Unlicensed Technician Assigned Engineering Responsible Charge
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#UnlicensedTechnicianAssignedEngineeringResponsibleCharge
Definition
A non-licensed technical staff member who is formally assigned 'responsible charge' of a municipal engineering system by a non-engineer administrator, bypassing the licensed professional engineer, and instructed to report any 'interference' by the engineer to the administrator — creating an ethically and legally problematic arrangement in which unlicensed practice is institutionally mandated and the licensed engineer's professional authority is deliberately circumvented.
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Definition
A non-licensed technical staff member who is formally assigned 'responsible charge' of a municipal engineering system by a non-engineer administrator, bypassing the licensed professional engineer, and instructed to report any 'interference' by the engineer to the administrator — creating an ethically and legally problematic arrangement in which unlicensed practice is institutionally mandated and the licensed engineer's professional authority is deliberately circumvented.
Source Evidence
Source Text
City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system
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Ontology
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Content Hash
33d7e82bef0b1523...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
92
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T13:31:45.962736+00:00
First Discovered In Case
92
Generated
2026-03-01T13:31:45.962736+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 92 Extraction