a prospector, is engaged in any activities

that are normally associated with the business of
prospecting;
(d) a member of the Canadian Forces while actually employed

on duty with the Forces;
(e) a person engaged in conducting a routine geoscientific

survey or preparing a routine geoscientific report where the
specifications and standards for the survey or report have
been prepared or approved by a professional geoscientist or
licensee;
(f) a person engaged in the routine reduction or plotting of

geoscientific data under the supervision and control of a
professional geoscientist or licensee;
(g) a person engaged in the routine operation, maintenance or

repair of geoscience equipment or facilities;
(h) a person engaged or employed by a university whose

practice of the profession consists exclusively of teaching
geoscience at the university.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s5;2007 c13 s6;2011 c3 s6
Exclusive use of name geoscientist

6(1) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except
a professional geoscientist or a licensee or permit holder entitled to
engage in the practice of geoscience, shall
(a) use
(i) the title “professional geoscientist”, the abbreviation “P.

Geo.” or any other abbreviation of that title,
(ii) the word “geoscientist” in combination with any other

name, title, description, letter, symbol or abbreviation
that represents expressly or by implication that the
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professional geoscientist, licensee or permit holder,
or

individual, corporation, partnership or other entity
(i) is entitled to engage in the practice of geoscience, or
(ii) is a professional geoscientist, licensee or permit holder.

professional geoscientist or a licensee or permit holder entitled to
engage in the practice of geoscience, shall affix the stamp or seal of
a professional geoscientist or licensee or the permit number of a
permit holder or allow that stamp, seal or permit number to be
affixed to a map, geoscientific cross-section, specification, report
or other document or a reproduction of any of them unless
(a) that map, geoscientific cross-section, specification, report,

other document or reproduction was prepared by or under
the supervision and control of, and
(b) the stamp, seal or permit number is affixed with the

knowledge and consent or in accordance with the direction
of
the professional geoscientist or licensee to whom or the permit

holder to which the stamp, seal or permit number was issued.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a professional geoscientist,

licensee or permit holder may affix a stamp, seal or permit number,
as the case may be, to a map, geoscientific cross-section,
specification, report, other document or reproduction prepared by
other persons if the professional geoscientist, licensee or permit
holder completes a thorough review of and accepts professional
responsibility for that map, geoscientific cross-section,
specification, report, other document or reproduction.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s6;2007 c13 s7;2011 c3 s6
7 and 8 Repealed 2011 c3 s6.
Injunction
9 The Court, on application by the Council, may grant an
injunction enjoining any person from doing any act or thing that
contravenes this Part, notwithstanding any penalty that may be
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provided by this Act or the regulations in respect of that act or

thing.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s9;2009 c53 s59
Part 2
Association
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
10(1) The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and
Geophysicists of Alberta is continued as a corporation with the
name “Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
Alberta”.
(2) The abbreviated form of the name of the Association is

A.P.E.G.A. or APEGA.
(3) No person other than the Association shall use the abbreviated
form of the name of the Association or any other abbreviation
alone or in combination with any other word or name in a way that
represents expressly or by implication that the person is a member
of or connected in any way with the Association.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s10;2011 c3 s7
Capacity and powers

11 The Association has the capacity and, subject to this Act, the
rights, powers and privileges of a natural person.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s11;2007 c13 s10
Council
12(1) There is hereby established a governing body of the
Association called the Council.
(2) The Council shall manage and conduct the business and affairs
of the Association and exercise the powers of the Association in the
name of and on behalf of the Association.
(3) The Council shall submit annually to the Minister in a form

satisfactory to the Minister a report on those matters of the business
and affairs of the Association that the Minister requires.
(4) The Minister shall, on receipt of the annual report of the

Association, lay it before the Legislative Assembly if it is then
sitting, and if it is not then sitting, within 15 days after the
commencement of the next sitting.
1981 cE-11.1 s12
Registrar
13 The Council shall appoint a Registrar for the purposes of this
Act.
1981 cE-11.1 s13
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Council members
14(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Council shall include the
president, 2 vice-presidents, the immediate past-president and at
least 12 other professional members, the number of which shall be
prescribed by the bylaws, each of whom shall be elected by the
professional members at the time, in the manner and for the period
provided for in the bylaws.
(2) The Council shall consist of
(a) at least 16 professional members among whom there shall

be not less than
(i) 2 professional engineers, and
(ii) 2 professional geoscientists,
and
(b) when the total number of elected professional members does

not exceed 20, 3 members of the public, who shall be
appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the
Association, for a 3-year term of office.
(3) For each 10 elected professional members by which the

membership of the Council exceeds 20, an additional member of
the public shall be appointed by the Minister, after consultation
with the Association, for a 3-year term of office.
(4) A member of the Council appointed under subsection (2)(b)

continues to hold office after the expiry of the member’s term of
office until the member is reappointed or the member’s successor is
appointed.
(5) The Minister may, after consultation with the Council, revoke
the appointment of a member of the Council made under subsection
(2)(b).
(6) The Minister may pay to a member of the Council appointed

under subsection (2)(b) travelling and living expenses incurred by
that member for the member’s attendance at any meeting of the
Council while away from the member’s usual place of residence
and fees in an amount prescribed by the Minister.
(7) The powers, duties and operations of the Council under this
Act, the regulations and the bylaws are not affected by
(a) the fact that no member of the public is appointed as a

member of the Council pursuant to subsection (2)(b),
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(b) the revocation under subsection (5) of the appointment of a

member of the public, or
(c) the resignation from the Council of a member of the public.
(8) The failure of a member of the public appointed under

subsection (2)(b) to attend a meeting of the Council shall not be
construed to affect or restrict the Council from exercising at that
meeting any powers or performing any duties under this Act, the
regulations or the bylaws.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s14;2011 c3 s8
Practice Review Board

15(1) There is hereby established a board called the Practice
Review Board consisting of not less than 5 members as follows:
(a) the Council shall appoint not less than 4 professional

members who have a combination of knowledge and
experience suitable for determining the academic
qualifications and experience necessary for a person to
continue to engage in the practice of the profession of
engineering or geoscience;
(b) the Minister shall appoint one member of the public

nominated by the Council.
(2) If the Council fails, within a reasonable period of time after

being requested to do so by the Minister, to make a nomination for
the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the Minister may appoint a
member of the public to the Practice Review Board without the
Council’s nomination.
(3) The Minister may pay to the member of the Board appointed
under subsection (1)(b) travelling and living expenses incurred by
that member for the member’s attendance at a hearing of the Board
while away from the member’s usual place of residence and fees in
an amount prescribed by the Minister.
the appointment under subsection (1)(b) of a member of the public.
(5) The powers, duties and operations of the Board under this Act,
the regulations and the bylaws are not affected by

member of the Board pursuant to subsection (1)(b),

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(c) the resignation as a member of the Board of a member of the

public.

subsection (1)(b) to attend a meeting of the Board shall not be
construed to affect or restrict the Board from exercising at that
RSA 2000 cE-11 s15;2001 c10 s3;2011 c3 s32
Powers of the Practice Review Board

16(1) The Practice Review Board
(a) shall, on its own initiative or at the request of the Council,

inquire into
(i) the assessment of existing and the development of new

educational standards and experience requirements that
are conditions precedent to obtaining and continuing
registration under this Act,
(ii) the evaluation of desirable standards of competence of

professional members, licensees, permit holders and
certificate holders generally,
(iii) the practice of the profession by professional members,

licensees, permit holders or certificate holders generally,
and
(iv) any other matter that the Council from time to time
considers necessary or appropriate in connection with
the exercise of its powers and the performance of its
duties in relation to competence in the practice of the
profession under this Act and the regulations, and
(b) may conduct a review of the practice of a professional

member, licensee, permit holder or certificate holder in
accordance with this Act and the regulations.
(2) The Board shall report to and advise the Council with respect
to any matter dealt with by it pursuant to subsection (1).
(3) A person requested to appear at an inquiry under this section

by the Board is entitled to be represented by counsel.
(4) The Board may, after a review under this section with respect
to an individual practitioner, make any order that the Discipline
Committee may make under section 63 or 64.
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(5) The provisions of Part 5 with respect to an investigation by the

Investigative Committee apply to a review of an individual
practitioner by the Practice Review Board.
(6) The Board may at any time during an inquiry or review under
this section recommend to the Investigative Committee that the
inquiry or review be conducted by the Investigative Committee
pursuant to Part 5.
(7) On receiving a recommendation under subsection (6), the

Investigative Committee may proceed with an investigation under
Part 5 as if the recommendation were a written complaint.
(8) After each inquiry under this section, the Board shall make a
written report to the Council on the inquiry and may make any
recommendations to the Council that the Board considers
appropriate in connection with the matter inquired into, with
reasons for the recommendations.
(9) The Council may, if it considers it to be in the public interest to

do so, direct that the whole or any portion of an inquiry by the
Board under this section shall be held in camera.
1981 cE-11.1 s16;1995 c14 s6;1998 c14 s5
Appeal to Appeal Board

17 A professional member, licensee, permit holder or certificate
holder who is the subject of a hearing or a review by the Practice
Review Board may appeal any decision or order of the Board to the
Appeal Board as if it were a decision or order of the Discipline
Committee under Part 5.
1981 cE-11.1 s17;1995 c14 s7
Appeal Board
18(1) There is hereby established an Appeal Board consisting of
(a) the professional members appointed by the Council in

accordance with the regulations, and
(b) one member of the public appointed by the Minister, after

consultation with the Association, for a 3-year term of
office.
(2) A member of the Appeal Board appointed under subsection

(1)(b) continues to hold office after the expiry of the member’s
term of office until the member is reappointed or the member’s
successor is appointed.
(3) The Minister may, after consultation with the Appeal Board,
revoke the appointment of a member of the Appeal Board made
under subsection (1)(b).
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(4) The Minister may pay to a member of the Appeal Board

appointed under subsection (1)(b) travelling and living expenses
incurred by that member for the member’s attendance at any
meeting of the Appeal Board while away from the member’s usual
place of residence and fees in an amount prescribed by the
Minister.
(5) The powers, duties and operations of the Appeal Board under
this Act, the regulations and the bylaws are not affected by

member of the Appeal Board pursuant to subsection (1)(b),
(b) the revocation of the appointment of a member of the

public, or
(c) the resignation from the Appeal Board of a member of the

public.
(6) The failure of a member of the public appointed pursuant to

subsection (1)(b) to attend a meeting of the Appeal Board shall not
be construed to affect or restrict the Appeal Board from exercising
any powers or performing any duties under this Act, the regulations
or the bylaws at that meeting.
1995 c14 s8
Part 3
Regulations and Bylaws
Regulations
19(1) The Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the establishment of categories of and conditions

respecting the enrolment of engineers-in-training,
geoscientists-in-training, examination candidates and
students;
(b) respecting the academic qualifications of and experience

requirements for applicants for registration as professional
engineers or geoscientists;
(c) governing the evaluation by the Council, the Board of

Examiners, the Practice Review Board, the Appeal Board or
a committee established by any of them of the academic
qualifications of and experience requirements for applicants
for registration to engage in the practice of engineering or
geoscience and the examination of those applicants with
respect to those qualifications or requirements;
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(d) respecting the eligibility of applicants generally for

registration to engage in the practice of engineering or
geoscience;
(e) respecting the powers, duties and functions of the Practice

Review Board, including but not limited to the referral of
matters by that Board to the Council or the Investigative
Committee and appeals from decisions of that Board;
(f) respecting the appointment of members of the Appeal

Board, other than the public member;
(g) prescribing the number of members that constitutes a

quorum of the Council, the Investigative Committee, the
Appeal Board, the Practice Review Board, the Board of
Examiners or the Discipline Committee;
(h) governing the establishment of boards or committees of

professional members and respecting the delegation of
powers of the Council to those boards or committees or the
Practice Review Board;
(i) prescribing technical standards for the practice of the

profession;
(j) establishing and providing for the publication of a code of

ethics respecting the practice of the profession, the
maintenance of the dignity and honour of the profession and
the protection of the public interest;
(k) governing the names under which professional members,

licensees, permit holders and certificate holders may engage
in the practice of the profession;
(l) governing, subject to this Act, the operation and proceedings

of the Appeal Board, the Board of Examiners and the
Practice Review Board, the designation of chair and
vice-chair, the appointment of acting members and the
procedures for filling vacancies in the offices of chair and
vice-chair and in the membership of any of those Boards,
and the appointment to any of those Boards of members by
virtue of their office and prescribing their powers, duties and
functions;
(m) respecting the procedures of the Discipline Committee, of

the Practice Review Board, of the Investigative Committee
and of the Appeal Board in matters relating to the conduct
or practice of professional members, licensees, permit
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holders or certificate holders, whether or not a complaint has

been made;
(n) respecting the establishment by the Council of a compulsory

continuing education program for professional members and
licensees;
(o) governing the publication of a notice of the suspension or

cancellation of the registration of a professional member,
licensee, permit holder or certificate holder in a form and
manner prescribed by the Council;
(p) respecting committees of inquiry for reinstatement under

Part 5;
(q) - (w) repealed 2007 c13 s11;
(x) establishing classes or categories of professional engineers

or geoscientists and licensees or permit holders and
prescribing the restrictions of practice and the privileges and
obligations of the classes or categories so established;
(y) respecting the academic and other qualifications and the

experience required of the classes or categories established
under clause (x);
(z) respecting the use of stamps, seals and permit numbers;
(aa) governing the eligibility for registration of persons, firms,

partnerships and other entities as permit holders or
certificate holders;
(bb) governing the operation of permit holders or certificate

holders;
(cc) governing the publication of information with respect to the

profession, including but not limited to the publication of
surveys of fees;
(dd) respecting registration, licensing, the issuing of permits and

certificates, disciplinary matters and the practice of
engineering and geoscience generally;
(ee) respecting the service on any person of a document or notice

required to be served under this Act.
(2) Repealed 2007 c13 s11.
(3) A regulation under subsection (1) may be made only by the

Council.
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(4) A regulation must be approved in principle by a majority of the

professional members
(a) present and voting at a special meeting called for that

purpose,
(b) voting by a mail vote or a vote authorized by bylaw that is

conducted by electronic, telecommunication or other
appropriate means, or
(c) at the annual general meeting following the Council’s

adoption of the regulation.
(5) The Council may change the text of a regulation that was
approved in principle under subsection (4) if the change
(a) is consistent with the approval in principle, and
(b) is made before the regulation is submitted to the Lieutenant

Governor in Council for approval.
(6) A regulation made under this section does not come into force
unless it has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s19;2007 c13 s11;2011 c3 s9
Bylaws
20(1) The Council may make bylaws
(a) for the government of the Association and the management

and conduct of its affairs;
(b) determining the location of the head office of the

Association;
(c) respecting the calling of and conduct of meetings of the

Association and the Council;
(d) respecting the nomination, election, number and term of

office of Council members and officers of the Association
and the appointment of individuals as members of the
Council by virtue of their office, the Discipline Committee,
the Practice Review Board, the Appeal Board, the Board of
Examiners and any other committee established by the
Council and prescribing their powers, duties and functions;
(e) prescribing those areas of the professions of engineering and

geoscience from which members of the Board of Examiners
shall be appointed by the Council;
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(f) respecting the appointment, functions, duties and powers of

a Chief Executive Officer of the Association;
(g) respecting the establishment of districts and branches of the

Association and their operation;
(h) providing for the division of Alberta into electoral districts

and prescribing the number of Council members to be
elected from each district;
(i) providing for the appointment of a Deputy Registrar who

has all of the powers and can perform all of the duties of the
Registrar under this Act, the regulations and the bylaws
when the Registrar is absent, or unable to act or when there
is a vacancy in the office of Registrar;
(j) establishing classes or categories of membership in the

Association in addition to professional engineers and
professional geoscientists and prescribing the rights,
privileges and obligations of the classes or categories of
membership so established;
(k) providing for the appointment of acting members of the

Council and procedures for the election or appointment of
professional members to fill vacancies on the Council;
(l) prescribing the number of professional members that

constitutes a quorum at meetings of the Association;
(m) governing the establishment, operation and proceedings of

committees, the appointment of members of committees, the
appointment of acting members and procedures for filling
vacancies on committees and the delegation of any powers
or duties of the Council under this Act, the regulations or the
bylaws to a committee established by the Council or under
this Act;
(n) prescribing fees and expenses payable to members of the

