Engineer A Forensic Credential Licensure Trigger
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/60#Engineer_A_Forensic_Credential_Licensure_Trigger
Properties
Instance of
ForensicCredentialLicensureTriggerAwarenessObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ForensicCredentialLicensureTriggerAwarenessObligation
Case context
Engineer A, retained as a non-engineering expert in State M where no engineering license was held, signed the report with the credential 'Board-certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering,' which incorporates engineering terminology that may bring the engagement within the scope of the State M licensure statute.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that using the credential 'Board-certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering' in a report submitted in State M would incorporate engineering terminology that could trigger the State M licensure statute, and to either obtain the required license or avoid using that credential designation in the report.
Temporal scope
At the time of preparing and signing the expert report for use in State M.
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Expert Witness Licensure Compliance
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Non-Engineering Expert Retention
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer A Credential Triggers State M Licensure
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A signs the report as 'Consultant A, Board-certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering,' making no reference whatsoever to licensure status.
Text references
Engineer A signs the report as 'Consultant A, Board-certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering,' making no reference whatsoever to licensure status.
The licensing statute in State M specifies that any engineer providing expert testimony in a State M court must be licensed in State M.
TTL
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case60:Engineer_A_Forensic_Credential_Licensure_Trigger a proeth:ForensicCredentialLicensureTriggerAwarenessObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Forensic Credential Licensure Trigger" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case60:Engineer_A_Expert_Witness_Licensure_Compliance ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case60:Engineer_A_Non-Engineering_Expert_Retention ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A, retained as a non-engineering expert in State M where no engineering license was held, signed the report with the credential 'Board-certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering,' which incorporates engineering terminology that may bring the engagement within the scope of the State M licensure statute." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case60:Engineer_A_Credential_Triggers_State_M_Licensure ;
proeth:discoveredincase "60" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-05-27T19:40:31.831980+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "60" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-05-27T19:40:31.831980+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Forensic Credential Licensure Trigger Awareness Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that using the credential 'Board-certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering' in a report submitted in State M would incorporate engineering terminology that could trigger the State M licensure statute, and to either obtain the required license or avoid using that credential designation in the report." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A signs the report as 'Consultant A, Board-certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering,' making no reference whatsoever to licensure status." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of preparing and signing the expert report for use in State M." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A signs the report as 'Consultant A, Board-certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering,' making no reference whatsoever to licensure status.",
"The licensing statute in State M specifies that any engineer providing expert testimony in a State M court must be licensed in State M." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 60 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-05-27T20:10:55.513055"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 60 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
60
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-05-27T19:40:31.831980+00:00
First case
60
Generated
2026-05-27T19:40:31.831980+00:00
Attributed to
Case 60 Extraction
Generated
2026-05-27T20:10:55.513055
Attributed to
claude-sonnet-4-6
Generated by
ProEthica Case 60 Extraction