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Mission Statement
Our mission is to safeguard the publics life, health, and property by assuring that those who practice the professions of engineering and land surveying have attained and continue to maintain their competence in those professions.
Signing up for the national examinations is easy!
It is easy for engineering and surveying students and professional applicants to register for the examinations. All applicants for the examinations may now enroll directly with the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) at www.ncees.org/exams
Save time in the application process
If you are applying for licensure in Idaho, in addition to our online application form, you can speed up the process by asking your references to email their reference forms to . Likewise, upload and store your transcripts in your NCEES account for validation by Idaho.
CPD Lift
CPD Notice to Licensees
ISU’s 30 credit Surveying and Geomatics course
www.isu.edu/geomatics/degrees/
Retired License renewal fee eliminated!
Effective 1/1/2020 the Board approved removing the renewal fee for retired licenses. These licensees may wish to renew in order to remain on the mailing list and receive notices from the Board, but the fee will be $0. Read more.
I Have Questions About
Please send the following specific requests to the individuals indicated below:
- Requests for changes to
license or certificate records
- For active/current individual license or active/current intern certificate address changes, click //www.accessidaho.org/ipels. We do not maintain current addresses for inactive/expired licenses or COAs.
- For Company or Corporate Name and Address Changes, Corporate Changes to Responsible Charge listings, or License or Certificate Reinstatements, please visit //www.accessidaho.org/ipels/coa/.
Company and Corporate Address Changes do not change addresses of individual licensees. Each licensee is responsible for their own address change.
Individual changes do not change Company addresses. Company changes do not change individual addresses. Any address placed on your CPD log will not change your record address. You must submit changes per the above procedure
PLEASE NOTE, we do currently not maintain fax numbers and maintain only ONE MAILING ADDRESS per license or certificate holder. This may be your personal address OR your employment address; whatever address you use for official notifications from the Board becomes public record. To review the address currently on file, please see Searches for Licensees which is found under "Current Licensees" tab. If you do not wish to change the address displayed, please do not submit a notification of change of address. For questions, please email
- License and/or Exam verifications (no fee required by Idaho) should be requested through //ncees.org/supplemental/launch-login/. You'll have to signup for an account with them and then follow the links for a license or exam verification.
Upcoming Meetings
November 17-18, 2022
Location: Chinden Campus, Bldg 4, Boise, ID
Advisory Notices:
Due to the volume and complexity of review, Engineering and Land Surveying applications typically take at least 12 weeks to process after all documentation has been submitted. Applications with education from outside the U.S. and applications that do not contain sufficient detail usually require a lengthier review process. After you have had all of your documentation submitted, please allow at least 6 weeks before submitting a Contact Us Form to verify your application is complete. We cannot provide the status of a licensure application by phone. We thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Advisory Notice: Regulatory Amendments approved and Effective January 1, 2022
The New York State Board of Regents approved regulatory amendments in engineering, land surveying and geology that are effective
January 1, 2022. These regulatory amendments offer greater flexibility by updating and modernizing the continuing education requirements for professional engineers and land surveyors while implementing continuing education requirements for professional geologists. For a detailed view of the regulatory amendments, see the Regulations of the Commissioner on our website at //www.op.nysed.gov/prof/pels/part68.htm.
Below is a summary of the major regulatory changes:
- The continuing education requirements may be completed via courses of learning or in live classes as determined by the licensee, provided that the continuing education is completed through a Department-approved sponsor and is in an acceptable subject area
- Professional engineers, land surveyors and professional geologists may now complete their continuing education in additional subject areas, including architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design.
- Six hours of "carry over" credit may now be used from one registration period to another, within certain parameters.
Advisory Notice: The Board of Regents adopted a regulatory amendment, effective April 3, 2021, that updates the education and experience requirements for licensure as a land surveyor. More information is available here.
Advisory Notice: For the latest information on COVID-19 issues impacting the licensed professions, including professional exam updates, please visit OP’s COVID-19 website.
NCEES Examination and New York State Specific Land Surveying Examination Update: You may now apply for eligibility to sit for the NCEES PE or PS examination utilizing your NCEES Record. You must complete the Professional Engineer Online Form 1 (Application for Licensure) or the Land Surveyor Online Form 1 (Application for Licensure) and request that NCEES transfer your NCEES Record to New York State.