Association for attending to the business of the Association;
(o) respecting the establishment and payment of sums of money

for scholarships, fellowships and any other educational
incentive or benefit program that the Council considers
appropriate;
(p) governing the information to be engraved on stamps and

seals issued to professional members, licensees and
restricted practitioners;
(q) respecting permit numbers issued to permit holders;

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(r) respecting the fixing of fees, dues and levies payable to the
Association;
(s) respecting the costs payable by any person on the

conclusion of a hearing or review by the Practice Review
Board or under Part 5;
(t) respecting the establishment, content and maintenance of

registers of professional members, licensees, permit holders
and certificate holders and of records of other classes or
categories of membership to be kept by the Registrar;
(u) respecting the removal from the registers and records of any
memorandum or entry made in them under this Act or the
bylaws;
(v) requiring professional members, licensees, permit holders

and certificate holders to inform the Registrar in writing of
their current mailing addresses and of any change of address
forthwith after the change occurs;
(w) prescribing the form of a certificate of registration, a

licence, a permit, a certificate of authorization and an annual
certificate;
(x) respecting the expiry of annual certificates, annual licences,

permits and other authorizations.
(2) The Council may make bylaws respecting the holding of mail
votes or votes conducted by electronic, telecommunication or other
appropriate means on any matter relating to the Association, but a
bylaw under this subsection does not come into force unless it is
approved by a majority of professional members of the Association
present and voting at a general meeting.
(3) A bylaw under subsection (1) does not come into force unless
it is approved by a majority of the professional members
(a) present and voting at a general meeting, or
(b) voting by a mail vote or vote conducted by electronic,

telecommunication or other appropriate means conducted in
accordance with the bylaws.
(4) The Regulations Act does not apply to bylaws of the

Association made under this section.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s20;2007 c13 s12;2011 c3 s10
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Consultation with Ministers required

20.1 Before the Council, by regulation, establishes or amends the
academic qualifications for applicants for registration as
professional engineers, geologists or geophysicists, the Council
must consult with the Minister and the Minister responsible for
Parts 1 to 3 of the Post-secondary Learning Act and must consider
the comments received from those Ministers.
2010 c7 s3
Part 4
Registration
Registers and membership records
21(1) The Registrar shall maintain, in accordance with the bylaws
and subject to the direction of the Council, a register for each of the
following:
(a) professional engineers;
(b) professional geoscientists;
(c) repealed 2011 c3 s11;
(d) licensees to engage in the practice of
(i) professional engineering, or
(ii) professional geoscience;
(iii) repealed 2011 c3 s11;
(e) permit holders to engage in the practice of
(i) professional engineering, or
(ii) professional geoscience;
(iii) repealed 2011 c3 s11;
(f) joint firms;
(g) restricted practitioners.
(2) The Registrar shall enter in the appropriate register the name of
a person who has paid the fee prescribed under the bylaws, and
(a) whose registration to engage in the practice of
(i) engineering, as a professional engineer or licensee, or
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(ii) geoscience, as a professional geoscientist or licensee,
(iii) repealed 2011 c3 s11,
has been approved by the Board of Examiners,
(b) whose registration to engage in the practice of the

profession as a permit holder has been approved by the
Council, or
(c) whose registration to engage in the practice of engineering

has been approved
(i) in the case of a joint firm, by the Council, or
(ii) in the case of a restricted practitioner, in accordance with

section 37.
(3) The Registrar shall maintain, in accordance with the bylaws

and subject to the direction of the Council, a membership record of
the members in each class or category of membership established
under the regulations and the bylaws.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s21;2011 c3 s11
Registration as professional member

22 The Board of Examiners shall approve for registration as a
professional engineer or professional geoscientist an individual
who has applied to the Board and is eligible in accordance with this
Act and the regulations to become a professional engineer or
professional geoscientist, as the case may be.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s22;2011 c3 s12
Registration as licensee
23 The Board of Examiners shall approve the registration as a
licensee of an individual who has applied to the Board of
Examiners and is eligible in accordance with this Act and the
regulations to become registered to engage in the practice of
engineering or geoscience as a licensee.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s23;2011 c3 s32
Registration of permit holders

24(1) The Council shall approve the registration as a permit holder
of a partnership or other association of persons, or of a corporation
incorporated or registered under the Companies Act or continued,
incorporated or registered under the Business Corporations Act,
that has applied to the Council and is eligible under this section and
the regulations to become registered to engage in the practice of
engineering or geoscience as a permit holder.
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(2) A partnership or other association of persons or a corporation

that applies to the Council is eligible to become registered as a
permit holder entitled to engage in the practice of engineering or
geoscience if it satisfies the Council that it complies with the Act
and the regulations.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s24;2011 c3 s32
Evidence of registration
25(1) On entering the name of a professional engineer or
geoscientist in the register, the Registrar shall issue to the
professional engineer or geoscientist
(a) a certificate of registration, and
(b) a stamp or seal engraved as prescribed in the bylaws.
(2) On entering the name of a licensee in the register, the Registrar

shall issue to the licensee
(a) a licence to engage in the practice of engineering or

geoscience as a licensee as authorized in the licence, and
(3) On entering the name of a permit holder in the register, the

Registrar shall issue to the permit holder
(a) a permit to engage in the practice of engineering or

geoscience as a permit holder as authorized in the permit,
and
(b) a permit number as prescribed in the bylaws.
(4) On entering the name of a joint firm in the register, the

Registrar shall issue to the joint firm
(a) a certificate of authorization to engage in the practice of

engineering and architecture, and
(b) a permit number as prescribed in the bylaws.
(5) On entering the name of a restricted practitioner in the register,

the Registrar shall issue to that individual a certificate of
authorization to engage in the restricted scope of the practice of
engineering that is specified in the certificate.
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(6) A certificate of registration, a licence, a permit or a certificate

of authorization issued under this section entitles the holder to
engage in the practice of engineering or geoscience, as the case
may be, subject to this Act, the regulations and the bylaws.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s25;2011 c3 s13
Annual certificate
26(1) A professional member, licensee, permit holder or certificate
holder engaged in the practice of engineering or geoscience shall
pay to the Association the annual fee prescribed under the bylaws.
(2) The Registrar shall issue an annual certificate in accordance

with the bylaws to a professional member, licensee, permit holder
or certificate holder
(a) whose registration is not under suspension, and
(b) who has paid the annual fee.
(3) Subject to this Act, an annual certificate entitles the

professional member, licensee, permit holder or certificate holder
to engage in the practice of engineering or geoscience, as the case
may be, during the year for which the annual certificate is issued.
(4) Repealed 2007 c13 s13.

RSA 2000 cE-11 s26;2007 c13 s13;2011 c3 s32
Entries in registers
27(1) The registration of a professional member, licensee, permit
holder or certificate holder is suspended when the decision to
suspend the registration is made in accordance with this Act.
(2) The Registrar shall enter a memorandum of suspension of a

registration in the appropriate register indicating
(a) the duration of the suspension, and
(b) the reason for the suspension.
(3) The registration of a professional member, licensee, permit

holder or certificate holder is cancelled when the decision to cancel
the registration is made in accordance with this Act.
(4) The Registrar shall enter a memorandum of cancellation of a

registration in the appropriate register.
(5) The Registrar shall not remove from the registers any
memorandum made by the Registrar under this section, except in
accordance with the bylaws.
1981 cE-11.1 s26
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List of registrants open to the public

28 The Registrar shall maintain and, during regular office hours,
permit any person to inspect a list of all the professional members,
licensees, permit holders and certificate holders in good standing.
1981 cE-11.1 s27
Cancellation on request
29(1) The Registrar shall not cancel the registration of a
professional member, licensee, permit holder or certificate holder at
that person’s request unless the request for the cancellation has
been approved by the Council.
(2) When a request for cancellation of a registration is approved by

the Council
(a) the Registrar shall cancel that registration, and
(b) the professional member, licensee, permit holder or

restricted practitioner requesting the cancellation shall, on
being notified of the approval,
(i) immediately surrender to the Registrar
(A) the certificate of registration, licence and the stamp

or seal, in the case of a professional member,
licensee or restricted practitioner, or
(B) the permit and annual certificate, in the case of a

permit holder,
and
(ii) cease using the permit number, in the case of a permit

holder.
(3) The Council may direct the Registrar to reinstate in the

applicable register a registration that was cancelled under this
section, subject to any conditions that the Council may prescribe,
and to reissue the certificate of registration, licence or permit and
the stamp, seal or permit number.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), if a person whose registration

is cancelled applies to be reinstated more than 7 years after the date
of the cancellation, the application for reinstatement must be
referred to the Board of Examiners.
1981 cE-11.1 s28;1995 c14 s12;1998 c14 s9
Board of Examiners
30(1) The Council shall establish a Board of Examiners in
accordance with the regulations.
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(2) The Minister shall appoint as members of the Board of

Examiners 3 persons from a list of members of the public
nominated by the Council.
(3) If the Council fails, within a reasonable period of time after

being requested to do so by the Minister, to make nominations for
the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister may appoint 3
members of the public to the Board of Examiners without the
Council’s nomination.
(4) The Minister may pay to a member of the Board appointed

under subsection (2) travelling and living expenses incurred by that
member for the member’s attendance at a hearing of the Board
the appointment under subsection (2) of a member of the public.
(6) The powers, duties and operations of the Board under this Act,
the regulations and the bylaws are not affected by

member of the Board pursuant to subsection (2),

(c) the resignation as a member of the Board of a member of the

public.

subsection (2) to attend a meeting of the Board is not to be
construed to affect or restrict the Board from exercising at that
(8) The Board of Examiners shall consider applications for the

registration of applicants as professional members or licensees in
accordance with this Part, the regulations and the bylaws and may
(a) approve the registration,
(b) refuse the registration, or
(c) defer the approval of registration until it is satisfied that the

applicant has complied with a requirement made under this
section.
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(9) The Board of Examiners may, in its discretion, require an

applicant for registration
(a) to pass one or more examinations set by the Board,
(b) to obtain more experience of a kind satisfactory to the Board

for a period set by the Board, or
(c) to pass one or more examinations and obtain more

experience
before it approves the registration.

1981 cE-11.1 s29;1984 c17 s11;1995 c14 s13
Approval by the Board of Examiners

31(1) The Board of Examiners shall approve the registration as a
professional member of a person who proves to the satisfaction of
the Board that
(a) the person is of good character and reputation,
(b) the person is a Canadian citizen or lawfully admitted to

Canada for permanent residence, and
(c) the person meets the requirements of the regulations.
(2) If an applicant for registration as a licensee is not a Canadian

citizen or lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent residence but
otherwise complies, to the satisfaction of the Board of Examiners,
with subsection (1), the Board shall approve the registration.
1981 cE-11.1 s30;1984 c17 s12;1995 c14 s14
Review by the Appeal Board

32(1) The Board of Examiners shall send a written notice of any
decision made by it under this Part to the applicant.
(2) If the decision made by the Board is to refuse or defer

registration of the applicant, reasons for the decision shall be sent
in writing to the applicant.
(3) If the decision made by the Board is to approve the registration,

the Registrar shall publish a notice of approval in accordance with
the bylaws.
(4) An applicant whose application for registration has been

refused by the Board of Examiners may, within 30 days after
receiving a notice of refusal and the reasons for refusal, appeal the
decision to the Appeal Board by serving a notice of appeal on the
Registrar.
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(5) On receiving a notice of appeal, the Registrar shall set a date,

time and place for the hearing of the appeal and notify the
appellant, in writing, of the date, time and place.
(6) The appellant may appear with counsel and make

representations to the Appeal Board.
(7) On concluding the hearing, the Appeal Board may make any
decision the Board of Examiners was authorized to make.
1981 cE-11.1 s31;1995 c14 s15
Joint firms
33(1) In this section and sections 34 and 35,
(a) “Architects Association” means The Alberta Association of

Architects under the Architects Act;
(b) “architects firm” means a partnership or corporation
(i) that
(A) confines its practice to providing architectural

consulting services, or
(B) if it does not confine its practice to providing

architectural consulting services, engages in a
practice satisfactory to the Joint Board,
and
(ii) in which registered architects
(A) hold a majority interest, and
(B) control the partnership or corporation,
and that is otherwise entitled to engage in the practice of

architecture under the Architects Act;
(c) “engineers firm” means a partnership or corporation
(i) that
(A) confines its practice to providing engineering

(B) if it does not confine its practice to providing

engineering consulting services, engages in a practice
satisfactory to the Joint Board,
and
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(ii) in which professional engineers

engineering under this Act;
(d) “proposed engineers and architects firm” means a

partnership or corporation
(i) that
(A) proposes to confine its practice to providing

engineering consulting services and architectural
(B) if it does not propose to confine its practice to

providing engineering consulting services and
architectural consulting services, proposes to engage
in a practice satisfactory to the Joint Board,
and
(ii) in which professional engineers and registered architects

engineering under this Act or the practice of architecture
under the Architects Act.
(2) An application for a certificate of authorization may be made

by the following:
(a) a professional engineer;
(b) a registered architect;
(c) an engineers firm;
(d) an architects firm;
(e) a proposed engineers and architects firm;
(f) a partnership or corporation that is not referred to in clause

(c), (d) or (e) that the Joint Board considers a suitable
applicant for a certificate of authorization.
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(3) An applicant under subsection (2) shall
(a) if its prime activity is the provision of engineering

consulting services, apply to the Council, and
(b) if its prime activity is the provision of architectural

consulting services, apply to the council of the Architects
Association.
1981 cE-11.1 s32
Approval by Joint Board

34(1) Every application under section 33 shall be referred to the
Joint Board by the council to which it was made, with or without
comment from that council.
(2) The Joint Board shall consider with respect to each application
referred to it whether
(a) the applicant is eligible to apply under section 33(2);
(b) the applicant has at least one full-time employee who is a

professional engineer who shall take responsibility for the
engineering work of the applicant and at least one full-time
employee who is a registered architect who shall take
responsibility for the architectural work of the applicant;
(c) the presence of any ownership interests in the applicant will

give rise to conflicts with the professional responsibilities of
the firm;
(d) the granting of a certificate of authorization to the applicant

will give rise to unauthorized practice or otherwise lead to
circumvention of this Act or the Architects Act;
(e) any detriment to the public would result from the applicant
becoming entitled to engage in the practice of both
engineering and architecture.
(3) After considering an application for a certificate of

authorization referred to it, the Joint Board shall recommend
(a) in the case of an application by a registered architect or an

architects firm, to the Council,
(b) in the case of an application by a professional engineer or an

engineers firm, to the council of the Architects Association,
or
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(c) in the case of an application by a proposed engineers and

architects firm or other applicant, to the Council and to the
council of the Architects Association,
whether or not to grant a certificate of authorization, based on the

criteria considered by it under subsection (2).
1981 cE-11.1 s33
Registration of joint firm

35(1) On receipt of a recommendation of the Joint Board under
section 34, the Council may approve the registration of a proposed
engineers and architects firm if that firm is eligible to become
registered under the regulations.
(2) When recommendations are made by the Joint Board to both

the Council and the council of the Architects Association with
respect to an application for a certificate of authorization, both
councils must agree that the certificate should be issued and both
shall sign the certificate before it is issued.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), an applicant is entitled to be

registered as a joint firm when the Council approves its
registration.
1981 cE-11.1 s34
Duties of joint firm

36(1) A joint firm may engage in the practice of both engineering
and architecture in
(a) the names of the individuals who are its partners,
(b) its corporate name, or
(c) any other name that is approved by the Council pursuant to

the bylaws.
(2) A joint firm shall advise the Registrar in writing of
(a) the names of the individual shareholders, directors and

officers of the firm,
(b) the names of the employees who are professional engineers

and registered architects, and
(c) of any change in those shareholders, directors, officers or

employees forthwith after the change occurs.
(3) When a joint firm causes plans, drawings, detail drawings and
specifications prepared in its practice of engineering, or prepared
by other persons and reviewed by the professional members in its
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practice of engineering, to be signed by its proper officers and

affixed with the permit number issued to the firm, it shall also
cause them to be signed by and imprinted with the stamp or seal of
the professional engineer who
(a) had supervision and control over their preparation, or
(b) reviewed and assumed professional responsibility for them.

