DP2

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DP2

Upon acquiring credible knowledge that Transportation Engineer B is neither licensed nor degreed in engineering and is performing acts constituting the practice of engineering, is Engineer A obligated to report Transportation Engineer B's unlicensed practice and the State Agency's systemic 'Transportation Engineer' title misassignment to the appropriate licensing board and professional bodies, and does a brief attempt at informal agency resolution satisfy or merely defer that obligation?

Engineer A's obligation to report Transportation Engineer B's unlicensed engineering practice — and the State Agency's systemic title misassignment practice — to the appropriate state engineering licensing board and professional bodies, including the threshold of knowledge required to trigger that obligation and the permissible scope of graduated escalation before formal reporting.

Verify Transportation Engineer B's licensure status through publicly available state licensing board records, then report both Transportation Engineer B's individual unlicensed practice and the State Agency's systemic 'Transportation Engineer' title misassignment practice to the appropriate state engineering licensing board and relevant professional bodies, after first raising the concern with State Agency management and allowing a brief, defined window — no more than a few weeks — for the agency to designate a licensed reviewer

Report Transportation Engineer B's individual unlicensed practice to the state licensing board upon verification of the unlicensed status, without separately challenging the State Agency's broader title assignment practice, on the grounds that the systemic title issue is an administrative personnel classification matter outside the scope of Engineer A's individual reporting obligation under Section II.1.f

Raise the concern about Transportation Engineer B's qualifications and the agency's title assignment practice directly and formally with State Agency senior leadership in writing, requesting that the agency self-correct by designating a licensed engineer as the reviewer and revising its title assignment practice, and defer formal reporting to the licensing board unless and until the agency fails to respond or resolve the issue within a defined timeframe

Engineer A