Unlicensed Reviewer Approval Authority State
Class
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#UnlicensedReviewerApprovalAuthorityState
Definition
State in which a government or agency official holding a title implying engineering authority exercises statutory approval power over licensed engineers' sealed design documents — including reviewing, commenting on, and directing changes to those documents — without holding a professional engineering license or relevant engineering degree, thereby constituting unlicensed practice of engineering under state law and creating an invalid regulatory approval chain.
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Definition
State in which a government or agency official holding a title implying engineering authority exercises statutory approval power over licensed engineers' sealed design documents — including reviewing, commenting on, and directing changes to those documents — without holding a professional engineering license or relevant engineering degree, thereby constituting unlicensed practice of engineering under state law and creating an invalid regulatory approval chain.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Transportation Engineer B is neither a licensed engineer nor even a degreed engineer
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which a government or agency official holding a title implying engineering authority exercises statutory approval power over licensed engineers' sealed design documents — including reviewing, commenting on, and directing changes to those documents — without holding a professional engineering license or relevant engineering degree, thereby constituting unlicensed practice of engineering under state law and creating an invalid regulatory approval chain." ;
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Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
a6c9dc4c864451de...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
56
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-24T21:52:22.786391+00:00
First Discovered In Case
56
Generated
2026-02-24T21:52:22.786391+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 56 Extraction