1981 cE-11.1 s35;1998 c14 s10
Restricted practitioner
37(1) The Joint Board may recommend to the Council that a
certificate of authorization be issued to an individual who is a
registered architect who
(a) has historically competently provided a service in the

practice of professional engineering in Alberta, and
(b) applied for the certificate before October 1, 1982.
(2) On receipt of a recommendation under subsection (1), the

Council may approve the registration of an individual who has
applied to the Council and is eligible under the bylaws to become
registered as a restricted practitioner.
(3) If the Council approves the registration of an individual as a

restricted practitioner, it shall specify in the certificate and in the
register the restricted scope of the practice of engineering in which
the individual is permitted to engage.
1981 cE-11.1 s36;1983 cD-25.5 s23
Exemption from stamp or seal requirement

38 On the recommendation of the Joint Board, the Council may
authorize an individual who is a registered architect under the
Architects Act to apply for a permit authorized by the regulations
under the Safety Codes Act without the final design drawings and
specifications of the building having the stamp or seal of a
professional engineer.
1981 cE-11.1 s37;1991 cS-0.5 s70;1995 c14 s16
Cancellation
39(1) The Council may direct the Registrar to cancel the
registration of
(a) a professional member, licensee or permit holder who is in

default of payment of annual fees or any other fees, dues or
levies payable under this Act, or
(b) a permit holder if it no longer has employees in compliance

with this Act,
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after the expiration of 30 days following the service on the

professional member, licensee or permit holder of a written notice
by the Council pursuant to subsection (2), unless the professional
member, licensee or permit holder on whom the notice is served
complies with the notice.
(2) The notice under subsection (1) shall state that the Registrar
may cancel the registration unless
(a) the fees, dues or levies are paid as indicated in that notice, or
(b) evidence satisfactory to the Council has been received by it

within the time prescribed in the notice indicating that the
permit holder has employees in compliance with this Act.
(3) The Council may direct the Registrar to cancel the registration
of a professional member, licensee or permit holder that was
entered in error in the register.
(4) If the registration of a professional member or licensee has

been cancelled under this section, the professional member or
licensee shall forthwith surrender to the Registrar any certificate of
registration, licence, stamp or seal issued to the professional
member or licensee.
(5) If the registration of a permit holder has been cancelled under

this section, the permit holder shall immediately surrender the
permit to the Registrar and cease to use the permit number issued to
that permit holder.
(6) If a registration has been cancelled pursuant to subsection (1),

the Council may direct the Registrar, subject to any conditions that
the Council may prescribe, to reinstate that registration in the
applicable register and to reissue the certificate of registration,
licence or permit and the stamp, seal or permit number.

referred to the Board of Examiners.
1981 cE-11.1 s38;1995 c14 s17;1998 c14 s11
Cancellation of a joint firm

registration of a joint firm that
(a) is in default of payment of annual fees or any other fees,

dues or levies payable under this Act, or
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(b) ceases to have at least one professional engineer and at least

one registered architect to take the responsibility referred to
in section 34(2)(b),
after the expiration of one month following the service on the joint
firm of a written notice that the Council intends to cancel the
registration, unless the joint firm on which the notice is served
complies with the notice.
(a) the fees, dues or levies are paid as indicated in the notice, or
(b) the joint firm has at least one professional engineer and at
least one registered architect to take the responsibility
referred to in section 34(2)(b).
(3) If the registration of a joint firm has been cancelled under this
section, the joint firm shall forthwith surrender to the Registrar the
certificate of authorization and the stamp issued to it.
(4) The Council may direct the Registrar, subject to any conditions
that the Council may prescribe, to reinstate the joint firm in the
applicable register and to reissue the certificate of authorization and
the stamp.
1981 cE-11.1 s39
Cancellation of restricted practitioners

registration of a restricted practitioner who
(a) is in default of payment of annual fees or any other fees,

dues or levies payable under this Act, or
(b) who is not a registered architect in good standing under the

Architects Act,
after the expiration of one month following the service on the

restricted practitioner of a written notice that the Council intends to
cancel the registration, unless the restricted practitioner on whom
the notice is served complies with the notice.
(a) the fees, dues or levies are paid as indicated in the notice, or
(b) the restricted practitioner is a registered architect in good

standing under the Architects Act.
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(3) If the registration of a restricted practitioner has been cancelled

under this section, the restricted practitioner shall forthwith
surrender to the Registrar the certificate of authorization and the
stamp issued to it.
(4) The Council may direct the Registrar, subject to any conditions
that the Council may prescribe, to reinstate the restricted
practitioner in the applicable register and to reissue the certificate
of authorization and the stamp.
1981 cE-11.1 s40
Part 5
Discipline
Definitions
42 In this Part,
(a) “conduct” includes an act or omission;
(b) “investigated person” means a professional member,

licensee, permit holder, certificate holder or
member-in-training with respect to whose conduct an
investigation is held under this Part;
(c) “practice of the profession” means practice of engineering

or practice of geoscience, as the case may be.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s42;2011 c3 s14
Complaints
43(1) A person may complain to the Registrar, or to a person who
is authorized in writing by the Registrar to receive complaints,
about the conduct of a professional member, licensee, permit
holder, certificate holder or member-in-training, and the complaint
shall be dealt with in accordance with this Part and the regulations.
(2) A complaint must be in writing.
(3) A complaint respecting the conduct of a professional member,

licensee, permit holder or certificate holder whose registration was
cancelled pursuant to this Act may, notwithstanding the
cancellation, be dealt with within 2 years following the date of
cancellation of the registration as if the cancellation had not
occurred.
(4) Notwithstanding section 47, a person designated by the

Registrar as a mediator may assist in settling a complaint if the
complainant and the person about whose conduct the complaint
was made agree, but if within 30 days from the date of receipt of
the complaint, or a longer period agreed to by those persons, a
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settlement of the complaint between those persons does not occur,

or in the mediator’s opinion is not likely to occur, the complaint
shall be referred forthwith by the Registrar to the Investigative
Committee.
(5) If a complaint is settled with the assistance of a mediator, any

agreement that is reached by the complainant and the person about
whose conduct the complaint was made must be reviewed by the
Investigative Committee, and that Committee may
(a) approve the agreement, or
(b) proceed with a preliminary investigation in accordance with

section 47.
1981 cE-11.1 s42;1984 c17 s13;1995 c14 s18
Determination of unprofessional conduct and unskilled practice

44(1) Any conduct of a professional member, licensee, permit
holder, certificate holder or member-in-training that in the opinion
of the Discipline Committee or the Appeal Board
(a) is detrimental to the best interests of the public,
(b) contravenes a code of ethics of the profession as established

under the regulations,
(c) harms or tends to harm the standing of the profession

generally,
(d) displays a lack of knowledge of or lack of skill or judgment

in the practice of the profession, or
(e) displays a lack of knowledge of or lack of skill or judgment

in the carrying out of any duty or obligation undertaken in
the practice of the profession,
whether or not that conduct is disgraceful or dishonourable,

constitutes either unskilled practice of the profession or
unprofessional conduct, whichever the Discipline Committee or the
Appeal Board finds.
(2) If an investigated person fails to comply with or contravenes

this Act, the regulations or the bylaws, and the failure or
contravention is, in the opinion of the Discipline Committee, of a
serious nature, the failure or contravention may be found by the
Discipline Committee to be unprofessional conduct whether or not
it would be so found under subsection (1).
1981 cE-11.1 s43;1995 c14 s19
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Discipline Committee
45(1) The Council shall establish a Discipline Committee, the
members of which shall be appointed in accordance with the
regulations.
(2) The Council shall make regulations governing, subject to this

Part, the operation and proceedings of the Discipline Committee,
the designation of a chair, the appointment of acting members and
the procedures for filling vacancies in the offices of the chair and
the membership and the appointment of members by virtue of their
office, and prescribing their powers, duties and functions.
(3) The Council may make regulations respecting the hearing of a

matter under this Part by a panel of the Discipline Committee.
(4) A regulation made under subsection (2) or (3) does not come
into force unless it has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor
in Council.
1981 cE-11.1 s44;1984 c17 s14
Investigative Committee
46(1) The Council shall establish an Investigative Committee, the
members of which shall be appointed in accordance with the
regulations.
(2) The Council shall make regulations governing, subject to this

Part, the operation and proceedings of the Investigative Committee,
the designation of a chair, the appointment of members, acting
members and members by virtue of their office and the procedures
for filling vacancies in the offices of the chair and the membership,
and prescribing their powers, duties and functions.
(3) A regulation made under subsection (2) does not come into
force unless it has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor in
Council.
1995 c14 s20
Investigation panel
47 When a complaint is referred to the Investigative Committee
under section 43, the Investigative Committee shall appoint an
investigation panel from among its members to conduct a
preliminary investigation.
1981 cE-11.1 s45;1995 c14 s21
Notice of preliminary investigation

48 The Registrar shall forthwith send notice in writing to the
investigated person that a preliminary investigation is being
conducted.
1981 cE-11.1 s46
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Evidence for preliminary investigation

49(1) An investigation panel may
(a) require the investigated person or any other member of the

Association to produce any plans, drawings, detailed
drawings, specifications, reports, books, papers or other
documents or records in that person’s possession or control,
and
(b) copy and keep copies for the purposes of this Part of any
thing that is produced under clause (a).
(2) An investigation panel may investigate any other matter

regarding the conduct of the investigated person that arises in the
course of the investigation.
1981 cE-11.1 s47;1995 c14 s22
Report to Investigative Committee

50 On concluding a preliminary investigation, the investigation
panel shall report its findings to the Investigative Committee.
1981 cE-11.1 s48;1995 c14 s23
Termination of investigation
51(1) The Investigative Committee may terminate an investigation
at any time if it is of the opinion that
(a) the complaint is frivolous or vexatious, or
(b) there is insufficient evidence of unskilled practice of the

profession or unprofessional conduct.
(2) On terminating an investigation, the Investigative Committee

shall direct the Registrar to serve on the investigated person and on
the complainant, if any, a notice in accordance with the bylaws that
the investigation has been terminated.
(3) A complainant who is served with a notice under subsection (2)

informing the complainant that the investigation has been
terminated may, by notice in writing to the Registrar within 30
days after receipt of the notice under subsection (2), appeal that
decision to the Appeal Board.
(4) On an appeal under subsection (3), the Appeal Board shall
(a) uphold the decision of the Investigative Committee to

terminate the investigation if, in the opinion of the Appeal
Board,
(i) the complaint is frivolous or vexatious, or
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(ii) there is insufficient evidence of unskilled practice of the

profession or unprofessional conduct,
or
(b) refer the matter to the Discipline Committee for a formal

hearing.
(5) The Appeal Board shall notify the complainant, the

investigated person and the Investigative Committee in writing of
its decision under subsection (4).
1981 cE-11.1 s49;1984 c17 s15;1995 c14 s24;1998 c14 s12
Power of Investigative Committee to recommend an order

52(1) If an investigation is not terminated under section 51, the
Investigative Committee may
(a) if the investigated person has admitted to conduct that

constitutes unskilled practice of the profession or to
unprofessional conduct, recommend, in accordance with
subsection (2), any order that the Investigative Committee
considers appropriate, or
(b) refer the matter to the Discipline Committee for a formal

hearing.
(2) An order recommended by the Investigative Committee must

be provided to a member of the Discipline Committee who has
been designated by that Committee to act as a case manager.
(3) If the case manager agrees with the order recommended by the
Investigative Committee, the case manager must discuss the order
with the investigated person and, if the investigated person agrees
with the order, the order has the same force and effect as an order
made by the Discipline Committee following a formal hearing.
(4) If the case manager or the investigated person rejects the order
recommended by the Investigative Committee, the matter must be
referred to the Discipline Committee for a formal hearing.
1995 c14 s25
Duty of Discipline Committee

53(1) On the referral of a matter to the Discipline Committee for a
formal hearing, the Discipline Committee shall hold the hearing
forthwith.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if proceedings in respect of the

same circumstances or events are commenced in Provincial Court
or the Court of Queen’s Bench, the Discipline Committee may
adjourn the hearing.
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(3) The Registrar shall serve on the investigated person and on the
complainant, if any, a notice of hearing stating the date, time and
place at which the Discipline Committee will hold the hearing and
giving reasonable particulars of the conduct or complaint in respect
of which the hearing will be held.
1981 cE-11.1 s50;1984 c17 s16;1995 c14 s26
Further investigation
54(1) The Discipline Committee may also investigate and hear
any other matter concerning the conduct of the investigated person
that arises in the course of the hearing, but in that event the
Committee shall declare its intention to investigate and hear the
further matter and shall permit the person sufficient opportunity to
prepare the person’s answer to the further matter.
(2) Sections 56 to 62 apply to an investigation and hearing of a

further matter under subsection (1).
1981 cE-11.1 s51
Suspension pending investigation and hearing

55(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Investigative
Committee may suspend the registration of a professional member,
licensee, permit holder, certificate holder or member-in-training
pending a preliminary investigation or a decision of the Discipline
Committee.
(2) A person whose registration is suspended under subsection (1)

may apply to the Court for an order staying the suspension.
(3) A copy of an application under subsection (2) must be served

on the Registrar.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s55;2009 c53 s59
Right to counsel and to appearance

56 The Investigative Committee and the investigated person may
appear and be represented by counsel at a hearing before the
Discipline Committee.
1981 cE-11.1 s53;1984 c17 s18;1995 c14 s28
Public hearings
57 All hearings before the Discipline Committee and the Appeal
Board under this Part are open to the public unless that Committee
or Board orders otherwise.
1981 cE-11.1 s54;1995 c14 s29
Evidence
58(1) Evidence may be given before the Discipline Committee in
any manner that the Committee considers appropriate, and the
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Committee is not bound by the rules of law respecting evidence

applicable to judicial proceedings.
(2) For the purposes of an investigation, hearing or review under

this Act, any member of the Appeal Board, the Discipline
Committee or the Practice Review Board is conferred with the
power of a commissioner for oaths under the Notaries and
Commissioners Act.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s58;2013 cN-5.5 s32
Witnesses and documents

59(1) The investigated person and any other person who in the
opinion of the Discipline Committee has knowledge of the
complaint or any conduct being investigated are compellable
witnesses in any proceeding under this Part.
(2) A witness may be examined on oath on all matters relevant to

the investigation or hearing and is not to be excused from
answering any question on the ground that the answer might
(a) tend to incriminate the witness,
(b) subject the witness to punishment under this Part, or
(c) tend to establish the witness’s liability
(i) to a civil proceeding at the instance of the Crown or of

any other person, or
(ii) to prosecution under any Act or regulations under any

Act,
but if the answer so given tends to incriminate the witness, subjects

the witness to punishment or tends to establish the witness’s
liability, it shall not be used or received against the witness in any
civil proceedings, in a prosecution under Part 7 or in any
proceeding under any other Act, except in a prosecution for or
proceedings in respect of perjury or the giving of contradictory
evidence.
(3) For the purpose of obtaining the testimony of a witness who is

out of Alberta, a judge of the Court on an application ex parte by
the Association may direct the obtaining of the evidence of the
witness in the manner provided under the Alberta Rules of Court
for the taking of the evidence of a person outside Alberta.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s59;2009 c53 s59
Enforcement of attendance and production of documents

60(1) The attendance of witnesses before the Discipline
Committee and the production of plans, drawings, detail drawings,
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specifications, reports, books, papers and other documents or

records may be enforced by a notice issued by the Registrar
requiring the witness to attend and stating the date, time and place
at which the witness is to attend and the plans, drawings, detail
drawings, specifications, reports, books, papers and other
documents or records, if any, the witness is required to produce.
(2) On the written request of the investigated person or of the

investigated person’s counsel or agent, the Registrar shall without
charge issue and deliver to that person or that person’s counsel or
agent any notices that that person or that person’s counsel or agent
may require for the attendance of witnesses or the production of
documents or records.
(3) A witness other than the investigated person who has been
served with a notice to attend or a notice for the production of
documents or records under subsection (1) or (2) is entitled to be
paid the same fees, expenses and allowances as are payable to
witnesses in an action in the Court.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s60;2009 c53 s59
Failure to give evidence

