§32101. NAME
§32102. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§32103. DEFINITIONS
§32104. BOARD - APPOINTMENTS; TERMS
§32105. BOARD - QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
§32106. BOARD - COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES
§32107. BOARD - REMOVAL OF MEMBERS - VACANCIES
§32108. BOARD - ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS
§32109. BOARD - POWERS
§32110. RECORDS AND REPORTS
§32111. RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
§32112. ROSTER
§32113. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
§32114. APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION FEES
§32115. EXAMINATIONS
§32116. CERTIFICATE - SEALS
§32117. EXPIRATIONS AND RENEWALS
§32118. REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATES
§32119. PUBLIC WORKS
§32120. DISCIPLINARY ACTION - Revocation, Suspension or Reprimand
§32121. DISCIPLINARY ACTION - PROCEDURES
§32122. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
§32123. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION
§32124. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD - Restriction on Requirement for Additional
Licenses or Fees
§32125. CONTRACT LAW LANGUAGE
§32126. EXEMPTION CLAUSE
§32127. DUTIES OF RECORDERS
§32128. INVALID SECTIONS
§32129. EFFECTIVE DATE

32126. EXEMPTION CLAUSE

This Chapter shall not be construed to prevent the practice by:

(a) Temporary Permits.

(1) Professional Engineer/Architect - The practice or offer to practice engineering, architecture or landscape architecture by a person not a resident of or having no established place of business on Guam, provided such person is legally qualified by registration to practice engineering, architecture or landscape architecture as defined in §32103 of this Title, in his own state or territory and, in the case of a person seeking to practice architecture, who has a current certificate of registration issued by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and in the case of a person seeking to practice landscape architecture, who has a correct Certificate of Registration issued by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards. Such person shall make application to the Board in writing and, after payment of a fee as prescribed in the by-laws, may be granted written permit for a definite period of time not to exceed one (1) year to do a specific job, provided, however, that no right to practice engineering, architecture or landscape architecture shall accrue to such applicant with respect to any other work not set forth in said permit. However, engineers hired as a chief engineer for a government entity may be granted a one (1) year temporary license from the date of hire. Prior to the expiration of his temporary license, the individual must submit an application for a regular or permanent registration to practice engineering, if otherwise qualified, in order to continue to serve as Chief Engineer.

For Civil Engineers only. The applicant must have passed the CSCS examination.

(2) Land Surveyor.The practice of land surveying under a temporary permit by a person registered as a land surveyor in another state is not considered to be in the best interest of the public and therefore shall not be granted.

(b) Employees and Subordinates. The work of an employee or a subordinate of a person holding a Certificate of Registration under this Chapter or an employee of a person practicing lawfully under Subsection (a) of this Section, provided, such work does not include final engineering, architecture, landscape architecture or land surveying designs or decisions and is done under the direct supervision of and verified by a person holding a Certificate of Registration under this Chapter or a person practicing lawfully under Subsection (a) of this Section.

(c) Practice of Construction Management. A Any service or work, the adequate performance of which involves professional construction inspection or observation, certifications, shop drawing review and approval, engineering calculations, specifications, revising construction details, construction interpretation, etc., as defined in §32103 of this Chapter.

(d) The Chief Engineer for any government entity shall be responsible for management of engineers of other disciplines.

32127. DUTIES OF RECORDERS

It shall be unlawful for the recorder of deeds or the civil registrar of titles to file or record any map, plat, survey or other documents, within the definition of land surveying, which do not have impressed thereon and affixed thereto the personal signature and seal of the professional land surveyor by whom or under whose direct supervision the map, plat, survey or other documents were prepared

32128. INVALID SECTIONS

If any of the provisions of this Chapter, or if any rule, regulation or order thereunder, or if the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Chapter and the application of such provision of this Chapter or such rule, regulation or order to persons or circumstances, other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

32129. EFFECTIVE DATE

This Law shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date of passage."