From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bf72ca9e8a6b3cf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ted Dennison Subject: Re: Software Engineering in Florida Date: 1999/11/05 Message-ID: <7vv26t$tju$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 544799826 References: <1e0rgtb.6j187t1hibcsaN@[209.132.126.64]> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x37.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 204.48.27.130 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Nov 05 16:55:59 1999 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDtedennison Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.6 [en] (WinNT; I) Date: 1999-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <1e0rgtb.6j187t1hibcsaN@[209.132.126.64]>, claveman@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) wrote: > I was told several years ago, by someone who should know, that > the Florida legislature had codified the term _engineer_, limiting it > to practitioners of the classical engineering disciplines. The upshot > was that anyone who called himself a software engineer was breaking > the law. > I like to mention this in a lecture on software design that I > often give. Does anyone know if it's still true or has the definition > been expanded to include software? Check out the law yourself at http://www.leg.state.fl.us/citizen/documents/statutes/StatuteBrowser99/i ndex.cfm?Mode=Display_Statute&URL=Ch0471/titl0471.htm >From a quick skimming, it looks like you just can't refer to yourself as a "registered engineer" unless you actually have registered with the state board. There is language in there that defines what "engineer" means, but I think that's just for the purposes of interpreting the law, not a law in and of itself. It just appears to be trying to prevent people from lying about being registered when they aren't. -- T.E.D. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.