61(1) Proceedings for civil contempt of court may be brought
against a witness
(a) who fails
(i) to attend before the Discipline Committee in compliance

with a notice to attend,
(ii) to produce any books, papers or other documents or

records in compliance with a notice to produce them, or
(iii) in any way to comply with either notice,
or
(b) who refuses to be sworn or to answer any question directed

to be answered by the Discipline Committee.
(2) If the witness referred to in subsection (1) is the investigated

person, the witness’s failure or refusal may be held to be
unprofessional conduct.
(3) The Discipline Committee, on proof of service of the notice of

investigation on the investigated person and the complainant, if
any, may
(a) proceed with the investigation in the absence of either or

both of those persons, and
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(b) act on the matter being investigated in the same way as

though either or both of those persons were in attendance.
1981 cE-11.1 s58
Finding by the Discipline Committee

62(1) The Discipline Committee may find that the conduct of an
investigated person constitutes neither unskilled practice of the
profession nor unprofessional conduct.
(2) The Discipline Committee may find that the conduct of an

investigated person constitutes unskilled practice of the profession
or unprofessional conduct, or both, and shall deal with the
investigated person in accordance with this Part.
1981 cE-11.1 s59
Powers of the Discipline Committee

63 If the Discipline Committee finds that the conduct of the
investigated person is unprofessional conduct or unskilled practice
of the profession, or both, the Discipline Committee may make any
one or more of the following orders:
(a) reprimand the investigated person;
(b) suspend the registration of the investigated person for a

specified period;
(c) suspend the registration of the investigated person either

generally or from any field of practice until
(i) the investigated person has completed a specified course

of studies or obtained supervised practical experience, or
(ii) the Discipline Committee is satisfied as to the

competence of the investigated person generally or in a
specified field of practice;
(d) accept in place of a suspension the investigated person’s

undertaking to limit the investigated person’s practice;
(e) impose conditions on the investigated person’s entitlement

to engage in the practice of the profession generally or in
any field of the practice, including the conditions that the
investigated person
(i) practise under supervision,
(ii) not engage in sole practice,
(iii) permit periodic inspections by a person authorized by

the Discipline Committee, or
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(iv) report to the Discipline Committee on specific matters;
(f) direct the investigated person to pass a particular course of

study or satisfy the Discipline Committee as to the
investigated person’s practical competence generally or in a
field of practice;
(g) direct the investigated person to satisfy the Discipline

Committee that a disability or addiction can be or has been
overcome, and suspend the person until the Discipline
Committee is so satisfied;
(h) require the investigated person to take counselling or to

obtain any assistance that in the opinion of the Discipline
Committee is appropriate;
(i) direct the investigated person to waive, reduce or repay a fee

for services rendered by the investigated person that, in the
opinion of the Discipline Committee, were not rendered or
were improperly rendered;
(j) cancel the registration of the investigated person;
(k) any other order that it considers appropriate in the

circumstances.
1981 cE-11.1 s60
Order to pay costs or a fine

64(1) The Discipline Committee may, in addition to or instead of
dealing with the investigated person in accordance with section 63,
order that the investigated person pay
(a) all or part of the costs of the hearing in accordance with the
bylaws,
(b) a fine not exceeding $10 000 to the Association, or
(c) both the costs under clause (a) and a fine under clause (b),
within the time fixed by the order.
(2) If the investigated person ordered to pay a fine, costs, or both,

under subsection (1) fails to pay the fine, costs, or both, within the
time ordered, the Discipline Committee may suspend the
registration of that person until the person has paid the fine, costs
or both.
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(3) A fine or costs ordered to be paid to the Association under this

section is a debt due to the Association and may be recovered by
the Association by civil action for debt.
1981 cE-11.1 s61;1984 c17 s19
Service of written decision

65(1) The Discipline Committee shall, within a reasonable time
after the conclusion of a hearing, make a written decision on the
matter, in which it shall
(a) describe each finding made in accordance with this Part,
(b) state the reasons for each finding made, and
(c) state any order made under this Part.
(2) The Discipline Committee shall immediately forward to the

Registrar
(a) the decision, and
(b) the record of the hearing, consisting of all evidence

presented before it, including
(i) all exhibits,
(ii) all documents and records, and
(iii) a transcript of all testimony given before it, whether

recorded electronically, mechanically or in handwritten
form.
(3) The Registrar shall, immediately on receiving the decision and

the record of the hearing referred to in subsection (2), serve
(a) a copy of the decision on the investigated person and the

Investigative Committee, and
(b) a notice of the nature of the decision on the complainant, if

any.
(4) The investigated person or the investigated person’s counsel or

agent may examine the record or any part of the record of the
proceedings and hear any recording or examine any mechanical or
handwritten form of record of any testimony.
1981 cE-11.1 s62;1995 c14 s31
Suspension or cancellation pending appeal

66(1) Notwithstanding an appeal under this Part, the Discipline
Committee may order that its decision remain in effect until the
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Appeal Board or the Court of Appeal, as the case may be, makes its
decision on the appeal.
(2) An investigated person may apply to the Court for an order

staying the decision of the Discipline Committee pending the
determination of the appeal.
(2.1) A copy of an application under subsection (2) must be served

on the Registrar.
(3) The Court may hear an application made under this section not
less than 10 days after the application has been served on the
Registrar.
(4) On hearing an application made under this section the Court

may, subject to any conditions that it considers proper, stay the
decision of the Discipline Committee pending the determination of
the appeal.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s66;2009 c53 s59
Appeal to Appeal Board

67(1) The Investigative Committee or the investigated person may
appeal to the Appeal Board any finding or order of the Discipline
Committee.
(2) An appeal under subsection (1) shall be commenced by a

written notice of appeal that shall
(a) describe the finding or order appealed from,
(b) state the reasons for the appeal, and
(c) be served on the Registrar not more than 30 days after the
date that the decision of the Discipline Committee was
served on the investigated person.
(3) On receiving a notice of appeal from the Investigative

Committee, the Registrar shall forthwith provide a copy to the
investigated person and make the record of the hearing available to
the investigated person.
(4) On receiving a notice of appeal, the Registrar shall provide a

copy to the Appeal Board and make the record of the hearing
available to each member of the Appeal Board.
1981 cE-11.1 s64;1984 c17 s21;1995 c14 s33
Time of appeal
68(1) The Appeal Board, on receiving a notice of appeal under
section 67, shall serve on the investigated person and the
Investigative Committee a notice of hearing of an appeal stating the
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date, time and place that the Appeal Board will hear the matters
appealed.
(2) The Appeal Board shall hear an appeal forthwith.

1981 cE-11.1 s65;1995 c14 s34
Powers of the Appeal Board on appeal

69(1) The Appeal Board on an appeal may do any or all of the
following:
(a) grant adjournments of the proceedings or reserve the

determination of the matters before it for a future meeting of
the Appeal Board;
(b) receive further evidence on granting special leave for that

purpose;
(c) draw inferences of fact and make a determination or finding

that in its opinion ought to have been made by the
Discipline Committee;
(d) order that the matter be referred back to the Discipline

Committee.
(2) Sections 56 to 62, 65 and 66 apply to the hearing of an appeal

by the Appeal Board.
(3) The Appeal Board shall forthwith after the date of the
conclusion of all proceedings before it,
(a) make any finding as to the conduct of the investigated

person that in its opinion ought to have been made by the
Discipline Committee,
(b) quash, confirm or vary the finding or order of the Discipline

Committee or substitute or make a finding or order of its
own, or
(c) refer the matter back to the Discipline Committee for further
consideration in accordance with any direction that the
Appeal Board may make.
(4) The Appeal Board may order the investigated person to pay all
or part of the costs of the appeal determined in accordance with the
bylaws.
1981 cE-11.1 s66;1984 c17 s22;1995 c14 s35
Appeal to the Court of Appeal

70(1) An investigated person may appeal to the Court of Appeal
any finding or order made by the Appeal Board under section 69.
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(2) The Appeal Board shall be the respondent in an appeal under

subsection (1) and may make representations to the Court of
Appeal.
(3) An appeal under this section shall be commenced
(a) by filing a notice of appeal with the Registrar of the Court of

Appeal in Edmonton or Calgary, and
(b) by serving a copy of the notice of appeal on the Registrar,
both within 30 days from the date on which the decision of the
Appeal Board is served on the investigated person.
1981 cE-11.1 s68;1984 c17 s24;1995 c14 s36
Order for stay pending appeal

71 The appellant may, after commencing an appeal and on notice
to the Registrar, apply to the Court of Appeal for an order staying
all or any part of the order or decision of the Appeal Board
appealed.
1981 cE-11.1 s69;1984 c17 s25;1995 c14 s37
Material in support of appeal

72(1) An appeal under section 70 shall be supported by copies,
certified by the Registrar, of the decision of the Appeal Board and
the record of the appeal before the Appeal Board.
(2) The Registrar, on being paid any disbursements and expenses

in connection with a request made by the appellant or the
appellant’s solicitor or agent, shall furnish to the appellant or the
appellant’s solicitor or agent the number of copies so requested of
the documents mentioned in subsection (1).
1981 cE-11.1 s70;1984 c17 s26;1995 c14 s37
Power of the court on appeal

73(1) The Court of Appeal on hearing the appeal may do any or all
of the following:
(a) make any finding that in its opinion ought to have been
made;
(b) quash, confirm or vary the order or decision of the Appeal

Board or any part of it;
(c) refer the matter back to the Appeal Board for further
consideration in accordance with any direction of the Court
of Appeal;
(d) direct that a new trial of any mixed questions of law and fact
relating to a finding or order, or to both a finding and an
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order of the Appeal Board made under section 69, be held

before the Court.
(2) The Court of Appeal may make any award as to the costs of an
appeal to it that it considers appropriate.
1981 cE-11.1 s71;1984 c17 s27;1995 c14 s37
Fraudulent registration
74(1) If the Council is satisfied, after a hearing on the matter, that
a person whose registration is entered in the register obtained
registration by means of any false or fraudulent representation or
declaration, either oral or written, the Council shall order that the
person’s registration be cancelled.
(2) The provisions of this Part respecting the procedures of the

Discipline Committee apply to a hearing held by the Council under
subsection (1).
1981 cE-11.1 s72
Surrender of certificates
75(1) If the registration of a professional member, licensee or
restricted practitioner has been cancelled or suspended under this
Part, the professional member, licensee or restricted practitioner
shall immediately surrender any certificate, stamp or seal to the
Registrar.
(2) If the registration of a permit holder or joint firm has been

cancelled or suspended under this Part, the permit holder or joint
firm shall immediately
(a) surrender the permit or certificate of authorization to the

Registrar, and
(b) cease using the permit number issued by the Registrar.
(3) If the registration of a professional member, licensee, permit

holder or certificate holder has been cancelled under this Part, the
registration shall not be reinstated in the register except by order of
the Council, the Court or the Court of Appeal.
(4) No order shall be made under subsection (3) within one year
after
(a) the date on which the registration was cancelled, or
(b) if an order was granted staying the imposition of a

punishment imposed by the Council and the punishment is
later confirmed by the Court or the Court of Appeal, the date
on which the Court or the Court of Appeal made its order
confirming the punishment.
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(5) A member of the Council who is a member of a committee of

inquiry appointed pursuant to the regulations to consider an
application under this Part for reinstatement of registration may
participate in or vote at any proceedings of the Council under this
section, and the Registrar and the Association’s solicitor may
participate in those proceedings.
1981 cE-11.1 s73;1998 c14 s13
Misrepresentation of status
76 The conduct of a person who is or was registered as a
professional member, licensee, permit holder or certificate holder
who represents or holds out that the person is registered and in
good standing while the person’s registration is suspended or
cancelled may be dealt with as being unprofessional conduct in
accordance with this Part.
1981 cE-11.1 s74
Publication
77 After a finding or order is made by the Discipline Committee,
the Council, the Appeal Board, the Court or the Court of Appeal
under this Part, the name of the investigated person may be
published in accordance with the regulations.
1981 cE-11.1 s75;1995 c14 s38
Part 6
General
Use of stamps, seal, permit number
78(1) A professional member, licensee or restricted practitioner
shall, in accordance with the regulations,
(a) sign documents or records, and
(b) stamp or seal documents or records.
(2) A permit holder shall affix its permit number on documents or

records in accordance with the regulations.
1981 cE-11.1 s76;1984 c17 s28;1998 c14 s14
Exemption from municipal licence

79 No municipality has the power to require
(a) any professional member, licensee, permit holder or

certificate holder to obtain a licence from the municipality
to engage in the practice of engineering or the practice of
geoscience, or
(b) any member-in-training to obtain a licence from the

municipality for or in connection with the performance of
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any acts or services authorized by this Act to be performed

by a member-in-training.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s79;2011 c3 s15
Liability to others
80(1) The relationship between a permit holder or certificate
holder engaged in the practice of engineering or geoscience and a
person receiving the professional services of the permit holder or
certificate holder is subject to this Act, the regulations and any
other law applicable to the relationship between a professional
member and the professional member’s client.
(2) The relationship of a professional member or licensee to a

permit holder, whether as member, shareholder or employee of the
permit holder, does not affect, modify or diminish the application
of this Act, the regulations and the bylaws
(a) to the professional member or licensee personally as a

professional member or licensee, or
(b) to the relationship between the professional member or

licensee and the professional member’s or licensee’s client.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s80;2011 c3 s32
Registrar’s certificate
81(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar and
stating that a named person was or was not, on a specified day or
during a specified period,
(a) a professional member, licensee or certificate holder, or
(b) an officer of the Association or a member of the Council
shall be admitted in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence

to the contrary, of the facts stated in it without proof of the
Registrar’s appointment or signature.
(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar and

stating that a named corporation, partnership or other association of
persons was or was not, on a specified day or during a specified
period, a permit holder or certificate holder shall be admitted in
evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the
facts stated in it without proof of the Registrar’s appointment or
signature.
1981 cE-11.1 s78
Protection from liability

82(1) No action lies against
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(a) any person conducting a preliminary investigation, a

member of the Discipline Committee, the Practice Review
Board, the Investigative Committee, the Appeal Board, the
Council or the Board of Examiners, the Registrar, the
Association or any person acting on the instructions of any
of them, or
(b) any member, officer or employee of the Association
for anything done by that person or body in good faith and in

purporting to act under this Act, the regulations or the bylaws.
(2) No action for defamation may be founded on a communication

that consists of or pertains to a complaint regarding the conduct of
a professional member, licensee, permit holder, certificate holder or
member-in-training, if the communication is published to or by
(a) the Association,
(b) a member of the Council, the Discipline Committee, the

Practice Review Board, the Investigative Committee, the
Appeal Board or the Board of Examiners,
(c) a person conducting a preliminary investigation,
(d) an officer or employee of the Association, or
(e) a person acting on the instructions of any of them
in good faith in the course of investigating the complaint or in the

course of any proceedings under Part 5 relating to the complaint.
1981 cE-11.1 s79;1995 c14 s39
Part 7
Professional Licensees
Scope of practice
83 No professional licensee shall engage in the practice of
engineering or geoscience except within the scope of practice
specified by the Board of Examiners.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Exclusive use of name

83.01(1) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity,
except a professional licensee (engineering) or a permit holder
entitled to engage in the practice of engineering, shall use the title
“professional licensee (engineering)”.

professional licensee (geoscience) or a permit holder entitled to
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engage in the practice of geoscience, shall use the title

“professional licensee (geoscience)”.
2011 c3 s16
Prohibition on holding out

83.1 No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity,
except a professional licensee, shall represent or hold out, expressly
or by implication, that the person is a professional licensee.
2007 c13 s14
Stamp or seal of professional licensee (engineering)

except a professional licensee (engineering), shall affix the stamp
or seal of a professional licensee (engineering) or allow that stamp
or seal to be affixed to a plan, drawing, detail drawing,
specification or other document or a reproduction of any of them
unless

(b) the stamp or seal is affixed with the knowledge and consent
or in accordance with the direction of
the professional licensee (engineering) to whom the stamp or seal

was issued.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a professional licensee

(engineering) may affix a stamp or seal to a plan, drawing, detail
drawing, specification, other document or reproduction prepared by
other persons if the professional licensee (engineering) completes a
thorough review of and accepts professional responsibility for that
plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification, other document or
reproduction.
2007 c13 s14
Stamp or seal of professional licensee (geoscience)

except a professional licensee (geoscience), shall affix the stamp or
seal of a professional licensee (geoscience), or allow that stamp or
seal to be affixed, to a map, geoscientific cross-section,
specification, report or other document or a reproduction of any of
them unless

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the professional licensee (geoscience), to whom the stamp or seal

was issued.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a professional licensee

(geoscience) may affix a stamp or seal to a map, geoscientific
cross-section, specification, report or other document or
reproduction prepared by other persons if the professional licensee
(geoscience), completes a thorough review of and accepts
professional responsibility for that map, geoscientific cross-section,
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s17
Non-application of provisions to professional licensees

83.4(1) Sections 2(1) and 3(1)(b)(i) do not apply to a professional
licensee (engineering) engaged in the practice of engineering
within the scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners.
(2) Sections 5(1) and 6(1)(b)(i) do not apply to a professional

licensee (geoscience) engaged in the practice of geoscience within
the scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners.
(3) Repealed 2011 c3 s18.

