DP5

DecisionPoint
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DP5

Given that the State Agency has systematically assigned the engineering-implying title 'Transportation Engineer' to management personnel who are neither licensed nor degreed engineers, should Engineer A's reporting and protest obligations extend beyond Transportation Engineer B's individual unlicensed practice to encompass the agency's broader institutional title misassignment practice — including reporting the systemic pattern to the state licensing board and formally protesting the agency's personnel classification system?

Engineer Intern Misrepresented as PE and State Agency's Systemic Title Misassignment: Licensure System Integrity Preservation Obligation

Report both Transportation Engineer B's individual unlicensed practice and the State Agency's systemic title misassignment pattern to the state licensing board, and formally communicate to agency management that Engineer A cannot continue submitting sealed documents for review by personnel holding engineering-implying titles without verified licensure

Report Transportation Engineer B's individual unlicensed practice to the state licensing board as required by Section II.1.f, while treating the agency's broader title classification system as a civil service administrative matter outside Engineer A's professional reporting jurisdiction

Raise the systemic title misassignment concern with the State Agency's senior management and legal counsel in writing, requesting that the agency audit and correct its engineering title assignments across all personnel, while deferring formal licensing board reporting of the systemic practice pending the agency's response

Engineer Intern Misrepresented as PE / Engineer A