Results for the NCEES PE paper and pencil exams and NYS Specific Land Surveying Exam:
- When the results of the NCEES PE examinations have been validated, NCEES will send an email informing you that your result can be accessed through your My NCEES account.
- Results of the New York State Specific Land Surveying examination will be mailed directly to each candidate.
NCEES Principles and Practice (PE) Examinations:
- With the ongoing conversion of the NCEES exams from paper and pencil to a computer-based format, where the exams may be offered year round, the NYS exam application deadline has been eliminated. Applications will be reviewed in the order received and notification of the results sent to the applicant via email. We strongly encourage applicants to submit their applications at the earliest possible date. For information on the PE examination conversion schedule, visit NCEES.
- Once you have received approval from the New York State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology to sit for the NCEES PE exam, you must register through the NCEES website at www.ncees.org
October 2022 NCEES PE Structural Engineering Exams:
- The NCEES online registration and payment process for the NCEES PE Structural Exams opens June 13, 2022 through 3 p.m. EDT on August 25, 2022 and can be accessed through their website at www.ncees.org. There are NO extensions. Please remember it is your responsibility to complete this registration and payment process by the deadline.
New York State Application Filing Deadline for NYS Specific Land Surveying Examination:
- The filing deadline for the April 21, 2023 NYS Specific Land Surveying Examination is December 1, 2022. Please note: we will make every effort to provide a review of those applications postmarked after this deadline. Because reviews for submissions after December 1, 2022 cannot be guaranteed for April 21, 2023 eligibility, you are strongly encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible.
- Once you have received approval from the New York State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology to sit for the NYS Specific Land Surveying Examination, you must register through the Scantron Assessment website at www.scantron.com/programs/nysed-surveying/ to schedule and pay the fee for this examination. Instructions will be provided on the Scantron website for the registration and payment for this examination administration. Registration for the April examination administration opens November 1, 2022. The deadline for this registration and payment process is February 3, 2023. There are no extensions. Please remember it is your responsibility to complete this registration and payment process by the deadline.
Eligibility and Registration Procedures for NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) and Practice of Surveying (PS) Computer-Based Examinations
Eligibility and Registration for NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) Exam
- EAC or ETAC/ABET Surveying programs - Students/applicants who are within twenty credits of graduation (generally your final semester) or have graduated from an EAC or ETAC/ABET accredited baccalaureate program in surveying are automatically eligible to sit for the NCEES FS exam. You may verify whether your program is EAC or ETAC/ABET accredited through the ABET website at www.abet.org. If you meet these criteria you are no longer required to obtain approval from the NYS Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology prior to registering for the FS exam with NCEES. To sit for the FS exam, you must register and pay NCEES directly through their online registration system available via their website at www.ncees.org. Information regarding the registration and payment for the FS exam is posted on the NCEES website.
- All NON-ABET Education programs – You may verify whether your program is EAC or ETAC/ABET accredited through the ABET website at www.abet.org. Students/applicants who are not enrolled or have not graduated from an EAC or ETAC/ABET accredited baccalaureate program in surveying MUST submit an application, which consists of Form1 with $70 fee and a Form 2 with transcripts, to the New York State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology (NYS Board) for eligibility to sit for the NCEES FS exam. Once you have received approval from the NYS Board to sit for the NCEES FS exam, you must register and pay the exam administration fee with NCEES through their online registration system available via their website at www.ncees.org. Information regarding the registration and payment for the FS exam is posted on the NCEES website.
Eligibility for NCEES Practice of Surveying (PS) Exam
- The NCEES Principles and Practice exam is offered in a computer-based testing format. All applicants must submit an application and fee to the New York State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology (NYS Board) for eligibility to sit for the NCEES PS exam. Information on how to apply to sit for the examination in New York State is available at //www.op.nysed.gov/prof/pels/lsurvlic.htm.
- Once you have received approval from the NYS Board to sit for the NCEES PS exam, you must register and pay the exam administration fee with NCEES through their online registration system available via their website at www.ncees.org Information regarding the registration and payment for the PS exam is posted on the NCEES website.
Last Updated: September 15, 2022