2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s18
Register for professional licensees

83.5(1) The Registrar shall maintain, in accordance with the
bylaws and subject to the direction of the Council, a register for
each category of professional licensee.
(2) The Registrar shall enter in the appropriate register the name of
a person who has paid the fee prescribed under the bylaws and
whose registration to engage in the practice of engineering or
geoscience as a professional licensee has been approved by the
Board of Examiners.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Eligibility for registration

83.6 A person who meets the requirements of this Act and the
regulations and applies to the Registrar for registration is entitled to
become registered as a professional licensee.
2007 c13 s14
Application for registration

83.7(1) The Board of Examiners shall consider applications for
the registration of applicants as professional licensees in
accordance with this Act, the regulations and the bylaws, and may
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section.
(2) The Board of Examiners may, at its discretion, require an

(a) to pass one or more examinations set by the Board,
(b) to obtain more experience of a kind satisfactory to the Board

for a period set by the Board, or

experience
(3) If the Board of Examiners approves the registration of an

individual as a professional licensee, it shall specify in the
certificate and in the register the scope of practice of engineering or
geoscience in which the individual is permitted to engage.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Registration as professional licensee

83.8 The Board of Examiners shall approve for registration as a
professional licensee an individual who has applied to the Board
and is eligible in accordance with this Act and the regulations to
engage in the practice of engineering or geoscience within the
scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
84 On entering the name of a professional licensee in the register,
the Registrar shall issue to that individual
(a) a certificate of registration to engage in the practice of

engineering or geoscience, as the case may be, within the
scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners, and

2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Regulation-making authority
85 The Council may make regulations or bylaws applicable to
professional licensees in respect of any of the matters under
sections 19 and 20.
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2007 c13 s14
Fees
86 Fees prescribed under the bylaws in respect of professional
licensees must not be greater than the corresponding fees fixed in
respect of professional members.
2007 c13 s14
Annual licence
86.1(1) A professional licensee engaged in the practice of
engineering or geoscience shall pay to the Association the annual
fee prescribed in the bylaws.
(2) The Registrar shall issue an annual licence in accordance with

the bylaws to a professional licensee
(3) Subject to this Act, an annual licence entitles the professional

licensee to engage in the practice of engineering or geoscience
within the scope of practice specified by the Board of Examiners
during the year for which the annual licence is issued.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Application of Act
86.2(1) Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 19(4), 20(3), 24, 27, 28, 29, 31,
39, 78, 79, 80(2), 81 and 82(2) apply to a professional licensee as if
the professional licensee were a professional member.
(2) Section 2(4)(a) applies to a professional licensee (engineering)

practising within the scope of practice specified by the Board of
Examiners as if that professional licensee (engineering) were a
professional engineer or licensee.
(3) Section 5(2)(a) applies to a professional licensee (geoscience)

practising within the scope of practice specified by the Board of
Examiners as if that professional licensee (geoscience) were a
professional geoscientist or licensee.
(4) Repealed 2011 c3 s19.
(5) Section 32 applies to a professional licensee as if the

professional licensee were an applicant.
(6) Part 5 applies to a professional licensee as if the professional

licensee were a professional member.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s19
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Practice prohibitions
86.3(1) A person whose registration as a professional licensee is
cancelled or suspended under this Act shall not, without the
consent of the Council, engage in the practice of engineering or
geoscience or directly or indirectly associate with any professional
member, professional licensee, licensee, permit holder or certificate
holder in the practice of engineering, geology or geophysics.
(2) No professional licensee shall, in the practice of engineering or

geoscience, except with the permission of the Council, directly or
indirectly associate with or employ in connection with the
professional licensee’s practice a person whose registration has
been cancelled or suspended under this Act.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Injunction
86.31 The Court, on application by the Council, may grant an
contravenes section 83.01 or 83.1, notwithstanding any penalty that
may be provided by this Act or the regulations in respect of that act
or thing.
2011 c3 s20
Part 8
ASET, Joint Boards and Committees,
Professional Technologists and
Other ASET Members
Definitions
86.4 In this Part,
(a) “ASET” means the Association of Science and Engineering

Technology Professionals of Alberta continued under
section 86.5;
(b) “ASET bylaws” means bylaws enacted under section 87.4;
(c) “ASET member” has the meaning given to it in ASET

bylaws;
(d) “ASET permit holder” means a partnership, other

association of persons or corporation registered under
section 90.4 and to which a permit is issued in accordance
with ASET bylaws;
(e) “ASET Registrar” means the individual appointed as ASET

Registrar under section 87.1;
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(f) “ASET regulations” means regulations enacted under

section 87.3;
(g) “Joint Appeal Board” means the Joint Appeal Board

established by section 87.5;
(h) “Joint Board of Examiners” means the Joint Board of

Examiners established by section 87.5;
(i) “Joint Discipline Committee” means the Joint Discipline

Committee established by section 87.5;
(j) “Joint Investigative Committee” means the Joint

Investigative Committee established by section 87.5;
(k) “Joint Practice Review Board” means the Joint Practice

Review Board established by section 87.5;
(l) “JPT Regulations Committee” means the Joint Professional

Technologists Regulations Committee established by
section 87.5;
(m) “professional technologist” means an individual who is

issued a certificate of registration by the ASET Registrar in
accordance with this Act to engage in the practice of
engineering or geoscience within the scope of practice
specified by the Joint Board of Examiners;
(n) “professional technologist regulations” means regulations

enacted under section 88.5 or 88.6;
(o) “regulated member” has the meaning given to it in ASET

regulations.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Division 1
ASET
Corporation continued
86.5(1) The Association of Science and Engineering Technology
Professionals of Alberta, previously established as a society under
the Societies Act, is continued as a corporation with that name
under this Act.
(2) The abbreviated form of the name of the Association of

Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta is
ASET or A.S.E.T.
(3) No person other than the Association of Science and

Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta shall use the
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abbreviated form of the name of ASET or any other abbreviation

alone or in combination with any other word or name in a way that
represents expressly or by implication that the person is a member
of or connected in any way with ASET.
2007 c13 s14
Capacity and powers

86.6 ASET has the capacity and, subject to this Act, the rights,
powers and privileges of a natural person.
2007 c13 s14
ASET Council
87(1) The governing body of ASET continues to be its Council.
(2) ASET Council shall manage and conduct the business and
affairs of ASET and exercise the powers of ASET in the name of
and on behalf of ASET.
(3) ASET Council shall submit annually to the Minister, in a form

satisfactory to the Minister, a report on those matters of the
business and affairs of ASET that the Minister requires.
(4) The Minister shall, on receipt of the annual report of ASET, lay
it before the Legislative Assembly if it is then sitting, and if it is not
then sitting, within 15 days after the commencement of the next
sitting.
2007 c13 s14
ASET Registrar
87.1 ASET Council shall appoint a Registrar for the purposes of
this Part, ASET regulations and ASET bylaws.
2007 c13 s14
ASET Council members

87.2(1) Subject to subsection (2), ASET Council shall include
(a) a president,
(b) 2 vice-presidents and the past president, and
(c) other members, the number of which shall be prescribed by

ASET bylaws,
each of whom shall be elected by ASET members at the time, in

the manner and for the period provided for in the bylaws.
(2) ASET Council
(a) shall include, when the total number of elected members

does not exceed 20, 3 members of the public appointed by
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the Minister, after consultation with ASET Council, for a

3-year term of office, and
(b) may also include non-voting members of ASET Council

determined by ASET bylaws.
(3) For each 10 elected members by which the membership of

ASET Council exceeds 20, an additional member of the public
shall be appointed by the Minister, after consultation with ASET
Council, for a 3-year term of office.
(4) A member of ASET Council appointed under subsection (2)(a)

continues to hold office after the expiry of the member’s term of
office until the member is reappointed or the member’s successor is
appointed.
(5) The Minister may, after consultation with ASET Council,

revoke the appointment of a member of ASET Council made under
subsection (2)(a).
(6) The Minister may pay to a member of ASET Council

appointed under subsection (2)(a) travelling and living expenses
incurred by that member for the member’s attendance at any
meeting of ASET Council while away from the member’s usual
place of residence and fees in an amount prescribed by the
Minister.
(7) The powers, duties and operations of ASET Council under this
Act, ASET regulations and ASET bylaws are not affected by

member of ASET Council pursuant to subsection (2)(a),

(c) the resignation from ASET Council of a member of the

public.

subsection (2)(a) to attend a meeting of ASET Council shall not be
construed to affect or restrict ASET Council from exercising any
powers or performing any duties under this Act, ASET regulations
or ASET bylaws at that meeting.
2007 c13 s14
ASET regulations
87.3(1) ASET Council may make regulations
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(a) respecting the establishment of categories of, and conditions

respecting the enrolment of, regulated members, regulated
members in training, examination candidates and students;
(b) respecting the academic qualifications of and experience

requirements for applicants for registration as regulated
members;
(c) governing the evaluation by ASET Council, the ASET

Board of Examiners, the ASET Practice Review Board or
the ASET Appeal Board, or a committee established by any
of them, of the academic qualifications of and experience
requirements for applicants for registration to engage in
practice as regulated members and the examination of those
applicants with respect to those qualifications or
requirements;
(d) respecting generally the eligibility of applicants for

registration to engage in practice as regulated members;
(e) respecting the powers, duties and functions of the ASET

Practice Review Board, including but not limited to the
referral of matters by that Board to ASET Council or the
ASET Investigative Committee and appeals from decisions
of that Board;
(f) respecting the appointment of members of the ASET Appeal

Board;
(g) prescribing the number of members that constitutes a

quorum of ASET Council, the ASET Investigative
Committee, the ASET Appeal Board, the ASET Practice
Review Board, the ASET Board of Examiners or the ASET
Discipline Committee;
(h) governing the establishment of boards or committees and

respecting the delegation of powers of ASET Council to
those boards or committees or to the ASET Practice Review
Board;
(i) prescribing technical standards of practice for regulated

members;
(j) establishing and providing for the publication of a code of

ethics respecting the practice of regulated members and the
protection of the public interest;
(k) governing the names under which regulated members may

engage in practice;
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(l) governing, subject to this Act, the operation and proceedings

of the ASET Appeal Board, the ASET Board of Examiners
and the ASET Practice Review Board, the designation of
chair and vice-chair, the appointment of acting members and
the procedures for filling vacancies in the offices of chair
and vice-chair and in the membership of any of those
boards, and the appointment to any of those boards of
members by virtue of their office, and prescribing their
powers, duties and functions;
(m) respecting the procedures of the ASET Discipline

Committee, of the ASET Practice Review Board, of the
ASET Investigative Committee and of the ASET Appeal
Board in matters relating to the conduct or practice of
regulated members, whether or not a complaint has been
made;
(n) respecting the establishment by ASET Council of a

compulsory continuing education program for regulated
members;
(o) governing the publication of a notice of the suspension or

cancellation of the registration of a regulated member in a
form and manner prescribed by ASET Council;
(p) respecting committees of inquiry for reinstatement;
(q) respecting the titles that may be used by regulated members

and the circumstances and conditions under which the titles
may be used;
(r) establishing classes or categories of regulated members and

prescribing the restrictions of practice and the privileges and
obligations of the classes or categories so established;
(s) respecting the academic and other qualifications and the

experience required of the classes or categories established
in addition to regulated members;
(t) governing the eligibility of persons, firms, partnerships and

other entities for registration as ASET permit holders or
certificate holders under this Part;
(u) governing the operation of ASET permit holders or

certificate holders under this Part;
(v) governing the publication of information with respect to

ASET and ASET members;
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(w) respecting registration, licensing, the issuing of permits and

certificates, disciplinary matters and the practice of
regulated members generally;
(x) respecting the service on any person of a document or notice

required to be served under this Act;
(y) defining “regulated member” for the purposes of all or any

provision of this Act, ASET regulations and ASET bylaws.
(2) A regulation under subsection (1) may be made only by ASET

Council.
(3) A regulation must be approved in principle by a majority of the

ASET members
(a) present and voting at a special meeting called for that

purpose,
(b) voting by a mail vote or a vote authorized by bylaw that is

conducted by electronic, telecommunication or other
appropriate means, or
(c) at the annual general meeting following ASET Council’s

adoption of the regulation.
(4) ASET Council may change the text of a regulation that has
been approved in principle under subsection (3) if the change
(a) is consistent with the approval in principle, and
(b) is made before the regulation is submitted to the Lieutenant

Governor in Council for approval.
(5) A regulation under this section does not come into force unless
it has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
2007 c13 s14
ASET bylaws
87.4(1) ASET Council may make bylaws
(a) for the government of ASET and the management and

conduct of its affairs;
(b) determining the location of the head office of ASET;
(c) respecting the calling of and conduct of meetings of ASET

members and ASET Council;
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(d) respecting the nomination, election, number and term of

office of ASET Council members and officers of ASET and
the appointment of individuals as members of ASET
Council by virtue of their office, the ASET Discipline
Committee, the ASET Practice Review Board, the ASET
Appeal Board, the ASET Board of Examiners and any other
committee established by ASET Council and prescribing
their powers, duties and functions;
(e) prescribing those areas of practice from which members of

the ASET Board of Examiners shall be appointed by ASET
Council;
(f) respecting the appointment, functions, duties and powers of

an Executive Director of ASET;
(g) respecting the establishment of districts and branches of

ASET and their operation;
(h) providing for the division of Alberta into electoral districts

and prescribing the number of ASET Council members to
be elected from each district;
(i) providing for the appointment of a Deputy Registrar of

ASET who has all of the powers and may perform all of the
duties of the ASET Registrar under this Act, ASET
regulations and ASET bylaws when the ASET Registrar is
absent or unable to act or when there is a vacancy in the
office of the ASET Registrar;
(j) establishing classes or categories of membership in ASET in

addition to regulated members and professional
technologists and prescribing the rights, privileges and
obligations of the classes or categories of membership so
established;
(k) providing for the appointment of acting members of ASET

Council and procedures for an election or appointment to fill
vacancies on ASET Council;
(l) prescribing the quorum at meetings of ASET members;
(m) governing the establishment, operation and proceedings of

committees, the appointment of members of committees, the
appointment of acting members and procedures for filling
vacancies on committees and the delegation of any powers
or duties of ASET Council under this Act, ASET regulations
or ASET bylaws to a committee established by ASET
Council or under this Act;
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(n) prescribing fees and expenses payable to members of ASET

for attending to the business of ASET;
(o) respecting the establishment and payment of sums of money

for scholarships, fellowships and any other educational
incentive or benefit program that ASET Council considers
appropriate;
(p) respecting the issuing of permit numbers to ASET permit

holders;
(q) respecting the fixing of fees, dues and levies payable to

ASET;
(r) respecting the costs payable by any person on the

conclusion of a hearing or review;
(s) respecting the establishment, contents and maintenance of

registers of members and of records of other classes or
categories of membership to be kept by the ASET Registrar;
(t) respecting the removal from the registers and records of any
memorandum or entry made in them;
(u) requiring members to inform the ASET Registrar in writing

of their current mailing addresses and of any change of
address forthwith after the change occurs;
(v) prescribing the form of a certificate of registration, a permit,

a certificate of authorization and an annual certificate;
(w) defining “ASET members” for the purposes of this Act and
ASET regulations and ASET bylaws;
(x) respecting the expiry of annual certificates, annual licences,

permits and other authorizations.
(2) ASET Council may make bylaws respecting the holding of

mail votes and votes conducted by electronic, telecommunication
or other appropriate means on any matter relating to ASET, but a
bylaw under this subsection does not come into force unless it is
approved by a majority of ASET members present and voting at a
general meeting.
(3) A bylaw under subsection (1) does not come into force unless
it is approved by a majority of ASET members
(a) present and voting at a general meeting, or
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(b) voting by a mail vote or vote conducted by electronic,

telecommunication or other appropriate means conducted in
accordance with ASET bylaws.
(4) The Regulations Act does not apply to ASET bylaws made
under this section.
2007 c13 s14

