Regulatory Adequacy Determination Constraining Further Action State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RegulatoryAdequacyDeterminationConstrainingFurtherActionState
Definition
State in which a professional engineer, having proactively sought guidance from a regulatory body (e.g., State Board of Professional Engineers) about whether additional action is required to discharge a public safety obligation, receives a formal determination that the engineer's existing actions (e.g., written notification to the client) are sufficient — creating a tension between the regulatory body's closure determination and the engineer's continuing personal ethical concern for public safety.
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Definition
State in which a professional engineer, having proactively sought guidance from a regulatory body (e.g., State Board of Professional Engineers) about whether additional action is required to discharge a public safety obligation, receives a formal determination that the engineer's existing actions (e.g., written notification to the client) are sufficient — creating a tension between the regulatory body's closure determination and the engineer's continuing personal ethical concern for public safety.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A calls the State Board of Professional Engineers, apprises them of the situation, and asks what more could and should be done
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Content Hash
4219fa3b53ef36b3...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
78
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-27T04:51:35.554670+00:00
First Discovered In Case
78
Generated
2026-02-27T04:51:35.554670+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 78 Extraction