Title 43, Chapter 15, Section 3
( 43-15-3)
(a) A State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and
Land Surveyors is created whose duty it shall be to administer this
chapter. (b) The board shall consist of six professional engineers, two land
surveyors, and a member appointed from the public at large who has
no connection with the professions of engineering and land
surveying, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor for a term
of five years. Of the professional engineers appointed to the
board, one shall be a structural engineer, one shall be a mechanical
engineer, one shall be an electrical engineer, two shall be civil or
sanitary engineers, and one shall be from any discipline of
engineering. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the
United States and a resident of this state. (c) Each member shall hold office until his successor has been duly
appointed and qualified. All successors shall be appointed in the
same manner as the original appointment. (d) A vacancy on the membership of the board shall be filled by
appointment by the Governor, in the same manner as the original
appointment to the position vacated, for the unexpired term. (e) Professional engineers appointed to the board shall have been
engaged in the practice of engineering in their respective
disciplines for at least 12 years and shall have been in responsible
charge of important engineering work in their respective disciplines
for at least five years. Land surveyors appointed to the board shall
have been engaged in the practice of land surveying for at least 12
years and shall have been in responsible charge of important land
surveying work for at least five years. Responsible charge of
engineering or land surveying teaching may be construed as
responsible charge of important engineering or land surveying work,
respectively. (f) Each member of the board shall be reimbursed as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 43-1-2. (g) The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct,
incompetency, neglect of duty, or for any other sufficient and just
cause. | 