87.41 Before the ASET Council, by regulation, establishes or
amends the academic qualifications for applicants for registration
as regulated members, the Council must consult with the Minister
and the Minister responsible for Parts 1 to 3 of the Post-secondary
Learning Act and must consider the comments received from those
Ministers.
2010 c7 s3
Division 2
Joint Boards and Committees
Establishment of joint boards and committees
87.5(1) The following joint boards and committees are
established:
(a) Joint Practice Review Board;
(b) Joint Appeal Board;
(c) Joint Professional Technologists Regulations Committee;
(d) Joint Discipline Committee;
(e) Joint Board of Examiners;
(f) Joint Investigative Committee.
(2) Each joint board and committee is, subject to this Act, to be
composed of
(a) an equal number of appointees of the Council and ASET

Council, and
(b) one member of the public appointed by the Minister, from

one or more nominees of the Joint Councils Committee, for
a term determined by the Minister.
(3) Every member of a joint board or committee must act solely in

the interest of the public and for the safety of the public.
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Public appointees to joint boards and committees

87.6(1) The Minister may pay to a member of the public
appointed to a joint board or committee by the Minister travelling
and living expenses incurred by that member for the member’s
attendance at a meeting or hearing of the joint board or committee
(2) The Minister may, after consultation with the Joint Councils
Committee, revoke the appointment of a member of the public
appointed to a joint board or committee.
(3) The powers, duties and operations of a joint board or

committee under this Act, the regulations and the bylaws are not
affected by

member of the joint board or committee,
(b) the revocation of the appointment of a member of the

public, or
(c) the resignation as a member of the joint board or committee

of a member of the public.
(4) The failure of a member of the public appointed under this

section to attend a meeting of a joint board or committee shall not
be construed to affect or restrict the joint board or committee from
exercising any powers or performing any duties under this Act or
the professional technologist regulations at that meeting.
2007 c13 s14
Governance of joint boards and committees

88(1) After consultation with the Council and ASET Council, the
Minister shall, by order, prescribe, subject to any provision to the
contrary in this Act, with respect to each joint board and committee
established under section 87.5,
(a) the number of members, and
(b) the governance and operation of the committee or board,

including
(i) the method of appointment and term of the chair,
(ii) the quorum, and
(iii) procedural matters or delegating to the board or

committee the authority to make decisions about
procedural matters.
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(2) Section 20(7) and (8) of the Interpretation Act apply to the
joint boards and committees.
(3) The Regulations Act does not apply to an order made under this
section, but the order must be published in Part I of The Alberta
Gazette.
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Powers of the Joint Practice Review Board

88.1(1) The Joint Practice Review Board
(a) shall, on its own initiative or at the request of either the

Council or ASET Council, inquire into

are to be conditions precedent to obtaining and
continuing registration under this Act as a professional
technologist,

professional technologists generally,
(iii) the practice of professional technologists generally, and
(iv) any other matter that the Council or ASET Council from
time to time considers necessary or appropriate in
connection with the exercise of its powers and the
performance of its duties in relation to competence in the
practice of professional technologists under this Act and
the professional technologist regulations,
and
(b) may conduct a review of the practice of a professional

technologist in accordance with this Act and the
professional technologist regulations.
(2) The Joint Practice Review Board shall report to and advise the
Council and ASET Council with respect to any matter dealt with by
it pursuant to subsection (1).

by the Joint Practice Review Board is entitled to be represented by
counsel.
(4) The Joint Practice Review Board may, after a review under this
section with respect to a professional technologist, make any order
that the Joint Discipline Committee may make under section 63 or
64.
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Joint Investigative Committee apply to a review of an individual
professional technologist by the Joint Practice Review Board.
(6) The Joint Practice Review Board may at any time during an
inquiry or review under this section recommend to the Joint
Investigative Committee that the inquiry or review be conducted by
the Joint Investigative Committee pursuant to Part 5.
(7) On receiving a recommendation under subsection (6), the Joint

Investigative Committee may proceed with an investigation under
Part 5 as if the recommendation were a written complaint.
(8) After each inquiry under this section, the Joint Practice Review
Board shall make a written report to the Council and ASET
Council on the inquiry and may make any recommendations to the
Council or ASET Council, or both, that the Joint Board considers
appropriate in connection with the matter inquired into, with
reasons for the recommendations.
(9) The Joint Practice Review Board, if it considers it to be in the

public interest to do so, may direct that the whole or any portion of
an inquiry by the Joint Practice Review Board under this section
shall be held in camera.
2007 c13 s14
Joint Practice Review Board appointees

88.2 The individuals appointed to the Joint Practice Review
Board by the Council and ASET Council must each have a
combination of knowledge and experience suitable for determining
the academic qualifications and experience necessary for a person
to continue to engage in practice as a professional technologist.
2007 c13 s14
Appeal to Joint Appeal Board

88.3 A professional technologist who is the subject of a hearing
or a review by the Joint Practice Review Board may appeal any
decision or order of the Joint Practice Review Board to the Joint
Appeal Board as if it were a decision or order of the Joint
Discipline Committee under Part 5.
2007 c13 s14
Joint Appeal Board

88.4 The Joint Appeal Board has all the powers, duties and
functions with respect to a professional technologist that the
Appeal Board has with respect to professional members.
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JPT Regulations Committee authority

88.5(1) The JPT Regulations Committee may make regulations
(a) respecting the eligibility of applicants for registration as

professional technologists;
(b) respecting the academic and other qualifications and the

experience required of an applicant for registration as a
professional technologist, and the evaluation of applicants,
and their qualifications and experience, by the Joint Board
of Examiners;
(c) respecting the examination of applicants for registration as

professional technologists;
(d) respecting the establishment and administration of a register

of professional technologists and the functions, duties and
responsibilities of the ASET Registrar, including the
removal of entries from the register;
(e) respecting the stamps or seals issued to professional

technologists, the use of stamps and seals, and the
circumstances under which a stamp or seal is to be
surrendered to the ASET Registrar;
(f) governing the names under which professional technologists

may engage in practice;
(g) establishing a continuing education program for professional

technologists;
(h) establishing and providing for the publication of a code of

ethics for professional technologists respecting the practice
of the profession, the maintenance of the dignity and honour
of the profession and the protection of the public interest;
(i) respecting notices of suspension or cancellation, and

reinstatement committees;
(j) respecting technical standards of practice for professional

technologists;
(k) respecting eligibility of professional technologists for

registration as ASET permit holders;
(l) respecting registration, and the issue and use of permits,

permit numbers and certificates for professional
technologists and respecting the discipline, practice review
and the practice of professional technologists generally;
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(m) respecting service of documents;
(n) requiring professional technologists to notify the ASET

Registrar of name and address changes, and requiring them
to keep contact information up to date;
(o) prescribing forms for use under this Act and regulations
made under this section, or delegating that function;
(p) respecting the expiry of annual certificates, permits and

other authorizations issued to professional technologists.
(2) A regulation under subsection (1) does not come into force
unless
(a) the regulation is approved by the Council and by ASET

Council, and
(b) the regulation is approved by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council.
2007 c13 s14

88.51 Before the JPT Regulations Committee, by regulation,
establishes or amends the academic qualifications for applicants for
registration as professional technologists, the Council must consult
with the Minister and the Minister responsible for Parts 1 to 3 of
the Post-secondary Learning Act and must consider the comments
received from those Ministers.
2010 c7 s3
Resolving disputes
88.6(1) If after 2 meetings at which a matter has been discussed
the JPT Regulations Committee has not resolved the matter, the
Committee may refer the matter to the Joint Councils Committee in
accordance with rules established by agreement of the Council and
ASET Council.
(2) On receipt of a reference, the Joint Councils Committee may

do either or both of the following:
(a) refer the matter, or any aspect of it, back to the JPT
Regulations Committee with suggestions or directions about
how to resolve it;
(b) resolve the matter, or any aspect of it.
(3) If the Joint Councils Committee fully resolves the matter, the
JPT Regulations Committee shall, if required, implement the
resolution of the Joint Councils Committee.
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(4) If the Joint Councils Committee does not fully resolve the
matter and does not refer the matter back to the JPT Regulations
Committee under subsection (2), the Joint Councils Committee
may, or if 120 days has passed from the date of receipt of the
reference from the JPT Regulations Committee, the Joint Councils
Committee shall, refer the matter, or any aspect of it that remains
unresolved, to arbitration under the Arbitration Act.
(5) The Joint Councils Committee may extend the 120-day period
if it considers an extension warranted.
(6) The Arbitration Act applies to an arbitration under this section

with the following change, that the arbitration shall be heard and
decided by an arbitration tribunal composed of 3 persons,
appointed as follows:
(a) one person shall be appointed by the Council;
(b) one person shall be appointed by ASET Council;
(c) one person shall be appointed as chair of the arbitration

tribunal by the Minister.
(7) In addition to the authority of the arbitration tribunal under the

Arbitration Act, the arbitration tribunal may, as the circumstances
require, do either or both of the following:
(a) make a decision binding on the Council, ASET Council and

the JPT Regulations Committee;
(b) make a new regulation or amend a regulation respecting

professional technologists, and for that purpose the
arbitration tribunal has the same authority to make or amend
regulations as the JPT Regulations Committee has under
section 88.5.
(8) A regulation or amendment made by the arbitration tribunal

under subsection (7) does not come into force unless it is approved
by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
2007 c13 s14
Joint Board of Examiners

89 The Joint Board of Examiners has all the powers, duties and
functions with respect to professional technologists that the Board
of Examiners has with respect to professional members.
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Joint Discipline Committee

89.1 The Joint Discipline Committee has all the powers, duties
and functions with respect to professional technologists that the
Discipline Committee has with respect to professional members.
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Joint Investigative Committee

89.2 The Joint Investigative Committee has all the powers, duties
and functions with respect to professional technologists that the
Investigative Committee has with respect to professional members.
2007 c13 s14
Division 3
Professional Technologists
Scope of practice
89.3 No professional technologist shall engage in the practice of
engineering or geoscience except within the scope of practice
specified by the Joint Board of Examiners.
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Use of title
except a professional technologist, shall use
(a) the title “professional technologist”, the abbreviation

“P. Tech” or any other abbreviation of that title,
(b) the title “professional technologist (engineering)”, the

abbreviation “P. Tech (eng)” or any other abbreviation of
that title, or
(c) the title “professional technologist (geoscience)”, the

abbreviation “P. Tech (geo)” or any other abbreviation of
that title.
(d) repealed 2011 c3 s21.

professional technologist, shall represent or hold out, expressly or
by implication, that the person is a professional technologist.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s22
Stamp or seal
except a professional technologist (engineering), shall affix the
stamp or seal of a professional technologist (engineering) or allow
that stamp or seal to be affixed to a plan, drawing, detail drawing,
specification or other document or a reproduction of any of them
unless
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the professional technologist (engineering) to whom the stamp or

seal was issued.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a professional technologist

(engineering) may affix a stamp or seal to a plan, drawing, detail
drawing, specification, other document or reproduction prepared by
other persons if the professional technologist (engineering)
completes a thorough review of and accepts professional
responsibility for that plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification,
other document or reproduction.

professional technologist (geoscience) entitled to engage in the
practice of geoscience, shall affix the stamp or seal of a
professional technologist (geoscience) or allow that stamp or seal
to be affixed to a map, geoscientific cross-section, specification,
report or other document or a reproduction of any of them unless

the professional technologist (geoscience) to whom the stamp or

seal was issued.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a professional technologist

(geoscience) may affix a stamp or seal to a map, geoscientific
cross-section, specification, report, other document or reproduction
prepared by other persons if the professional technologist
(geoscience) completes a thorough review of and accepts
professional responsibility for that map, geoscientific cross-section,
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s22
Non-application of provisions to professional technologists

89.6 Sections 2(1), 3(1)(b)(i), 5(1) and 6(1)(b)(i) do not apply to a
professional technologist engaged in the practice of engineering or
geoscience within the scope of practice specified by the Joint Board
of Examiners.
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Register for professional technologists

90(1) The ASET Registrar shall maintain, in accordance with the
professional technologist regulations, a register for professional
technologists.
(2) The ASET Registrar shall enter in the register the name of a
person who has paid the fee prescribed by ASET bylaws and whose
registration to engage in the practice of engineering or geoscience
as a professional technologist has been approved by the Joint Board
of Examiners.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Registration as professional technologist and scope of practice

90.1(1) The Joint Board of Examiners shall approve for
registration as a professional technologist an individual who is
eligible in accordance with this Act and the professional
technologist regulations to engage in the practice of engineering or
geoscience within the scope of practice specified by the Joint Board
of Examiners.
(2) When the Joint Board of Examiners specifies the scope of

practice for a professional technologist, it must specify a scope of
practice that is the routine application of industry recognized codes,
standards, procedures and practices using established engineering
or applied science principles and methods of problem solving.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the Joint Board of

Examiners may
(a) define or describe “routine application”;
(b) define or describe “industry recognized”;
(c) specify or describe the codes, standards, procedures and

practices applicable;
(d) define or describe all or any of the following terms:

“engineering or applied science principles” and “methods of
problem solving”.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
90.2 On entering the name of a professional technologist in the
register, the ASET Registrar shall issue to that individual
(a) a certificate of registration to engage in the practice of

engineering or geoscience, as the case requires, within the
scope of practice specified by the Joint Board of Examiners,
and
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(b) a stamp or seal engraved as prescribed in the professional

technologist regulations.
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Joint Board of Examiners to consider applications

90.3(1) The Joint Board of Examiners shall consider applications
for the registration of applicants as professional technologists in
accordance with this Act and the professional technologist
regulations and may

section.
(2) The Joint Board of Examiners may, in its discretion, require an

(a) to pass one or more examinations set by the Joint Board of

Examiners,
(b) to obtain more experience of a kind satisfactory to the Joint

Board of Examiners for a period set by the Joint Board of
Examiners, or

experience

2007 c13 s14
Registration of ASET permit holders

90.4(1) ASET Council shall approve the registration as an ASET
permit holder of a partnership or other association of persons, or of
a corporation incorporated or registered under the Companies Act
or continued, incorporated or registered under the Business
Corporations Act, that has applied to ASET Council and is eligible
under this section and the professional technologist regulations to
become registered to engage in the practice of engineering or
geoscience as an ASET permit holder within the scope of practice
of those professional technologists who are responsible for the
practice of the ASET permit holder.
(2) A partnership or other association of persons or a corporation

that applies to ASET Council is eligible to become registered as an
ASET permit holder under subsection (1) if it satisfies ASET
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Council that it complies with this Act and the professional

2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
Annual certificate
90.5(1) A professional technologist or ASET permit holder
engaged in the practice of engineering or geoscience shall pay to
ASET the annual fee prescribed under ASET bylaws.
(2) The ASET Registrar shall issue an annual certificate in

accordance with ASET bylaws to a professional technologist
(3) Subject to this Act, an annual certificate entitles the

professional technologist or ASET permit holder to engage in the
practice of engineering or geoscience, as the case may be, during
the year for which the annual certificate is issued within the scope
of practice of the professional technologist or ASET permit holder.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s32
90.6(1) The registration of a professional technologist or ASET
permit holder is suspended when the decision to suspend the
registration is made in accordance with this Act.
(2) The ASET Registrar shall enter a memorandum of suspension

of a registration in the appropriate register indicating
(3) The registration of a professional technologist or ASET permit

holder is cancelled when the decision to cancel the registration is
made in accordance with this Act.
(4) The ASET Registrar shall enter a memorandum of cancellation

of a registration in the appropriate register.
(5) The ASET Registrar shall not remove from the register any
memorandum made by the ASET Registrar under this section
except in accordance with the professional technologist regulations.
(6) The ASET Registrar shall provide the Registrar with access to
the registers established for professional technologists.
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91 The ASET Registrar shall maintain and, during regular office
hours, permit any person to inspect a list of all the professional
technologists and ASET permit holders in good standing.
2007 c13 s14
91.1(1) The ASET Registrar shall not cancel the registration of a
professional technologist or ASET permit holder at that person’s
request unless the request for cancellation has been approved by
ASET Council.

