Engineer B Impaired Practice Cessation Violation Instance

O · Obligation Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/16#Engineer_B_Impaired_Practice_Cessation_Violation_Instance
Properties
Instance of
EngineerBImpairedPracticeCessationViolationInstance
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerBImpairedPracticeCessationViolationInstance
Case context
Engineer B suffered a stroke that substantially diminished his capacity to perform structural engineering design and review. For financial reasons, he chose to continue operating his firm by delegating all design work to Engineer Intern C and signing and sealing drawings with little to no review, resulting in serious structural failures.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to immediately cease practicing engineering in responsible charge upon suffering a stroke that substantially diminished his cognitive capacity, and to suspend or close his practice or arrange for qualified licensed supervision, rather than continuing to sign and seal structural drawings he could not competently review.
Temporal scope
From the time of Engineer B's stroke onward
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B divulged he had suffered a stroke a few months prior. Being the only licensed professional engineer in his firm, for financial and other reasons, Engineer B felt he could not afford to suspend work or close his office.

Text references
Engineer B divulged he had suffered a stroke a few months prior. Being the only licensed professional engineer in his firm, for financial and other reasons, Engineer B felt he could not afford to suspend work or close his office.
Engineer B violated Section II.2. of the code because he affixed his signature and seal to documents prepared without his direction or control.
It was unethical for Engineer B to continue work in an impaired state in which he could not competently perform engineering design, could not guide and direct his subordinates, or properly review their designs or drawings.
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 23:35
Discovered in case
16
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T12:02:21.309464+00:00
First case
16
Generated
2026-02-25T12:02:21.309464+00:00
Attributed to
Case 16 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T12:12:21.728556
Generated by
ProEthica Case 16 Extraction