Mission
The Mission of the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is to safeguard life, health, and property, and to promote the public welfare in regards to engineering, land surveying and on-site wastewater system designs by assuring that:
- Only qualified applicants are permitted to take the examinations for licensure.
- Only competent individuals are granted licensure to practice.
- Only licensed individuals are permitted to offer and/or provide services.
- Only registered businesses are authorized to provide services to the public.
- All applicants, registrants and licensees maintain a high standard of practice and compliance with applicable statutes, rules and regulations.
We accomplish these goals through balanced and fair treatment of our stakeholders, colleagues and the citizens of Washington, while continuing to assure effective and efficient use of the financial resources entrusted to us.
The Washington Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Board) accomplishes this mission by exercising its statutory authority and obligation to review and approve applications for licensure, as well as managing, updating and enforcing the rules that govern the practice of engineering, land surveying and on-site wastewater system designs within the State of Washington.
The Board further accomplishes this mission by serving the public through maintaining relationships with its licensees' professional associations and societies, by promoting the benefits of professional licensure to post-secondary educational institutions, by interfacing with other regulatory authorities and by increasing the public's understanding of laws and rules regulating Washington's licensed engineering, land surveying and on-site professionals.