ASET Council,
(a) the ASET Registrar shall cancel that registration, and
(b) the professional technologist or ASET permit holder

requesting the cancellation shall, on being notified of the
approval,
(i) immediately surrender to the ASET Registrar
(A) the certificate of registration, annual certificate and

stamp or seal, in the case of a professional
technologist, or
(B) the permit and annual certificate, in the case of an

ASET permit holder,
and
(ii) cease using the permit number, in the case of an ASET

permit holder.
(3) ASET Council may direct the ASET Registrar to reinstate in

the applicable register a registration that was cancelled under this
section, subject to any conditions that ASET Council may
prescribe, and to reissue the certificate of registration, annual
certificate or permit and the stamp, seal or permit number.

referred to the Joint Board of Examiners.
2007 c13 s14
Review by the Joint Appeal Board

91.2(1) The Joint Board of Examiners shall send a written notice
of any decision made by it under this Part to the applicant.
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(2) If the decision made by the Joint Board of Examiners is to

refuse or defer registration of the applicant, reasons for the decision
shall be sent in writing to the applicant.
(3) If the decision made by the Joint Board of Examiners is to

approve the registration, the ASET Registrar shall publish a notice
of approval in accordance with ASET bylaws.

refused by the Joint Board of Examiners may, within 30 days after
decision to the Joint Appeal Board by serving a notice of appeal on
the ASET Registrar.
(5) On receiving a notice of appeal, the ASET Registrar shall set a

date, time and place for the hearing of the appeal and notify the

representations to the Joint Appeal Board.
(7) On concluding the hearing, the Joint Appeal Board may make
any decision the Joint Board of Examiners was authorized to make.
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Cancellation
91.3(1) ASET Council may direct the ASET Registrar to cancel
the registration of
(a) a professional technologist or ASET permit holder who is in

default of payment of annual fees or any other fees, dues or
levies payable under this Act, or
(b) an ASET permit holder if it no longer has employees in

compliance with the professional technologist regulations,
after the expiration of 30 days following the service on the

professional technologist or ASET permit holder of a written notice
by ASET Council pursuant to subsection (2), unless the
professional technologist or ASET permit holder on whom the
notice is served complies with the notice.
(2) The notice under subsection (1) shall state that the ASET
Registrar may cancel the registration unless
(a) the fees, dues or levies are paid as indicated in that notice, or
(b) evidence satisfactory to ASET Council has been received by

it within the time prescribed in the notice indicating that the
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ASET permit holder has employees in compliance with the

professional technologist regulations.
(3) ASET Council may direct the ASET Registrar to cancel the
registration of a professional technologist or ASET permit holder
that was entered in error in the register.
(4) If the registration of a professional technologist has been

cancelled under this section, the professional technologist shall
forthwith surrender to the ASET Registrar any certificate of
registration, annual certificate and stamp or seal issued to the
professional technologist.
(5) If the registration of an ASET permit holder has been cancelled

under this section, the ASET permit holder shall immediately
surrender the permit to the ASET Registrar and cease to use the
permit number issued to that ASET permit holder.
(6) If a registration has been cancelled pursuant to subsection (1),

ASET Council may direct the ASET Registrar, subject to any
conditions that ASET Council may prescribe, to reinstate that
registration in the applicable register and to reissue the certificate
of registration, annual certificate or permit and the stamp, seal or
permit number.

referred to the Joint Board of Examiners.
2007 c13 s14
Application of disciplinary provisions

91.4(1) Part 5, except sections 45 and 46, applies to professional
technologists, subject to the following changes:
(a) “professional member” means a professional technologist;
(b) “practice of the profession” means the practice of a

professional technologist;
(c) “Registrar” means the ASET Registrar;
(d) “the regulations” means the professional technologist

regulations and ASET regulations;
(e) “Investigative Committee” means the Joint Investigative

Committee;
(f) “Discipline Committee” means the Joint Discipline

Committee;
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(g) “Appeal Board” means the Joint Appeal Board;
(h) “bylaws” means the professional technologist regulations

and ASET bylaws;
(i) “Council” means the JPT Regulations Committee;
(j) “investigation panel” means an investigation panel

established by the Joint Investigative Committee under
section 47;
(k) “Association” means ASET;
(l) “Practice Review Board” means the Joint Practice Review

Board.
(2) If the registration of a professional technologist has been

cancelled under Part 5, the registration shall not be reinstated
unless the Joint Board of Examiners approves.
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Use of stamps, seals and permit numbers

91.5(1) A professional technologist shall, in accordance with the
professional technologist regulations,
(a) sign documents or records, and
(b) stamp or seal documents or records.
(2) An ASET permit holder shall affix its permit number on

documents or records in accordance with the professional
2007 c13 s14
Exemption from municipal licence

91.6 No municipality has the power to require any professional
technologist or ASET permit holder to obtain a licence from the
municipality to engage in the practice of engineering or the practice
of geoscience.
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Liability to others
92(1) The relationship between an ASET permit holder engaged in
the practice of engineering or geoscience and a person receiving the
professional services of the ASET permit holder is subject to this
Act, the professional technologist regulations and any other law
applicable to the relationship between a professional technologist
and a client.
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(2) The relationship of a professional technologist to an ASET

permit holder, whether as member, shareholder or employee of the
ASET permit holder, does not affect, modify or diminish the
application of this Act or the professional technologist regulations
(a) to the professional technologist personally as a professional

technologist, or
(b) to the relationship between the professional technologist and

the professional technologist’s client.
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Division 4
Other ASET Members
Registers
92.1(1) In addition to the ASET Registrar’s other responsibilities,
the ASET Registrar shall maintain in accordance with ASET
bylaws and subject to the direction of ASET Council, a register for
(a) certified engineering technologists;
(b) any other class or category of membership in ASET.
(2) The ASET Registrar shall maintain a register for registered

engineering technologists in accordance with Part 9 of the General
Regulation (AR 150/99).
(3) The ASET Registrar shall enter in the appropriate register the
name of a person who has paid the fee prescribed in ASET bylaws
and who
(a) in the case of a certified engineering technologist, has been

approved by the ASET Board of Examiners, or
(b) in the case of any other class or category of regulated

member, has been approved by ASET Council.
(4) The ASET Registrar shall maintain, in the case of regulated

members, a membership record in accordance with ASET bylaws.
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Registration of regulated members

92.2(1) The ASET Board of Examiners shall approve for
registration as a regulated member an individual who has applied to
the ASET Board of Examiners and is eligible under this Act and
ASET regulations to become a regulated member.
(2) Sections 2(1), 3(1)(b)(i), 5(1) and 6(1)(b)(i) do not apply to a

regulated member engaged in the practice of engineering or
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geoscience under the supervision of a professional member, a

professional licensee or a professional technologist.
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92.3 On entering the name of a regulated member in the register,
the ASET Registrar shall issue to the regulated member a
certificate of registration.
2007 c13 s14
Annual certificate
92.4(1) A regulated member shall pay to ASET the annual fee
prescribed under ASET bylaws.
(2) The ASET Registrar shall issue an annual certificate in

accordance with ASET bylaws to a regulated member
(3) Subject to this Act, an annual certificate entitles the regulated

member to use the title granted to the regulated member during the
year for which the annual certificate is issued.
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92.5(1) The registration of a regulated member is suspended when
the decision to suspend the registration is made in accordance with
this Act.
(2) The ASET Registrar shall enter a memorandum of suspension

of a registration in the appropriate register indicating
(3) The registration of a regulated member is cancelled when the

decision to cancel the registration is made in accordance with this
Act.
(4) The ASET Registrar shall enter a memorandum of cancellation

of a registration in the appropriate register.
(5) The ASET Registrar shall not remove from the registers any
memorandum made under this section, except in accordance with
ASET bylaws.
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92.6 The ASET Registrar shall maintain and, during regular
office hours, permit any person to inspect a list of all the regulated
members in good standing.
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93(1) The ASET Registrar shall not cancel the registration of a
regulated member at that person’s request unless the request for
cancellation has been approved by ASET Council.

ASET Council,
(a) the ASET Registrar shall cancel that registration, and
(b) the regulated member requesting the cancellation shall, on

being notified of the approval, immediately surrender to the
ASET Registrar
(i) the certificate of registration, and
(ii) the annual certificate.
(3) ASET Council may direct the ASET Registrar to reinstate in

the applicable register a registration that was cancelled under this
section, subject to any conditions that ASET Council may
prescribe, and to reissue the certificate of registration and annual
certificate.

referred to the ASET Board of Examiners.
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ASET Board of Examiners

93.1(1) ASET Council shall establish a board of examiners in
accordance with ASET regulations to be known as the ASET Board
of Examiners.
(2) The ASET Board of Examiners shall consider applications for

the registration of applicants as regulated members in accordance
with this Part, ASET regulations and ASET bylaws and may
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section.
(3) The ASET Board of Examiners may, in its discretion, require

an applicant for registration
(a) to pass one or more examinations set by the ASET Board of

Examiners,
(b) to obtain more experience of a kind satisfactory to the ASET

Board of Examiners for a period set by the ASET Board of
Examiners, or

experience

2007 c13 s14
Approval by the ASET Board of Examiners

93.2 The ASET Board of Examiners shall approve the
registration as a regulated member of a person who proves to the
satisfaction of the ASET Board of Examiners that
(a) the person is of good character and reputation, and
(b) the person meets the requirements of ASET regulations.

2007 c13 s14
Review by the ASET Appeal Board

93.3(1) The ASET Board of Examiners shall send a written notice
of any decision made by it under this Division to the applicant.
(2) If the decision made by the ASET Board of Examiners is to

refuse or defer registration of the applicant, reasons for the decision
shall be sent in writing to the applicant.
(3) If the decision made by the ASET Board of Examiners is to

approve the registration, the ASET Registrar shall publish a notice
of approval in accordance with ASET bylaws.

refused by the ASET Board of Examiners may, within 30 days after
decision to the ASET Appeal Board by serving a notice of appeal
on the ASET Registrar.
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(5) On receiving a notice of appeal, the ASET Registrar shall set a

date, time and place for the hearing of the appeal and notify the

representations to the ASET Appeal Board.
(7) On concluding the hearing, the ASET Appeal Board may make
any decision the ASET Board of Examiners was authorized to
make.
2007 c13 s14
ASET Practice Review Board

93.4 There is hereby established a board called the ASET Practice
Review Board consisting of not fewer than 4 members who have a
combination of knowledge and experience suitable for determining
the academic qualifications and experience necessary for a person
to continue to engage in practice as a regulated member.
2007 c13 s14
Powers of the ASET Practice Review Board

93.5(1) The ASET Practice Review Board
(a) shall, on its own initiative or at the request of ASET

Council, inquire into

are to be conditions precedent to obtaining and
continuing registration as a regulated member under this
Act,

regulated members generally,
(iii) the practice of regulated members generally, and
(iv) any other matter that ASET Council from time to time
considers necessary or appropriate in connection with
the exercise of its powers and the performance of its
duties in relation to competence in practice of regulated
members under this Act and ASET regulations,
and
(b) may conduct a review of the practice of a regulated member

in accordance with this Act and ASET regulations.
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(2) The ASET Practice Review Board shall report to and advise
ASET Council with respect to any matter dealt with by it pursuant
to subsection (1).

by the ASET Practice Review Board is entitled to be represented
by counsel.
(4) The ASET Practice Review Board may, after a review under
this section with respect to a regulated member, make any order
that the ASET Discipline Committee may make under section 63 or
64.

ASET Investigative Committee apply to a review of a regulated
member by the ASET Practice Review Board.
(6) The ASET Practice Review Board may at any time during an
inquiry or review under this section recommend to the ASET
Investigative Committee that the inquiry or review be conducted by
the ASET Investigative Committee pursuant to Part 5.
(7) On receiving a recommendation under subsection (6), the

ASET Investigative Committee may proceed with an investigation
under Part 5 as if the recommendation were a written complaint.
(8) After each inquiry under this section, the ASET Practice
Review Board shall make a written report to ASET Council on the
inquiry and may make any recommendations to ASET Council that
the ASET Practice Review Board considers appropriate in
connection with the matter inquired into, with reasons for the
recommendations.
(9) ASET Council may, if it considers it to be in the public interest

to do so, direct that the whole or any portion of an inquiry by the
ASET Practice Review Board under this section shall be held in
camera.
2007 c13 s14
Appeal to ASET Appeal Board

94 A regulated member who is the subject of a hearing or a
review by the ASET Practice Review Board may appeal any
decision or order of the ASET Practice Review Board to the ASET
Appeal Board as if it were a decision or order of the ASET
Discipline Committee under Part 5.
2007 c13 s14
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ASET Appeal Board

94.1(1) There is hereby established an ASET Appeal Board
consisting of the regulated members appointed by ASET Council in
accordance with ASET regulations.
(2) A member of the ASET Appeal Board appointed under

subsection (1) continues to hold office after the expiry of the
member’s term of office until the member is reappointed or the
member’s successor is appointed.
2007 c13 s14
Division 5
Discipline of Regulated Members
ASET Discipline Committee
94.2(1) ASET Council shall establish a discipline committee, to
be known as the ASET Discipline Committee, the members of
which shall be appointed in accordance with ASET regulations.
(2) ASET Council shall make regulations governing, subject to

this Part and Part 5, the operation and proceedings of the ASET
Discipline Committee, the designation of a chair, the appointment
of members, acting members and members by virtue of their office
and the procedures for filling vacancies in the offices of the chair
and the membership, and prescribing the powers, duties and
functions of the chair and the members.
(3) ASET Council may make regulations respecting the hearing of

a matter under Part 5 by a panel of the ASET Discipline
Committee.
(4) A regulation made under subsection (2) or (3) does not come
into force unless it has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor
in Council.
2007 c13 s14
ASET Investigative Committee

94.3(1) ASET Council shall establish an investigative committee
to be known as the ASET Investigative Committee, the members of
which shall be appointed in accordance with ASET regulations.
(2) ASET Council shall make regulations governing, subject to

this Part and Part 5, the operation and proceedings of the ASET
Investigative Committee, the designation of a chair, the
appointment of members, acting members and members by virtue
of their office and the procedures for filling vacancies in the offices
of the chair and the membership, and prescribing the powers, duties
and functions of the chair and the members.
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(3) A regulation made under subsection (2) does not come into
force unless it has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor in
Council.
2007 c13 s14
Application of Part 5 to regulated members of ASET

94.4 Part 5, except sections 45 and 46, applies to regulated
members, subject to the following changes to Part 5:
(a) “professional member” means a regulated member;
(b) “practice of the profession” means the practice of a

regulated member;
(c) “Registrar” means the ASET Registrar;
(d) “the regulations” means ASET regulations;
(e) “Investigative Committee” means the ASET Investigative

Committee;
(f) “Discipline Committee” means the ASET Discipline

Committee;
(g) “Appeal Board” means the ASET Appeal Board;
(h) “bylaws” means ASET bylaws;
(i) “Council” means ASET Council;
(j) “investigation panel” means an investigation panel

established by the ASET Investigative Committee under
section 47;
(k) “Association” means ASET;
(l) “Practice Review Board” means the ASET Practice Review

Board;
(m) “register” means the ASET register of regulated members.

