54Processes under recognition or registration scheme

54 Processes under recognition or registration scheme

54 Processes under recognition or registration scheme

(1) A recognition or registration scheme must provide for the following—

(a) a process for the receipt, assessment and determination of applications for recognition or registration of professional engineers under the scheme, including—

(i) a process for notifying the Secretary of any applications refused by the recognised engineering body, and

(ii) a process for managing actual or perceived conflicts of interest within the recognised engineering body’s conflict of interest policy in carrying out an assessment of an application, and

(iii) objective assessment and verification criteria, including the qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and continuing professional development requirements that an applicant must meet in order to be recognised or registered as a professional engineer under the scheme, and

(iv) the way in which the competence of applicants will be assessed, and

(v) a process for the internal review of decisions made by the recognised engineering body in relation to the receipt, assessment and determination of applications, and

(vi) a process for imposing conditions on a professional engineer’s recognition or registration,

(b) a process for the recognition or registration of professional engineers that is fair, transparent, impartial and timely,

(c) a process for assessing whether a professional engineer is covered by insurance that provides indemnity against liability to which the professional engineer may become subject as a result of carrying out professional engineering work,

(d) publicly accessible documentation of any fees that the recognised engineering body will charge and the purpose of the fees,

(e) a process for receiving and managing complaints and resolution of disputes involving professional engineers who are recognised or registered under the scheme,

(f) a process for taking disciplinary action against professional engineers who are recognised or registered under the scheme, including—

(i) the grounds for taking disciplinary action against a recognised or registered professional engineer who fails to comply with the requirements of the scheme, and