OAR 820-010-0505: Biennial Renewal of Registration or Certification

(1) Registration with the Board as a professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional photogrammetrist is on a biennial renewal schedule. As a condition of registration renewal, registrants must demonstrate compliance with the continuing professional development requirements in OAR 820-010-0635. Verification of completing the required professional development requirements in the renewal application and fee must be recieved by 11:59 p.m. Pacific TIme (PT) on the day of the expiration date of the registration. The biennial fee to renew a registration is described below: (a) Professional Engineer — $230.00; (b) Professional Land Surveyor — $230.00; (c) Professional Photogrammetrist — $230.00. (2) Certification as a certified water right examiner is on a biennial renewal schedule. The fee must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) on the day of the expiration date of the certification. The biennial fee to renew a certification as a water right examiner is $80.00. (3) A delinquent fee of $80.00 will be assessed on the first day following the expiration date of each registration or certification for each biennial renewal period in which renewal fee payment or verification of having timely completed the required continuing professional development hours has not been submitted. (a) A registration or certification that is delinquent for failure to pay the renewal fee will remain in “delinquent” status until all delinquent fees that are due, and the required renewal fee, are paid. (b) A registration or certification that is delinquent for failure to submit verification of having timely completed the required continuing professional development hours, when such hours have been completed, will remain in “delinquent” status until the delinquent fee is paid and the verification is submitted. (c) A registration or certification that is suspended or for which renewal is refused because of failure to complete the required continuing professional development hours cannot be returned to active status or renewed until any delinquent fees and any biennial renewal fees due are paid, in addition to any conditions imposed by the Board for renewal or lifting of the suspension. (4) Registrations in the delinquent status for a period of 5 years or more due to suspension or a refusal to renew shall not be renewed. After a registration has been delinquent for 5 years or more due to suspension or a refusal to renew, the delinquent registrant must apply for a new certificate of registration. The branches of engineering recognized by the board for a registrant who has been delinquent for 5 years or more due to suspension or a refusal to renew are those in OAR 820-010-1010(1) to (3) when the applicant has passed the examination no more than one year before applying for a new registration. (5) Registrations in the delinquent or retired status for reasons other than due to suspension or a refusal to renew for a period of 5 years or more may not be renewed (See ORS 672.170(4)). After a registration has been delinquent or retired for five years or more, the delinquent or retired registrants must apply for a new certificate of registration, under the qualification laws and rules that are in place at the time the new application is submitted.