2007 c13 s14
Division 6
General
ASET Registrar’s certificate
94.5(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the ASET
Registrar and stating that a named person was or was not, on a
specified day or during a specified period,
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(a) a regulated member,
(b) a professional technologist,
(c) an officer of ASET or a member of ASET Council, or
(d) a member of a joint board or committee that is established

by this Act,
shall be admitted in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence

to the contrary, of the facts stated in it without proof of the ASET
Registrar’s appointment or signature.
(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the ASET Registrar

and stating that a named corporation, partnership or other
association of persons was or was not, on a specified day or during
a specified period, an ASET permit holder shall be admitted in
evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the
facts stated in it without proof of the ASET Registrar’s
appointment or signature.
2007 c13 s14
Protection from liability

95(1) No action lies against
(a) any person conducting a preliminary investigation, the

ASET Registrar, a member of the ASET Discipline
Investigative Committee, the ASET Appeal Board, ASET
Council, the ASET Board of Examiners or ASET or any
person acting on the instructions of any of them,
(b) any member, officer or employee of ASET, or
(c) any person conducting a preliminary investigation, a

member of the Joint Discipline Committee, the Joint
Practice Review Board, the Joint Investigative Committee,
the Joint Appeal Board, the J PT Regulations Committee or
the Joint Board of Examiners or any person acting on the
instructions of any of them
for anything done by that person or entity in good faith and in

purporting to act under this Act, ASET regulations, ASET bylaws
or the professional technologist regulations.
(2) No action for defamation may be founded on a communication

that consists of or pertains to a complaint regarding the conduct of
a regulated member or a professional technologist if the
communication is published to or by
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(a) ASET,
(b) a member of ASET Council, the ASET Discipline

Investigative Committee, the ASET Appeal Board or the
ASET Board of Examiners,
(c) a person conducting a preliminary investigation,
(d) an officer or employee of ASET,
(e) a member of the JPT Regulations Committee, the Joint

Discipline Committee, the Joint Practice Review Board, the
Joint Investigative Committee, the Joint Appeal Board or
the Joint Board of Examiners, or
(f) a person acting on the instructions of any of the persons or

entities referred to in clauses (a) to (e),
in good faith in the course of investigating the complaint or in the

course of any proceedings under Part 5 relating to the complaint.
2007 c13 s14
Division 7
95.1(1) A person whose registration as a professional technologist
is cancelled or suspended under this Act shall not, without the
consent of the Joint Board of Examiners, engage in the practice of
engineering or geoscience or directly or indirectly associate in the
practice of engineering or geoscience with any professional
member, licensee, permit holder, certificate holder or professional
technologist.
(2) No person, except a regulated member entitled to do so, shall
(a) use the title “certified engineering technologist” or the

abbreviation “C.E.T.” or other abbreviations of that title;

person is entitled to use the title or abbreviation referred to
in clause (a) as a certified engineering technologist;
(c) use the title “registered engineering technologist” or the

abbreviation “R.E.T.” or other abbreviations of that title.
(3) ASET may hold or continue to hold, and regulate the use of,
the following trademarks:
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(a) certified engineering technologist and “C.E.T.”;
(b) certified technician and “C. Tech”;
(c) certified computer information technologist and “C.C.I.T.”;
(d) applied science technologist and “A. Sc.T.”.
(4) ASET has no legal capacity to apply for, be granted, or to hold,

a trademark for any name, title, designation, initials or abbreviation
other than those specified in subsection (3) without the consent of
the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(5) No person shall use the title “registered professional

technologist”, “registered professional technologist (engineering)”,
“registered professional technologist (geological)”, “registered
professional technologist (geophysical)” or “registered professional
technologist (geoscience)” or the abbreviation “R.P.T.”, “R.P.T.
(eng)”, “R.P.T. (geo)”, “R.P.T. (geol)” or “R.P.T. (geoph)”.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c3 s26
Injunction
96 The Court, on application by ASET Council, may grant an
injunction enjoining any person from
(a) doing any act or thing that contravenes section 95.1(1), (2)
or (5), or
(b) using a title or abbreviation referred to in section 95.1(3)

contrary to a use permitted by a trademark referred to in
section 95.1(3),
notwithstanding any penalty that may be provided by this Act or

under this Act in respect of that act, thing or use.
2007 c13 s14;2011 c14 s7
Onus of proof
96.1 In a prosecution under this Act, the burden of proving that a
person is a professional technologist or a regulated member is on
the accused.
2007 c13 s14
Part 9
97(1) A person whose registration as a professional engineer,
professional geoscientist, licensee, permit holder or certificate
holder is cancelled or suspended under this Act shall not, without
the consent of the Council, engage in the practice of engineering or
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geoscience, as the case may be, or directly or indirectly associate

the person or itself in the practice of engineering or geoscience
with any other professional member, licensee, permit holder or
certificate holder.
(2) No professional engineer, professional geoscientist, licensee,

permit holder or certificate holder shall, except with the consent of
the Council, associate in the practice of engineering or geoscience,
as the case may be, directly or indirectly with or employ in
connection with that practice a person whose registration has been
cancelled or suspended under this Act.
(3) The Council may permit a professional member, licensee,

permit holder or certificate holder to employ in connection with the
person’s practice a person whose registration has been cancelled or
suspended under this Act, but the employment shall be in the
capacity and subject to the terms and conditions that are prescribed
by the Council.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s97;2011 c3 s27
Use of names and abbreviations relating to

except
(a) an individual who is registered as a professional geoscientist

and was registered as a professional geologist immediately
before the coming into force of this subsection,
(b) an individual who is registered to engage in the practice of

geoscience as a licensee and was registered to engage in the
practice of geology as a licensee immediately before the
coming into force of this subsection, or
(c) a corporation, partnership or other association of persons

that is registered to engage in the practice of geoscience as a
permit holder and was registered to engage in the practice of
geology as a permit holder immediately before the coming
into force of this subsection,
shall
(d) use the title “professional geologist”, the abbreviation “P.

Geol.” or any other abbreviation of that title,
(e) use the word “geologist” in combination with any other

name, title, description, letter, symbol or abbreviation that
represents expressly or by implication that the individual,
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corporation, partnership or other entity is a professional

geologist, licensee or permit holder, or
(f) represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that the

professional geologist.
(2) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except
(a) an individual who is registered as a professional geoscientist

and was registered as a professional geophysicist
immediately before the coming into force of this subsection,
(b) an individual who is registered to engage in the practice of

geoscience as a licensee and was registered to engage in the
practice of geophysics as a licensee immediately before the
coming into force of this subsection, or
(c) a corporation, partnership or other association of persons

geophysics as a permit holder immediately before the
coming into force of this subsection,
shall
(d) use the title “professional geophysicist”, the abbreviation

“P. Geoph.” or any other abbreviation of that title,
(e) use the word “geophysicist” in combination with any other

name, title, description, letter, symbol or abbreviation that
represents expressly or by implication that the individual,
corporation, partnership or other entity is a professional
geophysicist, licensee or permit holder, or
(f) represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that the

professional geophysicist.
(a) an individual who is registered as a professional licensee

(geoscience) and was registered as a professional licensee
(geological) immediately before the coming into force of
this subsection, or
(b) a corporation, partnership or other association of persons

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geology as a permit holder immediately before the coming

into force of this subsection,
shall
(c) use the title “professional licensee (geological)” or any

abbreviation of that title, or
(d) represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that the

individual, partnership or other entity is a professional
licensee (geological).
(a) an individual who is registered as a professional licensee

(geoscience) and was registered as a professional licensee
(geophysical) immediately before the coming into force of
this subsection, or
(b) a corporation, partnership or other association of persons

geophysics as a permit holder immediately before the
coming into force of this section,
shall
(c) use the title “professional licensee (geophysical)” or any

abbreviation of that title, or
(d) represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that the

licensee (geophysical).

an individual who is registered as a professional technologist
(geoscience) and was registered as a professional technologist
(geological) immediately before the coming into force of this
subsection, shall
(a) use the title “professional technologist (geological)”, the

abbreviation “P. Tech (geol)” or any other abbreviation of
that title, or

technologist (geological).

an individual who is registered as a professional technologist
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(geoscience) and was registered as a professional technologist

(geophysical) immediately before the coming into force of this
subsection, shall
(a) use the title “professional technologist (geophysical)”, the

abbreviation “P. Tech (geoph)” or any other abbreviation of
that title, or

technologist (geophysical).
2011 c3 s28
Injunction
97.2 The Court, on application by the Council, may grant an
contravenes section 97.1(1), (2), (3) or (4), notwithstanding any
penalty that may be provided by this Act or the regulations in
respect of that act or thing.
2011 c3 s28
Penalties
98(1) Every person and every member, officer, employee or agent
of a firm, partnership or other association of persons and of a
corporation who contravenes Part 1, section 29(2)(b), section 39(4),
section 83, 83.01, 83.1, 83.2, 83.3 or 86.3, this Part or section 89.3,
89.4, 89.5 or 95.1 is guilty of an offence and liable
(a) for the first offence, to a fine of not more than $2000,
(b) for the 2nd offence, to a fine of not more than $4000, and
(c) for the 3rd and each subsequent offence, to a fine of not
more than $6000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more
than 6 months or to both a fine and imprisonment.
(2) Repealed 2007 c13 s15.
(3) A prosecution under this section may be commenced within 2

years after the commission of the alleged offence, but not
afterwards.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s98;2007 c13 s15;2011 c3 s29
Onus of proof
99 In a prosecution under this Act, the burden of proving that a
person is a professional engineer, professional geoscientist,
professional licensee (engineering), professional licensee
(geoscience), registered professional technologist (engineering),
licensee, permit holder or certificate holder, or that a person is not
prohibited by section 97.1(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) from using a
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title, abbreviation or word or doing an act or thing, is on the

accused.
RSA 2000 cE-11 s99;2011 c3 s30
Name change
100 If the name of the Alberta Society of Engineering
Technologists is changed after April 29, 1999, the reference to the
Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists is to be construed as
a reference to the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists by
its new name.
1999 c8 s6
Part 10
Transitional Provisions
Existing registrations
101(1) Where, immediately before the coming into force of this
subsection, an individual is registered as a professional geologist or
professional geophysicist, on the coming into force of this
subsection
(a) the individual is deemed to be registered as a professional

geoscientist, and
(b) the certificate of registration as a professional geologist or

professional geophysicist held by the individual is deemed
to be a certificate of registration as a professional
geoscientist.
(2) Where, immediately before the coming into force of this

subsection, an individual is registered to engage in the practice of
geology or geophysics as a licensee, on the coming into force of
this subsection
(a) the individual is deemed to be registered to engage in the

practice of geoscience as a licensee,
(b) the licence to engage in the practice of geology or

geophysics as a licensee as authorized in the licence held by
the individual is deemed to be a licence to engage in the
practice of geoscience as authorized in the licence, and
(c) the authorization to engage in the practice of geology or

geophysics contained in the licence held by the individual is
to be construed as an authorization to engage in the practice
of geoscience to an equivalent extent, and references in the
authorization to the scope of practice of geology or
geophysics are to be construed as references to the scope of
practice of geoscience.
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subsection, a corporation, partnership or other association of
persons is registered to engage in the practice of geology or
geophysics as a permit holder, on the coming into force of this
subsection
(a) the corporation, partnership or other association of persons

is deemed to be registered to engage in the practice of
geoscience as a permit holder,
(b) the permit to engage in the practice of geology or

geophysics as a permit holder as authorized in the permit
held by the corporation, partnership or other association of
persons is deemed to be a permit to engage in the practice of
geoscience as authorized in the permit, and
(c) the authorization to engage in the practice of geology or

geophysics contained in the permit held by the corporation,
partnership or other association of persons is to be construed
as an authorization to engage in the practice of geoscience to
an equivalent extent and references in the authorization to
the scope of practice of geology or geophysics are to be
construed as references to the scope of practice of
geoscience.

subsection, an individual is registered as a professional licensee to
engage in the practice of geology or geophysics within the scope of
practice specified in the register, on the coming into force of this
subsection

licensee to engage in the practice of geoscience within the
scope of practice specified in the register,
(b) the certificate of registration to engage in the practice of

geology or geophysics within the scope of practice specified
in the certificate held by the individual is deemed to be a
geoscience within the scope of practice specified in the
certificate, and
(c) the scope of practice of geology or geophysics that is

specified in the register and the certificate of registration as
the scope of practice within which the individual is
permitted to engage is to be construed as the scope of
practice of geoscience within which the individual is
permitted to engage.
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subsection, an individual is registered as a professional technologist
to engage in the practice of geology or geophysics within the scope
of practice specified by the Joint Board of Examiners, on the
coming into force of this subsection

technologist to engage in the practice of geoscience within
the scope of practice specified by the Joint Board of
Examiners,
(b) the certificate of registration to engage in the practice of

geology or geophysics within the scope of practice specified
in the certificate held by the individual is deemed to be a
geoscience within the scope of practice specified by the
Joint Board of Examiners, and
(c) the scope of practice of geology or geophysics that is

specified by the Joint Board of Examiners as the scope of
practice for the professional technologist is to be construed
as the scope of practice of geoscience for the professional
technologist.

subsection, a corporation, partnership or other association of
persons is registered as an ASET permit holder to engage in the
practice of geology or geophysics as an ASET permit holder within
the scope of practice of those professional technologists who are
responsible for the practice of the ASET permit holder, on the
coming into force of this subsection the corporation, partnership or
other association of persons is deemed to be registered as an ASET
permit holder to engage in the practice of geoscience as an ASET
permit holder within the scope of practice of those professional
technologists who are responsible for the practice of the ASET
permit holder.
(7) The Registrar or the ASET Registrar, as the case may be, shall
make any necessary changes and take all necessary action to revise
or create registers and records and issue certificates, licences,
permits and other documentation to implement subsections (1) to
(6).
2011 c3 s31
Use of titles and stamps relating to geology and geophysics

102(1) Subject to the regulations, where section 97.1(1), (2), (3),
(4), (5) or (6) excepts an individual, licensee or permit holder from
a prohibition against using a title, an abbreviation or a word or
doing an act or thing, the individual, licensee or permit holder may
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use the title, the abbreviation or the word and may do the act or
thing.
(2) Subject to the regulations and bylaws, an individual referred to

in subsection (1) may use a stamp or seal bearing a title or
abbreviation that the person is authorized by subsection (1) to use.
2011 c3 s31
Transitional regulations
103(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the transition of anything under this Act,

including this Act as it read immediately before the coming
into force of this section, relating to the transition from the
profession of geology or the profession of geophysics to the
profession of geoscience, including the interpretation of any
transitional provision in this Act;
(b) to remedy any confusion, difficulty, inconsistency or

impossibility resulting from the transition from the
profession of geology or the profession of geophysics to the
profession of geoscience.
(2) A regulation made under subsection (1) may be made

retroactive to the extent set out in the regulation.
(3) A regulation made under subsection (1) is repealed on the

earliest of
(a) the coming into force of an amendment that adds the

subject-matter of the regulation to this Act;
(b) the coming into force of a regulation that repeals the

regulation made under subsection (1);
(c) 3 years after the regulation comes into force.
(4) The repeal of a regulation under subsection (3)(b) or (c) does

not affect anything done, incurred or acquired under the authority
of the regulation before the repeal of the regulation.
2011 c3 s31
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ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE

Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000

Current as of April 30, 2015

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*The year of first publication of the legal materials is to be completed.

Alta. Reg. Amendments

Engineering and Geoscience

89.6 Non-application of provisions to professional technologists

95 Protection from liability

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the

(a) “Appeal Board” means the Appeal Board established under

(a.1) “ASET Council” means the Council continued under section

(b) “Association” means the Association of Professional

(c) “Board of Examiners” means the Board of Examiners

(d) “certificate holder” means

(i) a joint firm, and

(ii) a restricted practitioner;

(e) “Council” means the Council of the Association;

(f) “Court” means the Court of Queen’s Bench;

(g) “Discipline Committee” means the Discipline Committee

(h) “Investigative Committee” means the Investigative

(i) “Joint Board” means the Joint Board of Practice

(i.1) “Joint Councils Committee” means the committee

(j) “joint firm” means a firm to which a certificate of

(k) “licensee” means an individual who holds a licence under

(l) “member of the Association” means a person who is

(m) “member of the public” means, in sections 14, 15 and 30, a

(i) a Canadian citizen or who is lawfully admitted to

(ii) a resident of Alberta, and

(iii) not a professional member of the Association;

(n) “member-in-training” means engineer-in-training or

(o) “Minister” means the Minister determined under section 16

(p) “permit holder” means a partnership or other association of

(q) “practice of engineering” means

(i) reporting on, advising on, evaluating, designing,

(A) that is aimed at the discovery, development or

(B) that requires in that reporting, advising, evaluating,

(ii) teaching engineering at a university;

(r) “practice of geoscience” means

(i) reporting, advising, evaluating, interpreting, processing,

(A) that relates to the earth sciences or the environment,

(B) that is aimed at the discovery or development of oil,

(C) that requires, in that reporting, advising, evaluating,

(ii) teaching geoscience at a university;

(s) repealed 2011 c3 s3;

(t) “Practice Review Board” means the Practice Review Board

(u) “profession” means the profession of engineering or

(v) “professional engineer” means an individual who holds a

(i) a professional licensee (engineering), or

(ii) a professional technologist as defined in section 86.4(m);

(w) “professional geoscientist” means an individual who holds a

(i) a professional licensee (geoscience), or

(ii) a professional technologist as defined in section 86.4(m);

(x) repealed 2011 c3 s3;

(x.1) “professional licensee” means a professional licensee

(x.2) “professional licensee (engineering)” means an individual